Conference quark::mennotes-v1

If it's perfect weather for the beach and cruising, what are you doing 
waxing the car?

			Steve

    Speaking of car wax, don't ya get the feeling that the car washes are
    ripping us off on car wax?  You go through and the wash starts.  Then a
    sign blinks that says, "WAX".  Do you think we're really getting wax?
    
    Is you do, then try this.  Tell the attendant that you don't want the
    wash, but just the wax job.

    That sign is there to tell you that if you've paid to go through an
    automated car wash, you're getting waxed.  It's a great way to shed
    years off your car.

I've seen "Hot Wax Now Being Applied" as one of the "World's Three Biggest Lies"
(there being many variations on this list).  But I think it's true - the
wax gets applied only to your windshield where it stays forever.

				Steve

    Car washes are fine for that quick rinse of winter grime and salt.
    I'm curious as to which car wax/polish is the best that is manually
    applied. All the waxes I have used seem to clean ok but don't really
    give me that "mirror" I would like.

The DLOACT::CARBUFFS conference has an extensive discussion of car waxes
and polishes.

				Steve

    Thanks Steve

    I used something called Liquid Crystal on the White Rocket and it did
    me a fine shine for the summer time.

    
    
    Every spring, after the last snow (-8 I give my Honda the twice over. 
    First, I take rubbing compound to the entire thing to thoroughly remove
    all the winder grime (and all the old wax left over from the previous
    year, if any).  Then, I also use the Liquid Crystal mentioned in the
    previous note.  It's a little more expensive than some of the other
    waxes, but it will survive more than one washing!
    
        GJD

    
    I like 'Rain Dance', to me it gives a real nice shine to my little red
    
    Escort, GT.
    
    Estelle
    

    you're supposed to wax them?  People really do that?!!
    
    Lorna
    

 I was wondering the same thing...I suppose you have to *wash* them first? :^)




 Jim whose car has 175K miles on it and is not worried about wax at this point
in time.

    does wax hold the rust together?

  	the last time i waxed my car, i slipped right off the hood.

    You're supposed to wax your car on a weekly basis.  It's more effective
    than shaving and cheaper than electrolysis.

    .14/.15 wounder how she does on floors???:)

RE:  Note 763.13  NOVA::FISHER 

>    does wax hold the rust together?


No.  I've tried that.

    minute carwash in Worcester is great it doesn't strip the wax or paint
    and it cleans well rims and all but what is the best wax???/
    I like MOTHERS. make sure it contains carbina(SP?) its suppoesed to be
    good for the car..

	  So tell me this.  Why do some men really love to
	  wash and wax cars ?  I'm not talking just their
	  very own car. I've dated men who get a thrill
	  out of making a car shine. Or is it just a way
	  to build up the upper arm muscles ?  And impressing
	  women?   



	  kits

    I have been told by my bodyshop man, who is extremely well informed
    about these sorts of things, that for the past several years Japanese
    cars (and many others) have a clearcoat on the paint and that waxing
    them will actually *destroy* the clearcoat.  My wife's '88 Honda Civic
    and my '89 Honda CRX have never been waxed and still have a mirror
    shine when freshly washed.  Hondas of similar age owned by friends have
    been waxed and *never* shine the way ours do.
    
    When I used to own cars without clearcoat, I used Rain dance with
    excellent results.
    
    -dick

    Re:  why men wax cars
    
    It's definitely a sexual thing.  The act itself of rubbing a smooth
    rounded surface is sensual.  Also, a car is at the same time an extension of
    the male sex organ (particularly those sporty little numbers -- when I
    was single I had a Triumph TR4-A IRS), but also a surrogate sex partner
    ("She's a great little car.")  And making the extension of the male sex
      ^^^
    organ sparkle in the glinting sun, is the ultimate in male preening.
    I got rid of my TR4 as soon as I got engaged to my wife.  :^)
    
    					- Vick

    No, no, it's wax, not whacks.

    Never understood it myself. I wash mine once, maybe twice a year.
    Wax? yeah, three or four years ago. Seems like the ideal time
    for washing/waxing always conflicts with something more important,
    like fishing, or deer hunting, or sleep, or hiking, or chasing
    women, or...

    Mine is Rain Dance with my Sears buffer. Makes an old 82 Toyota
    pick up truck shine like a babies a$$. Bubba would be proud of me!:-)
    Shining a pickup truck takes work that isn't questionable by any
    nature. Gotta clean out the beer bottles from the bed and wash the handy
    beer bottle window, which I chuck the empties through. :) The rest
    is simple, clean off the big peices of dirt with a garden hose. Then
    proceed to shine it with Dupont car wash vs the soap from the side of
    the kitchen sink. Cause the stuff from the kithen sink is made to
    removed wax, grease and etc. Leaving your finish like its in need of a
    finish. But, I enjoy putting on my shorts, sneekers, suntan lotion, and
    sunglass's to preform a task that would be as mundane as shining your
    black wing tips.
    
    George

    re.19
    It's a compulsion to waste water, wax and time....
    My jeep has never seen wax and I'm afraid to wash it for fear
    I might decide I need a new one. 8^)
    
    -j who hasen't a clue why.
         

    I use the car wash at the gas station.  8*)

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