a little help...maintaining the shine

[CuriousJa]

do i have to start all over from scratch when my wax starts loseing its nice new look? what i mean is... should i wash and AIO everytime i want to re-new my wax layer or just wash and apply more wax? will just washing and waxing still give me that deep shine like it did when i started from scratch?

[jimmybuffit]

Odds are good that just another coat of wax will do the trick. Try one panel to see...



Jim

[CuriousJa]

so i can just put a new layer of wax over the old deteriorating layer without removing the old stuff first?.........what would be the best way to remove only the wax(PS) without removing any AIO? Thanks- Ja

[Accumulator]

Washing and waxing will work IF you do it soon enough. By the time you start to really NOTICE the wax fading, you`re back to where you REALLY oughta do the AIO step first. FWIW, I renew the wax on my wife`s A8 frequently, only redoing the underlying stuff once or twice a year.



Spot-clay when you wash to remove any contaminants and as Jimamary said, try one panel and see how it works. If the look isn`t what you like, next time do your rewaxing sooner.



Any "removal" of the wax would probably compromise your AIO too. It really is a matter of either rewaxing soon enough or doing both steps. When I was using Souveran on a daily driver, I had to rewax about every other week to keep it the way I wanted it.

[show car]

Keep it protected and you will only need to wax, if you notice fading, spots, etc, I would AIO again.