Can someone please help me?

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golfdude

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I have been detailing cars for some time, yet I have always wandered a couple of things (I will try my best to explain what I am trying to say):

Why do we have to use polish and waxes the way we do (in terms of having to apply a product, then removing the product off with a towel, and then buffing the remaining residue)?

How does wax work (we know it improves the shine of a paint surface, but how)?

When we buff-off wax and polish, what ingredients are we removing, and what ingredients are we leaving on the paint surface?


If anyone knows where I am trying to go with these questions, please feel free to further your explanations! Thanks
 
We do things the way we do them because there aren't many other ways to do it. How else do you propose you get excess polish off if not with a towel? There are bonnets you can attach to your polisher that will buff it off for you, but there still needs to be buffing going on.

Wax works by creating a shell of protection around the car that blocks UV rays and keeps dust and other contaminants from damaging the paint immediately. Look at it as sunblock for your car with a little buffer against other damage thrown in. It shines the surface because the oils and other properties in carnauba reflect light differently than paint.

All you are buffing off when you do that is the excess product that didn't get used. If you were able to effectively spread the product around as far as it would stretch then you wouldn't have to buff anything off at all.

So there you have it. Answers to all your questions in less space than it took to ask them. :) Long live the Mullet!
 
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