How to apply Paste wax on 5.5" pads?

[a6l3i]

Hi

I wonder how to apply paste wax by 5.5" pads?
Some suggest to apply them like butter by knife!

I'm going to buy G220-V2 and some CG Hexlogic pads. Surely, for bumpers and such areas i'll buy some 4" pads that have no problem to enter to wax can. But they're too small to wax entire car (my avatar) lonely!!

Thx.

[ChevyNick]

Yeah, spread the wax on like butter works great. I suppose you could use your fingers too.

[SVT Lightning]

Re: How to apply Paste wax on 5.5" pads?

An old credit card works great too.

[Nappers]

Re: How to apply Paste wax on 5.5" pads?

save an old deodorant and melt your wax in a double boiler and pour it into the old deodorant stick...... make sure to remove the pusher gizmo and clean it good. use it to put on wax..... and it works in a pinch if you run out of deodorant! It doesn't need to be super hot or just smash the wax into the container. Then put the bottom back in and use the screw to push wax up as you go!

[STRIFE]

Re: How to apply Paste wax on 5.5" pads?

I went to the dollar store and bought a 3pk of spatulas....works great, and the wifey's happy i did not steal one hers (lol)
No need to melt the paste wax, just scrap out of the tin like a tub of margarine and "butter" the pad like a piece of toast.
If using smaller 3" or 4" pads, you can place directly into the tin, press lightly and some wax will transfer onto pad....i know people have done this before.

[a6l3i]

Re: How to apply Paste wax on 5.5" pads?

good ideas mates,
the credit card and spatulas may be the most easier, and melting the wax is interesting and tricky approach!

@STRIFE: isn't it time consuming to wax whole car with 3" and/or 4" pads?

[STRIFE]

Re: How to apply Paste wax on 5.5" pads?

^ well i only use my 3" & 4" pads when I'm spot waxing or polishing small/ or hard to get at areas of my vehicles. For waxing larger panels like hoods, trunks and door panels etc, I usually grab my 6" GG pads or 7" Megs pads.
I heard some members here do use the smaller pads to wax their whole car!!

[umi000]

Re: How to apply Paste wax on 5.5" pads?

I use 4" pads to wax my car - after all, your standard wax applicator is about the same size. They can just about fit in most wax containers, which is a plus.

[a6l3i]

Re: How to apply Paste wax on 5.5" pads?

I asked Mike in other forum as well, and he announced an awesome solution .

Here it is:

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Applying Paste Wax By Machine
Souveran Paste Wax can be applied by hand or machine, I personally prefer to apply all my waxes and paint sealants by machine plus the owner Mike has never used a DA Polisher before, only rotary buffers, so I wanted to introduce him to one of the most popular types of machine polishers in the industry.


Using a microfiber glove to hold the wax, you can pop the wax out of the jar and then simply swipe the wax a few times across the face of the foam finishing pad and you're ready to machine wax. Sometimes it helps to lightly heat the outside of the plastic jar with a Hair Blow Dryer as this will loosen the grip crated by surface tension the wax has with the jar.






For this procedure I'm going to place a microfiber glove over one hand in order to hold the wax without contaminating it or without it slipping out of my hand.





To get the wax out of the plastic jar you just have to carefully knock it out using inertia by holding the jar upside down and then knocking it against your other hand with a Microfiber Glove on it.








Then hold the polisher in one hand and the wax in your other hand with the glove on it and blip the on/off button of the polisher while holding the wax against the face of the pad and you can quickly transfer wax to the pad.




The Microfiber Gloves keep the wax clean until you place it back into the jar and enable you to grip the wax so it doesn't slip out of your hand and onto the floor...





Ready to start laying down some Banana Armour...




It takes a little muscle to do this because in one hand you're holding the wax and the other hand is holding the polisher for the duration of time it takes to run the polisher over every square inch of the car. If you had a helper they could hold the wax with microfiber gloves on and you could use both hands to hold the polisher, then as you needed more wax your helper could apply the wax while you hold the polisher, otherwise hit the gym.



Source: Link

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It sounds good.
Despite some wax may be remand on microfiber glove, but it wouldn't be an noticeable issue. we can scrub it on paint to prevent any loss

cheers,
A.