Are you a wax or sealant guy/girl? Why?

Ohh my... Well, for me there is no definite answer.



It depends on time, mood, my eyes and finally the tactile experience itself. When time dictates, I go WOWA with OOS. My mood can ask for literally everything, depending on the actual curve. My eyes sometimes want bright, sometimes wet, or balanced, sometimes subdued and glowing. Then I want depth. Sometimes paraffin-oily richness like #16, sometimes darkened optics, like #26/NXT. If I want mirrory silvery ghosting reflections from a flatter angle, I use an acrylic. And finally the tactile thing. I am a paste fanatic and I enjoy the hard consistency - especially when I have to melt a bit of wax in my palm to massage it onto a nice panel. I always discover more and more details, curves, angles in the sheetmetal which cannot be experienced in another way. For me liquids are just liquids, but when I encounter a forever-spreading slick one like 845, then it's a unique liquid with a face in the crowd. I love when a product has a lovely removal characteristics. It can be both dusting-easy, or oily smooth, just it should have a certain positive character - so no belt sander-like one please.



I think that product consistency walks hand in hand with the "soul" of a product. As it goes thicker and thicker, the process becomes more and more therapeutic. A coating is genius when you factor in everyday aspects, but does it have enough soul? Similarly a WOWA can give a quick flash like "wow, it looks sooo good with sooo little work!"... Then the experience evaporates away together with the sealant. WOWA'ing a car can not be a ritual like a proper bare hand waxing session.



So I must say I'm an omnivore when it comes to car care...
 
I prefer to use a combo when I can, sealant and then a wax.



As to which one i prefer, I really enjoy the ease of using a sealant. Then again, a wax such as colli 845 is so easy to work with also. Whichever one gives me more durability and looks is the way I usually go. AKA-sealant.
 
For our CR-V, I prefer sealants, for two practical reasons--ease of use and durability. During the non-winter months I use Ultima Paint Guard Plus because it's simply the easiest protectant to apply (WOWA). I tend to re-apply it every two months. Last October, though, I switched to FK 1000p because of its reputed durability. It carried me through April. I was very happy with it.



For my black S2000 I prefer paste carnauba wax during the non-winter months. At the moment I'm really liking Victoria Concours Red. I like the carnauba look, but perhaps equally important, I like the entire waxing process. The car is small enough for me to enjoy waxing the car. I don't think I simply do not enjoy waxing/sealing larger CR-V. During the winter months I use Blackfire Wet Diamond on my S2K. I like its slickness and the durability is more than sufficient to get my car through the winter (it's garaged and isn't driven as much as the CR-V).
 
Summer: nuba wax, coz they simply look awesome under the sun

Non-Summer: sealant. too lazy to detail/car wax due to harsh weather, looking for the most durable and those which can sheet water the most...
 
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