akimel said:
Perhaps Accumulator will chime in here...
Yeah, it was almost certainly applied too thick and to a surface that was too warm.
No way I'd apply #16 to a warm surface, too great a chance that it'll start to evaporate before it's evenly/thinly applied. Once you start applying #16 to a surface, you spread it out over an ever-increasing area so it's nice and thin, and that'd be tough if it flashes too fast. The ?carrier agents?/?solvents? (or whatever it is that flashes off) need to stick around long enough for the wax to get spread out evenly.
Unlike
BigJimZ28, I like applying #16 via machine, but it might make it harder to apply it thinly enough. There's a bit of a trick/learning curve to doing #16 via machine and it mostly revolves around not using too much and not flashing the product too quickly.
That "scoop some out..." expression makes me kinda :scared: as it's hard to avoid getting too much on the pad. I rub the pad (machine pad or hand applicator) across the wax quickly so it melts. #16 is "the paste wax that turns liquid" and it hardly takes *any* to saturate the pad sufficiently. Once you get some on the pad, rub the pad together so it's evenly distributed and then try to scrape as much back out of the pad as possible. This last step is crucial IMO, you really do need to get rid of the excess wax and you *will* have some.
With the pad/applicator primed, you should have enough on there to do a least a whole hood no matter how big the vehicle is. On a normal-size car you should be able to do a few panels before you need (a tiny bit) more wax. And again, remember to squeeze/scrape the excess out before you resume applying.
Example of how little it takes: when the can is "empty" (scare-quotes intentional), with just a tiny bit left in the recess of the outer rim at the bottom, that tiny bit (about, oh..maybe a little more than thumb-nail size amount) is plenty to do the whole A8.
