09-13-06, 10:46
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Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nanoose Bay B.C. Posts: 1 | Waxing with the Porter Cable I have been waxing with the PC as follows. Apply wax with sponge applicater, wipe off with MF towel before hazing, then buffing with PC at # 5 speed, using a black foam pad.
Should I be applying the wax with the PC?
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09-13-06, 11:11
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Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,326 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by 4 speed I have been waxing with the PC as follows. Apply wax with sponge applicater, wipe off with MF towel before hazing, then buffing with PC at # 5 speed, using a black foam pad.
Should I be applying the wax with the PC? | Some like wax application with the PC, while others dont.
Personally I wax using the PC. I find it can go quicker, as well as put on a nice THIN layer of wax.
Use speed 4, and dont put nearly as much pressure on the car as you would if you were polishing/compounding.
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09-13-06, 11:44
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Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 72 | I also apply my wax with the PC, usually between speeds 3 and 4. It makes the job much quicker, provides even coverage and a thin layer. Just switch pads to remove the wax, I remove at speed 6, and you'll be done in no time!
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09-13-06, 12:09
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Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New Castle, IN Posts: 890 | If I read the post correctly, you're applying the wax, removing it and then polishing with a PC? May I ask why?
A dry black pad can't do anything but hurt your finish.
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09-13-06, 12:36
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Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 268 | I use a MF bonnet on the PC pad to remove the wax, as I am sure most do. Unless they prefer to remove by hand. | |
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09-13-06, 01:09
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Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Garden City, KS Posts: 1,646 | I just recently started waxing with the PC and a finishing pad with Meg's #26 liquid. I had been missing out waxing by hand. It's so easy to wax this way, and you get better coverage, thinner layers, and in less time. I still remove by hand, though... mostly because I find 26 buffs off SO easy.
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09-13-06, 01:22
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Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,555 | i wax using the PC, setting 3-4
my question to some of you is, if you are removing the wax via the PC, how many bonnets ( or whatever you use ) do you use ??
when i remove by hand, i use a fresh area on the MF every panel, or every other panel.
just curious,
i love waxing with the PC, cuts time in half
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09-13-06, 02:17
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Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 20,123 | I've heard of people removing/buffing wax with foam before and I've tried it- not my cup of tea, I'll stick to buffing it with MF. When I did it, I worked by hand using a foam "wax removal pad" that I got from Griot's. It was about the same as a regular finishing pad. Too risky IMO, I'd worry about marring or at least streaking, especially once the foam gets loaded with wax residue.
I apply with the PC/Cyclo (speed ~4 with the PC) and remove with MF bonnets on the same machines. I remove all the wax (#16, 476S, you name it) with *usually* just one MF bonnet, and that's on the A8 or, more recently, the Blazer. If you put the wax on nice and thin, one bonnet (and one MF for by-hand follow up) will be sufficient. If you put the wax on thicker, then yeah, you're gonna need more bonnets/towels to get it all off (which is a good example of how excess LSP is a complete waste of product, time, and effort).
The last time I buffed #16 off the A8 (this last weekend) the ~6" Meg's MF bonnet still looked perfectly clean after I was finished, couldn't see any wax on it. But then I'm a bit of a fanatic about thin LSP applications. | |
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09-14-06, 06:43
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Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 762 | How would you apply the wax by pc? I mean do you follow the same process as applying a polish (left to right then up and down)? Do you move slowly like you would when polishing? Thanks.
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09-14-06, 07:13
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Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,555 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by ashsarna How would you apply the wax by pc? I mean do you follow the same process as applying a polish (left to right then up and down)? Do you move slowly like you would when polishing? Thanks. |
yes, it is the same concept,
but you do not really have to apply any pressure,
3-4 speed setting ona pc with a polishing pad or finishing pad. 
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09-14-06, 07:18
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Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Thousand Oaks, Ca Posts: 4,512 | Its not nearly as involved as polishing. Polishing requires products to break downm and surface leveling. Applying wax or sealant just requires just covering the area with product, once.
I also prefer removal by hand, I dont really see a need to "buff" with the pc and a dry pad.
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09-14-06, 10:02
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Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 173 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by BlackSunshine I just recently started waxing with the PC and a finishing pad with Meg's #26 liquid. I had been missing out waxing by hand. It's so easy to wax this way, and you get better coverage, thinner layers, and in less time. I still remove by hand, though... mostly because I find 26 buffs off SO easy. |
Exactly - I use UPP and it comes off by hand so easy. I think i'll keep doing it this way. I'm going ot have to try this with Natty's Blue. | |
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