Ancient car waxes???

tuscarora dave

tuscarora dave

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This thread might appeal to our older members here at DC. Now I am not suggesting that any of our members are ancient but the fact remains that a lot of the younger members may have never seen let alone used any of these old waxes.

Recently I was given a tin of 20+ year old wax made by BAF industries. It is a hard Brazilian carnauba paste wax. The other night I applied a coat of Black Hole and a coat of EX-P. After sufficient cure time I applied a coat of this old W-41 paste wax and it looks fantastic. I like old stuff to begin with so I got to thinking that I may start collecting old tins of car wax.

I have heard that today's V.O.C. compliant paste waxes while as nice as they are just don't have the longevity of the older non V.O.C. compliant paste waxes. Is there any truth to this statement?

So today I was milling my way around a flea market and I found these old tins of wax. I payed $1 for all 3 tins. The one was never opened and is seems to be perfectly preserved. The other 2 while thay have been opened are still usable.I intend on trying out the Classic Quick Wax on my own car the next time I need to wax it.

The purpose of starting this thread is to get some feedback from our older members who may have used some of this stuff. and to just have a place that you can post photos and or thoughts on any old waxes you may have used in the past or still may be using. I just thought this might be an interesting thread to follow. Thanks in advance for any involvement in this thread, TD


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My wife can't understand cuz she remember me and her father only waxing our 2/3 times a year.
 
ive got a new tin of simoniz car wax ...yep the arm breaker paste ..picked it up in peru a few years back ...ive got nightmares about that stuff ..i learned to detail on a 69 imperial 4 door
 
My pop used the Quick Wax years ago. I learned not to wax the entire car in the sun with that stuff.


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All waxes mentioned in this thread are not that old.
Blue Corral was long after Vista and Simonize and Dynamite cleaner were years before that.
 
Remember, Johnsons Car Plate, Johnsons Carnu, Johnsons J-Wax. Simonize Paste Wax ,Instant Simonize , Simonize Vista ,Simonize Body Guard, Simonize Body Sheen. Dupont #7 Auto Polish, Sevenite , Sheild, New Car wax. Hutcheson Waterproof Wax , Holingshead Venus wax, Aura, Mitchel Wax, Porcelanize, Blue Coral cleaner and sealer, Slax Super X, Lustur Seal, Autobrite, and others that I cant think of right now.
 
black bart said:
All waxes mentioned in this thread are not that old.
Blue Corral was long after Vista and Simonize and Dynamite cleaner were years before that.
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Thank you sir.:D Do you have any oppinion as to the validity of the non VOC being longer lasting than the VOC compliant waxes?
 
cartoysautospa said:
ol dupont # 7 was what I started with back in 1969.......... man that stuff was great, but hard on your arms .lol
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I had a can of Dupont # 7 sitting in the garage until a couple years ago.

I was cleaning the place and threw it away, I probably could have sold it but the can was rusty and not in good shape.

What I remember most about those old waxes is how hard it was to remove. :eek:

Dynamite cleaner was good for removing heavy oxidation it was one of the best back in the 40's.

Car care has come a long way since then, I no longer use any wax.
 
Ronkh said:
remember blue coral?
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I got a serious butt chewing for doing a Blue Coral three step on my Volvo 145 wagon at the Washington Navy Yard in 1970. I was supposed to be working on a six-by. How am I supposed to know this stuff takes four hours, Gunny?!

I've told this story before. My "punushment" was to "go spit shine that boat!" I worked for about a week on the Presidential yacht "Sequoia"... died and gone to heaven.

As far as I know, Blue Coral was the first company to offer a consumer three step system, compound, polish, wax. Does anyone know of others?
 
Back in the mid 70s I used a Meguiars 2 step, a cleaner and a separate wax, it worked well on my black 57 Ford rag top.

Most of the old pre VOC waxes, in my experience, were probably no better than today's off the shelf waxes regarding durability. I used to wax my cars frequently both because I was a fanatic and because they needed it. I used some fairly harsh soaps to wash with, today you have much better choices.

In my experience something like today's Collinite 476 is night and day better durability wise than anything from the old days. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

How about Liquid Ebony swirl remover? Or Final Finish glaze? Loved that Dupont #7.
 
Most of the stuff I used in the late 60's and early 70's were Simoniz and Turtle wax. The difference is of course the scent. The old stuff said on the label there were petroleum distillates and there were, some of the stuff was highly flammable and I used to start my barbecue with car wax if I did not have charcoal lighter.

There was also a lot of 'grit" or rubbing compound in a lot of the waxes in the old days. It was miserable to spread and had water shedding capabilities until the next car wash or rain.

I love the silicone stuff today but I don't have to tell you we are dealing with highly evolved paints too these days that don't oxidize if left out in the sun for 24 hours either and the only clear coats back in the day were on show cars and they yellowed. Waxes and polishes have come a long way.

For me the worst memories were of Meguiar's pure carnuba in the bottle I used to wax my 1973 Z-28 show car. It smelled like gas, went on smoothly, never dried to a haze but remained as a liquid then you had to have a gross of soft rags to rub it all off...that was the worst.
 
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