Carnauba "Mythbuster".

JSFM35X said:
Great post. I agree with most of it but as I was reading I was asking myself...............Do people really still use wax? Why?

Durability stinks, its a time waster, and there are such better alternatives out there?

Its like saying I prefer riding my horse to work.

Me no get it.
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Personal preference.

And, FWIW, my wife would absolutely love to ride a horse to work most days instead of drive a car.
 
Shiny Mew said:
^Someone please reply to this man. Readership and contribution to these investigative threads is extremely important by fostering empirically-derived indicators for industry best practice and to uncover any systemic fallacies among the detailing community.

Also, as there has been a not insignificant amount of time since the bulk of this thread took place, has wax technology or application since improved or altered at all (rendering any advice herein potentially misleading now?)
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Shiny Mew,

Appreciate the support, still waiting on the answers though 😁. Thinking about starting a thread with for those questions but I thought commenting here would be more appropriate.
 
FIDOAG14 said:
Shiny Mew,

Appreciate the support, still waiting on the answers though . Thinking about starting a thread with for those questions but I thought commenting here would be more appropriate.
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I believe people look at a thread like this and decide not to participate this far into it simplly because they don't want to go back and read comments from 8 years ago on a forum that doesn't exist as it did then in order to come up to speed. Many of those members no longer participiate on this forum. More importantly should they not do this they really don't know the relevance of your post with respect to this thread. I'd suggest you start a new thread.
 
GearHead_1 said:
I'd suggest you start a new thread.
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Or restate whatever questions remain unanswered.

Though I do question just how well such topics will ever turn out..."wax durability stinks" whereas I have waxes that long outlast most of my sealants.

Find what you like and use it as often as necessary.
 
Accumulator said:
Let's see if somebody can change my ways!

I use wax (Collinite 476S) on the dark blue '93 Audi because:

-It looks good, just right on that paint IMO
-It lasts a long time, much longer than many sealants I've tried (once a year applications at most on that car)
-It protects well, better than many sealants I've tried
-It conceals a little, again better than any sealant I've tried
-It lends itself well to spot-correction (don't need to redo the whole panel or do mutliple layers)
-It's easy to work with and I like the scent
-I have a multiple-lifetime supply

I'd happily *never* spend one minute on this stuff if I could magically keep my vehicles the way I want them without effort. I even think of using the Magic Checkbook approach, but my local so-called "detailers", uhm....well, they aren't touching my vehicles.
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I've been using 845 IW since 1974 (no typo). all of the above applies to my experience with it.
 
jimmie jam- Heh heh, ironically enough (as you just bumped this thread with a Quote of my post), I recently switched that old Audi over to FK1000P! Doesn't look as nice IMO but I did have my reasons. Still using 845 on some sections of it though.

Now if I can just get some of my fellow Autopians to buy my 476S and M16!
 
Well, I can find it intereting to see how stuff (including my own opinions and practices) changes/doesn't over the years.

Seems like people have been calling carnaubas obsolete for a long time now, but I bet a lot of people are still happy with them.
 
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