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Many moons ago back in the early 80's when I got into professional detailing, I noticed most customers asked about getting a SIMONIZ, it was a generic term, of course for waxing, but I decided to look into it. Bought a can of Simoniz wax, contacted the company number on the can, they referred me to a salesperson who came to my shop. Brought all sorts of interesting products, visual business promotions, and a unique system. Using a rotary commercial buffer w/ a large pad and bonnet, a combination of paint sealer (Super Glaze if I recall), cleaner wax, and a good gob of Simoniz paste wax (soft as butter, orange and smelled really pleasantly waxy and oily) were all piled on at once, and used to buff the entire car. Tight spots were done by hand using the removed bonnet. Then a clean bonnet used to buff it off, then a clean towel for final detail. Results were fantastic, anybody that saw it demonstrated, including customers, friends, bodyshops, dealers, were sold and wanted it on their car. A good selling point was "Its a GENUINE SIMONIZ". The quiet rotary buffer doing about a car made it look professional at the same time.
Interestingly, it was touted as usable on average DIRTY cars w/o the need wash the car 1st (but it made the bonnets really dirty and used a few more bonnets per car) with a pre-wash optional. This last point horrifies most people, but this system was originaly used at gas stations in the 1950's and 60's while customers were getting gassed-up. 2 workers would do an entire car in about 5 minutes. And charge $5 or $10!
I used this system for years (don't worry, I washed 90% of the cars 1st) and it never failed to work great. Scratched-up cars needed "wheeling" and "cutting" first, as did REALLY faded red cars back in the day of straight enamels and lacquer paints. And this was before clay was ever used, or foam pads, quick detailers, micro-fibers, and base coat-clear coat paint.
So, how about today, using Meguirs products, combining a sealer and carnuba wax at the same time, in effect waxing and sealing in 1 final step??
Interestingly, it was touted as usable on average DIRTY cars w/o the need wash the car 1st (but it made the bonnets really dirty and used a few more bonnets per car) with a pre-wash optional. This last point horrifies most people, but this system was originaly used at gas stations in the 1950's and 60's while customers were getting gassed-up. 2 workers would do an entire car in about 5 minutes. And charge $5 or $10!
I used this system for years (don't worry, I washed 90% of the cars 1st) and it never failed to work great. Scratched-up cars needed "wheeling" and "cutting" first, as did REALLY faded red cars back in the day of straight enamels and lacquer paints. And this was before clay was ever used, or foam pads, quick detailers, micro-fibers, and base coat-clear coat paint.
So, how about today, using Meguirs products, combining a sealer and carnuba wax at the same time, in effect waxing and sealing in 1 final step??
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