WaxAddict
01-20-2017, 02:26 PM
OK.. before you get excited (Ron), this is a home-brew project. I know from experience that this isn`t a big home-brew crowd, but I`d like to share my latest creation with those interested.
So when I`ve made car waxes in the past, the solvent has always given me fits. I get worked op thinking it`s too strong (turpentine) or too oily (orange oil). More times than not, the solvent just isn`t "right".
Yeah, DoDo Juice has released a solvent to the public just for home-brewers like me. How cool is that? Meh. I want to do *some* work on my own. So I`ve never bought the solvent from them, although I probably will.
I like the idea of waxes with mild cleaning. I mean, why not? I also like mild fillers. Why not? What do I have to prove? Sure my Z is immaculate, and your Scangrip won`t find any swirls on her, but still, if fillers hide a few towel marks, what`s the harm?
So when I made this last wax, I wanted fillers, but I had no idea how to do it. So why not add glaze to my wax? I`ve used Poorboy`s Black Hole and Natty`s Blue at the same time, with great results. So there I went.
As I experimented, I found that the Black Hole had a solvent and emulsifier effect in my wax. Bonus! Could Black Hole serve as my filler and the solvent? Not exclusively, but it helped. Granted, I can`t attest to what happens to Black Hole once it "melts". Maybe it`s filling properties are destroyed?
The first wax was useless, but it LOOKED beautiful, with a nice light-purple glistening sheen. I knew I was on to something. The result was like a rock, but it still wanted to transfer to the applicator - this told me it could work.
So another OEM was added. This time, a splash of solvent from my bottle of Collinite 845. You know how 845 separates? Those solvents can be drained off. The addition of the 845 solvent felt a bit like giving up, but I wanted to use this wax. I made another batch, which simply contained the 845 solvent, and larger amounts of my other ingredients:
Coconut Oil
Sweet Almond Oil
Real Lemon Oil
Aloe Vera jelly
T1 Brazilian Carnauba flakes
Bee`s Wax
Poorboy`s Black Hole
Here`s a picture of the ingredients:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Utilitarian/i-D7twrDg/0/L/ingredients-L.jpg
And here`s the finished wax:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Utilitarian/i-G2jvMrS/0/XL/final-XL.jpg
Well, the results surprised me. My internal, "in my head" code name for this wax is "Oily But Worth It". Although it`s too oily for consumer user, it`s still a winner. I`m going to work on a less oily version, which may include simply leaving out the Aloe Vera and using more Carnauba. From experience, I know that you can`t just take out some of the oil and suddenly you have a perfect wax. I mean you *could", but it would take 20 tries to get it right.
If you read all the text, god bless you. What a trooper. Anyway, pictures in action coming soon!
So when I`ve made car waxes in the past, the solvent has always given me fits. I get worked op thinking it`s too strong (turpentine) or too oily (orange oil). More times than not, the solvent just isn`t "right".
Yeah, DoDo Juice has released a solvent to the public just for home-brewers like me. How cool is that? Meh. I want to do *some* work on my own. So I`ve never bought the solvent from them, although I probably will.
I like the idea of waxes with mild cleaning. I mean, why not? I also like mild fillers. Why not? What do I have to prove? Sure my Z is immaculate, and your Scangrip won`t find any swirls on her, but still, if fillers hide a few towel marks, what`s the harm?
So when I made this last wax, I wanted fillers, but I had no idea how to do it. So why not add glaze to my wax? I`ve used Poorboy`s Black Hole and Natty`s Blue at the same time, with great results. So there I went.
As I experimented, I found that the Black Hole had a solvent and emulsifier effect in my wax. Bonus! Could Black Hole serve as my filler and the solvent? Not exclusively, but it helped. Granted, I can`t attest to what happens to Black Hole once it "melts". Maybe it`s filling properties are destroyed?
The first wax was useless, but it LOOKED beautiful, with a nice light-purple glistening sheen. I knew I was on to something. The result was like a rock, but it still wanted to transfer to the applicator - this told me it could work.
So another OEM was added. This time, a splash of solvent from my bottle of Collinite 845. You know how 845 separates? Those solvents can be drained off. The addition of the 845 solvent felt a bit like giving up, but I wanted to use this wax. I made another batch, which simply contained the 845 solvent, and larger amounts of my other ingredients:
Coconut Oil
Sweet Almond Oil
Real Lemon Oil
Aloe Vera jelly
T1 Brazilian Carnauba flakes
Bee`s Wax
Poorboy`s Black Hole
Here`s a picture of the ingredients:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Utilitarian/i-D7twrDg/0/L/ingredients-L.jpg
And here`s the finished wax:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Utilitarian/i-G2jvMrS/0/XL/final-XL.jpg
Well, the results surprised me. My internal, "in my head" code name for this wax is "Oily But Worth It". Although it`s too oily for consumer user, it`s still a winner. I`m going to work on a less oily version, which may include simply leaving out the Aloe Vera and using more Carnauba. From experience, I know that you can`t just take out some of the oil and suddenly you have a perfect wax. I mean you *could", but it would take 20 tries to get it right.
If you read all the text, god bless you. What a trooper. Anyway, pictures in action coming soon!