I`m melting... melting...

[magblackZ33]

About one month ago I washed, clayed, polished and waxed my black 350Z.



I used Meguiar`s gold class car wash, meguiar`s quick detailer and clay bar, meguiar`s #83 polish with a porter cable, and mother`s california carnauba paste wax. It looked fantastic and I was happy.



About a week later I looked at the hood in late afternoon sunlight and saw an ugly streaky haze. I applied quick detailer, the haze disappeared briefly but then reappeared as before.



So I washed the car, re-polished and re-waxed the hood. Days later I went out to my car where it was parked in direct sunlight on a 95 degree day. Much to my dismay, I saw that the wax was literally melting.



So, it seems that the mother`s carnauba isn`t holding up to the high temps here in SoCal. What do you guys suggest I use instead? Am I doing something wrong in the application? Any advice is appreciated (sorry for the wordy post).



Thanks

[NCZ13]

can you take any pictures? Ive never heard of wax literally melting off.





Is it doing in only on the hood? or the entire car?

[BigJimZ28]

problem #1

most of the time you will need to finish with something like #80 after #83



problem #2

I would love to see a pic of the : "wax melting" because it just does not happen

[NCZ13]

its probably like holograms...

[magblackZ33]

okay, I suppose you`re right... "melting" isn`t the right word.



I don`t have photos of it at the moment, I suppose I could try to leave it out again and replicate it, although it`s not as hot today.



It looks like moisture, similar to morning dew. When I saw my car in the parking lot it looked like dew had collected on the "power dome" on the hood (I don`t know how many of you are familiar with the 07+ 350Z`s but there`s is a large bulge in the middle of the hood) and a little bit on the roof.



I don`t know how else to explain it except to say that it looks like dew is collecting on my car in 95 degree heat... which is impossible, no? So that`s what I meant when I said that the wax is "melting"... I agree not the best word choice, I was just going for a somewhat amusing, response-inducing thread title.

[NCZ13]

i think thats the wax sweating... where the moisture in the air brings the oils out from the wax.



you might have applied to much.



Where in socal area you?

[magblackZ33]

I live in Monrovia, the "sweating" happened in Fullerton

[NCZ13]

yeah im farther south than you (near sd)



was it humid outside?

[magblackZ33]

Yeah... not Florida humid, but a little more humid than usual.

[Bert]

Sounds to me like the coat you applied was too thick and you are seeing the wax "sweat" or "gas" as some call it.

[magblackZ33]

Okay, so if the coat I applied was too thick, what should I do to remove the streaky haze?



Should I re-polish with the porter cable and then hand apply a thinner layer of the Mother`s carnauba? Should I just buff it with a polishing bonnet on the porter cable? Should I switch to a different wax? Or should I take some other approach?

[qwertydude]

Pictures would help. I posted pics of my hood done with collinite and after a day in the blazing socal sun it still looks like I just polished it. In fact I applied it to a hot hood in the sun to accelerate cure time so I could put 7 coats of wax. If any wax would melt off I`d definitely see it with that many coats. I would have to say that perhaps you didn`t buff out all the oils, I find mother`s hard wax a little oilier than the collinite. So maybe you didn`t buff out all the oils and it`s sweating and you get streaks. If you can`t buff out all the oils, after wiping and buffing, go over with some quick detailer. If you still see a haze it`s most likely hologramming that the wax and oils concealed. Again pics would help.

[wannafbody]

And that folks is why true synthetics are replacing old tech carnauba waxes.

[Bert]

Okay, so if the coat I applied was too thick, what should I do to remove the streaky haze?



A wipe down with a quick detailer should work, if that doesn`t work, washing the car will.

[magblackZ33]

A wipe down with a quick detailer should work, if that doesn`t work, washing the car will.



Well, actually I tried both of those things after it happened the first time and that didn`t do the trick.