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Hey, this is right down my alley as the use of a CleanerWax (and I put a whole lot of products in that broad category) is something that I, and people I`ve known IRL, have done since forever with great results
When I say "broad category", I mean that products as different as the old 1Z Paint Polish, Klasse AIO, RainDance, oh man...anything that both "preps" in some way and also leaves protection behind, are all just variations on a theme to me.
Note that regular here know that I`m an absolute *FANATIC* about not removing unnecessary clearcoat, *never* coming close to compromising it enough to degrade the UV protection (and that doesn`t take much). That said...
VERY few of these products are abrasive enough that you need to be concerned and many like the Klasse AIO are functionall nonabrasive on almost all autopaints. But they shouldn`t be *needed* enough to ever give that any thought anyhow. As others have mentioned, 99.9% of the time, a quick spritz with a SprayWax as a Drying Aid will be plenty with regard to "regular waxing".
IME (and taht of all those people I know IRL who do this), the real trick is to top the CleanerWax with a Straight Wax after the next wash. If you use something like FK1000P, you can get by with the SprayWax Drying Aid approach for *months*, and only do the CleanerWax maybe twice/year..or whenever you discern an actual *reason* to reach for it. I`d even plan on refreshing the Fk1000P a number of times before ever needing the CleanerWax again, but I don`t know what your conditions are.
Oh, and FWIW, I use a mildly abrasive product of this type with my buffers, and with none-too-gentle pads too, all the time without removing even close to a micron. I suggest not letting people who don`t really know what they`re talking about advise you on this stuff
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