Recommended waxes with filling power?

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The waxes I use are all intended for well maintained cars, and do no filling to speak of. While my cars are swirl-free, one of them shows love marks (towel marks) all too easily. I've decided to stop chasing these ghosts and just cheat a bit. This car is dark blue and marks up much easier than our black car. Does anyone know of a good quality wax with fillers? I've heard 1Z Glanz is good?

for reference, my waxes in rotation lately are NLB, Lusso, a few Dodos, and 915. None of these seem to fill.
 
WaxAddict said:
The waxes I use are all intended for well maintained cars, and do no filling to speak of. While my cars are swirl-free, one of them shows love marks (towel marks) all too easily. I've decided to stop chasing these ghosts and just cheat a bit. This car is dark blue and marks up much easier than our black car. Does anyone know of a good quality wax with fillers? I've heard 1Z Glanz is good?

for reference, my waxes in rotation lately are LNB, Lusso, a few Dodos, and 915. None of these seem to fill.
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Megs ultimate is about the best durable filler I have used. There are others that fill better but they don't make it past a rain.
 
IME the worse the paint - the better the filling appearance. Part of the "filling" is just the gloss wax offers. If your looking critically at light swirls in a dark car - most things won't offer an appreciable difference. It seems backwards - but this is my experience.


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bilt hammer auto balm. be prepared to be able to lift the front of your car after (cuz of the muscles you'll make applying and removing)

smarter move would be black hole+nattys blue
 
Swanicyouth said:
IME the worse the paint - the better the filling appearance. Part of the "filling" is just the gloss wax offers. If your looking critically at light swirls in a dark car - most things won't offer an appreciable difference. It seems backwards - but this is my experience.
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THIS is food for thought. I was looking at the insanely swirled hood of a friends car the other day, and of course gave him a friendly jab. He wasn't the least bit concerned because the car "needed to be waxed". I explained that wax alone isn't going to do it. He said, from experience, that Meg's Cleaner Wax "gets rid of it".

hmm, steel wool, red shop towel wipe down, then Meg's A12....:P
 
Ronkh said:
bilt hammer auto balm. be prepared to be able to lift the front of your car after (cuz of the muscles you'll make applying and removing)

smarter move would be black hole+nattys blue
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Bilt Hamber might be like bringing a gun to a knife fight, but then, I've tried Black Hole and love the look but it's not filling these micro scratches. A quick pass with FF4000 gets them easy, green pad, but I can't polish every time I touch the car.
 
WaxAddict said:
Bilt Hamber might be like bringing a gun to a knife fight, but then, I've tried Black Hole and love the look but it's not filling these micro scratches. A quick pass with FF4000 gets them easy, green pad, but I can't polish every time I touch the car.
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apply black hole - do not remove - apply natty's blue over black hole - remove together
 
WaxAddict said:
The waxes I use are all intended for well maintained cars, and do no filling to speak of. While my cars are swirl-free, one of them shows love marks (towel marks) all too easily. I've decided to stop chasing these ghosts and just cheat a bit. This car is dark blue and marks up much easier than our black car. Does anyone know of a good quality wax with fillers? I've heard 1Z Glanz is good?

for reference, my waxes in rotation lately are NLB, Lusso, a few Dodos, and 915. None of these seem to fill.
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Keep in mind that pretty much most waxes/sealants are oil based and most will fill by depositing oil on the surface. This oil fills in spider web marring considerably until it gets washed away or evaporates.
 
As David stated, any/every LSP will fill to an extent.

For me, Meg's ULW, HD Poxy fill well. HD Express fills really well and is surprisingly durable +/- 6 weeks for a spray/quick wax.
 
While I never noticed it myself, a member here whom I respect says that heavily layered KSG does some concealing for him...I can think of enough potential explanations for our differing experiences to say that it might be worth a try. Plus, with enough layers on there (I always use at least six) KSG can provide a good sacrificial barrier to keep (new) marring to a minumum.

I hear the Meguiar's Ultimate Quik Wax does a little concealing, so I'd at least try using that as your drying aid, no matter what LSP you're using.

The whole topic *does* make me wonder how the vehicle is getting marred up though...
 
House of Wax- In all fairness, there are cases where a vehicle just can't be corrected and the marring has to be accepted and concealed as best it can (I have two cars like that), but in this case it sounds like an ongoing issue.
 
Accumulator said:
The whole topic *does* make me wonder how the vehicle is getting marred up though...
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Fair enough! I'm not sure it's marring, specifically, rather more of hairline scratches of almost insignificant depth, induced by towel. These last lines were seen after a two-bucket wash, two Grit Guards, using 8 mitts by Griots and The Rag Co. The soap was PB SS&S. Dried by pooling, then two Dry Me A River towels using FK425 as a drying aid. The LSP is fresh, and is 915 topped with LNB. If that's not safe enough, then I'm out of ideas. The car wasn't very dirty. This is a dark blue Porsche with paint that is known for getting marked up.

Maybe the answer is something like the KSG that will provide more protection. I do, however, like the look of wax.
 
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