Temperature Resistant Wax

[mis3]

I waxed my wheels with Meguiar's waxes like NXT, M21. I noticed that the front wheels would loose their smoothness much faster than the rear wheels.

The only differences I can see are more brake dusts (Mercedes) and higher temperature. What wax should I use for the wheels that can resist high temperature?

[Markus Kleis]

Re: Temperature Resistant Wax

Wheels are a very hostile environment, and do not lend themselves well to traditional auto waxes.

Some companies produce "wheel waxes," but I admittedly have never tried a dedicated wax. Since most wheel cleaners will remove the wax when it is washed anyway, I just use whatever I have laying around and re-apply after washing.

[mis3]

Re: Temperature Resistant Wax

I tried WheelWax and too bad it is not better.

[james0509]

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My experience with DP wheel wax is pretty good. I admit I was expecting a tremendous difference but the DP wheel wax slightly lowers the amount of brake dust stuck on my wheels.

Better than nothing I suppose.

[the_invisible]

Re: Temperature Resistant Wax

I waxed my wheels with Meguiar's waxes like NXT, M21. I noticed that the front wheels would loose their smoothness much faster than the rear wheels.

The only differences I can see are more brake dusts (Mercedes) and higher temperature. What wax should I use for the wheels that can resist high temperature?

A Singapore member on MOL has a very detailed blog on every one of his detail job. His blog is Wet Shine Detail, search for it on google.

he did a test on a couple types wheel waxes. As it turns out, the side of the wheel with wheel wax applied accumulates much more brake dust than the side that does not have any wax on it.

[Eddie6th]

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I was actually thinking about this today as I was cleaning my wheels. As mentioned,there are companies that specialize in this with waxes that have a higher temperature resistence.

I was going to put this in product suggestions,but seeing as it's already mentioned here...

Why doesn't Meguiar's make a dedicated wheel wax? There is a great range of products,but not this.

I've never tried any,so don't know how they perform,but makes sense if they work. I have tried auto wax in the past. Wheel spokes and face were fine and i still do this,but I don't do the inside anymore.

[Calais]

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I've been pretty curious about wheel wax for a little while now. I'm a bit skeptical about their effectiveness; especially vs. normal wax/sealant. I just use Cleaner Wax, I've got loads of it what with my consumer line bottle and my few samples from Smooth Surface Kit.

[Andrew C.]

Re: Temperature Resistant Wax

NXT Works for Me!

[TimG]

Re: Temperature Resistant Wax

I'll echo with Mark, its a hostile environment. So frequent reapplication of protectant (wax and/or sealant) would assist in making cleaning much easier.

If you truly want to try something hardcore, there's those nano coatings. A few I can remember would be J Glaze, Nanolex, Optimum, G-techniq to name a few. They are quite costly and "last" longer then our normal wax and/or sealant.

But, I'll just stick to my m21 2.0. *LOL*

ps: Invisible - the writer of that blog comes from Malaysia - Fishbonezken - I heard he tried tasting some Dodo S/N just because its organic based. *LOL*


Tim

[irf@n]

Re: Temperature Resistant Wax

I use FinishKare 1000P High Temp Paste Wax on paint and wheels. Very durable on wheels too...

[hacker-pschorr]

Re: Temperature Resistant Wax

Brake dust is very corrosive, and for some reason the German car manufactures keep using high dust producing brake pads.

I would go with a low dust pad designed for your car. Metal Master blue pads are a very popular option to cut down dust without sacrificing performance.

[jfelbab]

Re: Temperature Resistant Wax

I use NXT but I follow up every wash with Quik Wheel Detailer and no longer have any issues with slickness or brake dust sticking to the wheel.

[geert dr]

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The only product i use that is not Meguiars is Poorboys Wheel Sealant, since i use this on my wheels i don't even need a wheelcleaner to clean the wheels !
NXTshampoo and a brush and they are clean and shiny!
Apply it every 3months or so and youre done !