I just ordered Vintage

[SuperBee364]

31 pages, and Calgary still hasn't gotten his Vintage yet. Sheesh, I coulda picked it up and personally flown it up to him myself by now.

Be on the lookout for any extremely shiny Customs cars up there, man. I'd also get on the phone and not put it down til I had a tracking number in my hand.

[calgarydetail]

Originally Posted by SuperBee364

31 pages, and Calgary still hasn't gotten his Vintage yet. Sheesh, I coulda picked it up and personally flown it up to him myself by now.

Be on the lookout for any extremely shiny Customs cars up there, man. I'd also get on the phone and not put it down til I had a tracking number in my hand.

haha yes but then you woud be stuck in customes waxing the other boxes in the warehouse

[DieselMDX]

calgary what did u think of polished blissed thread on the lotus


interesting him using a pad and no HD cleanse

[calgarydetail]

Originally Posted by DieselMDX

calgary what did u think of polished blissed thread on the lotus


interesting him using a pad and no HD cleanse

that was really intresting. Well the pad anyway. I can understand the no hd-cleasne, it seems more like a glaze then anything. I have seen a few people not sure it with great results but applying vintage with a pad. The car looked great, i just wonder if there is any real diffrence

[SuperBee364]

I wish I had proof of this, but I'm just about positive that using any other than the recommended hand application technique will affect both the look and the durability. Here's why:

Alot of the wax in Vintage is suspended as large particles in the, for lack of a better term, "transportation mechanism" consisting of all the solvents needed to make carnauba usable as a vehicle wax. Normally, carnauba wouldn't melt from the temperature of your hands. But since it is under the effects of the solvents, it does, quite literally, melt in your hands. You can feel the stuff melt as you rub it around in your palms. At this point, the wax liquifies, and the rubbing action of your hands is the equivalent of shaking a jar of product; you are mixing the freshly melted carnauba into the "transportation mechanism" of the solvents. And it needs to be properly mixed prior to application for best results. I believe that using a pad to apply Vintage would result in areas where the wax, which is still in granular form, is simply smeared accross your clear coat, without having been properly mixed into the solvents. Obviously, that can't be good.

If you're going to spend that much money on a wax, why not use it the way the manufacturer recommends? Honestly, I think Zymol has the application method completely correct, and people are doing a dis-service to themselves and/or their customers when they don't follow the directions.

[DieselMDX]

good points i am personally going to use my hands but i found that thread interesting more so for the fact he did NOT use HDcleanse on a silver type car.

I am waiting for Bliss's response to my questions as we speak

[calgarydetail]

Originally Posted by DieselMDX

good points i am personally going to use my hands but i found that thread interesting more so for the fact he did NOT use HDcleanse on a silver type car.

I am waiting for Bliss's response to my questions as we speak

i found it interesting as well. I must admit the car still looks great thought... hmm this might be another experiment

[SuperBee364]

Originally Posted by DieselMDX

good points i am personally going to use my hands but i found that thread interesting more so for the fact he did NOT use HDcleanse on a silver type car.

I am waiting for Bliss's response to my questions as we speak

Here in one post I'm blistering people for not following the directions, then in the next I'm admitting I'm not gonna follow them, either...

The last time I polished my car, the finish I obained was *not* improved in the slightest by HD-Cleanse. That, and also the fact that I just polished and did an IPA wipedown of the car, makes me believe that the two important reasons for using HD-Cleanse (which are to clean the paint of anything that might prevent the Vintage from adhering properly and also to fill in scratches and add more shine to your finish) are completely moot. If the finish looks perfect and is completely clean (and I can't imagine a cleaner finish than one that's just been polished followed by an IPA wipedown), I just don't see the need for a pre-wax treatment of *any* type.

Anyway, that's a long-winded way of saying that the next time I polish my car, I'm going to follow it with an IPA wipedown and skip the chore that is HD-Cleanse.

[DieselMDX]

good to know

[Accumulator]

Originally Posted by lbls1

muscle car driver........me?!

Nah, being my age I think of F-bodies as being Pony Cars. My Muscle Car quip was directed at SuperBee364, who drives the equivalent of the muscle cars I grew up with (my Mother drove a '69 Charger R/T w/440 and TrackPack options). Muscle cars are a bit bigger than your ride in my antiquated worldview.

Heh heh, you guys are helping me stay interested in the mothballed garage queens, I'll grant you that The only time I really think about them is when I hit up these threads. The price of the stuff won't seem so bad after all this talk...the ole "the longer you're exposed to something the more normal it seems" thing is kicking in

SuperBee364- That makes sense about the HD Cleanse....I simply cannot believe it's somehow all *that* special/mandatory...prep is prep and waxes are waxes

[calgarydetail]

well its 12:30, still no vintage... i know a guy who ordered it a week before me and still has not recived it. If i have to wait anohter week I will go mad.

So im getting anxious. I have school at 6 soi have the day off. I havent left the house becasue im scared to miss the mail man, heck i dont even know if its comming today.
I dont want to go get lunch because im worried ill miss the mail man. This is getting weird... by i need a life.. or my wax

[DieselMDX]

lol i will go with the second option