QEW slickness

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bcwang

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Just wondering how slick QEW is supposed to be? I put 4 capfuls into 1 gallon of water and it didn't feel very slick. I was kinda afraid to wash the car, but proceeded anyway. The sun already went down now so I can't tell if I caused any marring until tomorrow. But just wondering if it's ok that the QEW didn't make the water really slick. My mothers reflections car wash feels much slicker with much less concentration.



The reason I had this concern was because both my bottles of QEW have this small white pellet floating around. I shook and shook but could not get it to dissolve. So I proceeded to pour and measure out my bucket when that white pellet came out and fell on the floor. I tried picking it up to feel it and it just squished, kinda felt like wax or something. Is it normal for QEW to have this white pellet? I hope it isn't supposed to be mixed with the solution because the whole thing is gone now.
 
What about the white substance that fell out? I remember reading a post a while back where someone mentioned that is one of the ingredients that make the QEW work.
 
bcwang said:
What about the white substance that fell out? I remember reading a post a while back where someone mentioned that is one of the ingredients that make the QEW work.
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It's wax in the QEW. I have 3 one gallon jugs of it and they all have it floating around.



In your first post you said that you used 4 capfulls for 1 gallon of water. That is twice as much as is recommended. It's 2 capfulls per gallon of water.
 
stevet, are you able to get that wax to dissolve by shaking the bottle? I can't get it to mix with the solution.



I read a lot of other posts here, and the it seems that the caps do not equal 1/2 oz like the packaging says. It seems that 3-4 capfuls is 1 ounce. I just used 4 to be on the safe side since my water here is very hard.
 
mine also says 1 oz/gal of water but if you go further down it further says to pour in 1/2 oz in 2 qts. of water in a bucket and to use proportionally more for larger vehicles.
 
I use two capfuls to 1 gallon of water and that mix is just the right amount to do my whole Integra.



I also add 1-2 oz of QD as well. I've used Adam's (cuz I have a gallon) but it seemed to streak a little so I'll stick to using Mother's.



The white beads were floating around in my bottle too.
 
TW85 HHI said:
2 capfuls from the 16 oz. bottle equals one ounce? My bottles say 1 ounce of QEW per gallon of water.
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Yes your bottle does say 1 ounce of QEW per gallon of water, they all do:) Protectall considers the cap to be half an ounce although some people have measured it out and it's less than that. They recommend 2 capfulls per gallon as a guide and you can adjust from there. There are several threads on this. I use 2 capfuls per gallon and I have no problems and I use QEW all winter.
 
bcwang said:
stevet, are you able to get that wax to dissolve by shaking the bottle? I can't get it to mix with the solution.
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No I can't get the wax to remix. Works fine though.
 
stevet said:
No I can't get the wax to remix. Works fine though.
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Ok good, cause my wax pellet fell out and is gone now, so hope it wasn't necessary for any reason.



I've got a measuring cup from my nyquil, I'll just use that to measure an ounce from now on. My hands are still affected by the wash on saturday. They feel really dry. But QEW did a great job. In fact I think it's better than a regular wash since I didn't have to keep chasing water trails leaking down the car and have to deal with water spots. This will be especially great next time I want to wax and don't have to deal with hidden water soaking into my applicator pad.
 
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