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Mother's wax
- Thread starter Billg
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Dailyshine
New member
Maybe you applied too much wax? Or let it set too long? I'm guessing it was their California Gold Carnauba Wax?
My only experience with Mothers waxes was their FX spray wax. I basically just wanted something cheap to use on door jambs, areas under the trunk, things like that. I tried it on a door panel once just to see what it looked like. It looked pretty good and was slick, but it seemed to attract dust more than anything else I used.
If it happens again, you could use some QD to help with the buffing.
My only experience with Mothers waxes was their FX spray wax. I basically just wanted something cheap to use on door jambs, areas under the trunk, things like that. I tried it on a door panel once just to see what it looked like. It looked pretty good and was slick, but it seemed to attract dust more than anything else I used.
If it happens again, you could use some QD to help with the buffing.
Based on my experience with Mothers, it's not supposed to be too difficult to buff off but as soon as it becomes hazy, you need to buff it off immediately. I took a phone call once and couldn't, for the life of me remove the wax. Those were my newb days so I after buffing for a while I just left whatever residue and drove like that for a week and a half before I washed the car again.
Next time though I bet liberal use of a detail spray would help a lot. That's what I do when I let 476S sit too long.
Next time though I bet liberal use of a detail spray would help a lot. That's what I do when I let 476S sit too long.
Accumulator
Well-known member
Buffing LSP via PC requires a very thin application. Applying a lot of pressure to the PC doesn't seem to work well for this so you can't try to force things the way you can when doing this via Cyclo.
Not that I know from Mother's, but I can't help but wonder if it was applied too thickly.
With products like Collinite 476S, if I get the application properly thin, I can let it set up indefinitely (as in, longer than overnight) and it still buffs off easily.
If/when I do have problems buffing something off, I'll sometimes reapply the same stuff over top of the tenacious application. It's the "like-dissolves-like" solvent action thing. Doesn't seem to work with Collinite, but it does work with a lot of other products.
Not that I know from Mother's, but I can't help but wonder if it was applied too thickly.
With products like Collinite 476S, if I get the application properly thin, I can let it set up indefinitely (as in, longer than overnight) and it still buffs off easily.
If/when I do have problems buffing something off, I'll sometimes reapply the same stuff over top of the tenacious application. It's the "like-dissolves-like" solvent action thing. Doesn't seem to work with Collinite, but it does work with a lot of other products.