How Often......?

[tlsole]

Re: How Often......?

Sorry, noob question..

Whats the best way to remove wax? Or can i wash the car with the old wax still on, then just re-wax?

[Clutch34]

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As long as the paint itself is still good (not bumpy or rough but reallllll smooth) then I'm sure you can go ahead and just re-wax. At bare minimum, I'd say you may want to at least clay it (if needed) prior to waxing. I'll be doing that ina few weeks before winter kicks in (altho it's not all too bad here in texas lol) -- wash, clay, wax until spring.

[Murr1525]

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Sorry, noob question..

Whats the best way to remove wax? Or can i wash the car with the old wax still on, then just re-wax?

Depends on the goal.

If you feel the wax needs removed, then clay if needed, and a paint cleaner will remove the wax.

If you are sure the surface is in good shape, and just want to rewax, you can just re-wax.

[Murr1525]

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Sounds good. So basically pure polishes like #5 and #7 are only used when doing the 3 step process and having individual cleaner, polish, and wax?

Ehhh.... you know, gray area....

My car is a daily driver, parked outside, etc... lots of dirt.. so I cleaner/wax at a minimum. Makes me feel better.

But plenty of people just re-wax, or polish and wax, and get good results.

[Clutch34]

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Cool, that's what I wanted to know -- whether or not I can just use a polish and a wax a month or 2 after a full detail, as long as the paint doesn't need claying. Thanks!

[Fly Bye]

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polish has no "cleaners''

a polish is liquid oils, you can imagine there will be some interaction.

Hate to open up a can of worms here...but some manufacture's consider a polish as a light, or moderate abrassive. A "pure" polish is considered by some as exactly that...a pure polish with no wax or fillers.

http://www.pinnaclewax.com/xmt-ultra-fine-swirl.html

Main Entry: 1pol·ish
Pronunciation: \ˈpä-lish\
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English polisshen, from Anglo-French poliss-, stem of polir, from Latin polire
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 : to make smooth and glossy usually by friction : burnish
2 : to smooth, soften, or refine in manners or condition
3 : to bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state : perfect
intransitive verb
: to become smooth or glossy by or as if by friction
— pol·ish·er noun

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polish

[Murr1525]

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Hate to open up a can of worms here...but some manufacture's consider a polish as a light, or moderate abrassive. A "pure" polish is considered by some as exactly that...a pure polish with no wax or fillers.

http://www.pinnaclewax.com/xmt-ultra-fine-swirl.html

Main Entry: 1pol·ish
Pronunciation: \ˈpä-lish\
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English polisshen, from Anglo-French poliss-, stem of polir, from Latin polire
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 : to make smooth and glossy usually by friction : burnish
2 : to smooth, soften, or refine in manners or condition
3 : to bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state : perfect
intransitive verb
: to become smooth or glossy by or as if by friction
— pol·ish·er noun

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polish

You are quite right, different companies do work in different terms. There is no industry wide standard. Since this is the Meguairs forum, we do tend to work in Meguairs terminology.

[Fly Bye]

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[Michael Stoops]

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You are quite right, different companies do work in different terms. There is no industry wide standard. Since this is the Meguairs forum, we do tend to work in Meguairs terminology.

Not only that, but Meguiar's has been using the term "polish" this way since before most of our competition's founders were born!

Has anyone checked to see if their shoe polish has any abrasives in it? Or is it a colored product with oils that nourish the leather and restore that brilliant gloss? Do you even want/need an abrasive in a shoe polish?

We can argue semantics all day long, but even looking at the definition posted earlier, Meguiar's use of the word "polish" fits right in:

1 : to make smooth and glossy usually by friction : burnish
2 : to smooth, soften, or refine in manners or condition
3 : to bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state : perfect
intransitive verb
4 : to become smooth or glossy by or as if by friction

#1 states usually by friction, not always, and that fits right in with Meguiar's definition of the word.
#2 mentions to refine, again right in step with our usage.
#3 is spot on with Meguiar's use of the word
#4 again states it both ways "by or as if by friction"

Yes, what can seem so straightforward is just further complicated by even more words!!!