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This was just a routine wash, clay, correct and wax, but I had time to play with Ultimate Wax just a bit. The photos are taken with an iPhone 4s with HDR turned on and the only adjustment made was to resize them.
I'm on my third bottle of Ultimate Wax and use it fairly consistently on the vehicles I do, as most are daily drivers in need of a long wearing wax. I like the advertised longevity of Ultimate Wax, plus the clarity and reflectivity. I've put it on and removed it using the 3-5 minute wipe on-wipe off window and also left it on for an hour or more and it wipes off fairly easily.
Temperature does affect the wipe off time and the work area was 55 degrees F and I'm unsure of the humidity, though I think dry with the natural gas hanging heating being used, plus the inch of snow outdoors and 20 degree temps.
Usual pattern of cleaning. Work the tires over with APC+, rims and wheel wells with Deep Crystal Wash. Body high pressure rinsed, hand washed with Super Soap twice, high pressure rinsed, drizzle rinsed, chamois, waffle weave and leaf blower dried. Clay with Professional Mild with Last Touch clay lube.
Taped off and corrected with #300 and finished with #301 with 5" MF pads. 3" pads in tight areas and some hand work.
I usually move very rapidly with a black, 4", LC pad and Ultimate Wax using a Porter-Cable set on three. Due to the cool working temps and having time to demonstrate streaks I did my best to accentuate the streaking. In the past, I have found moving slow and working the wax like it is a compound creates visible streaking. Overworking it seems to accentuate the streaking. Usually the streaking disappears on it's own or wipes out during buffing off. I've not needed to use the technique of spritzing with water to buff out the streaks. Most often the streaking, if present at all, is barely visible while laying down the wax. Move fast and keep it thin.
The low space temps make it a little more difficult than usual to time when to wipe off. So rather than going panel by panel I did a whole side, then went back for wipe off.
The photos are in order taken and the second photo of a pair is the HDR photo. The photos are the second coat of Ultimate Wax.
Other items:
Tires dressed with liquid Endurance
Textured plastic cleaned with APC+ and coated with Ultimate Protectant
Windshield and rear window polished with 4" LC white pad and Ultimate Compound
All glass cleaned with Meg glass concentrate
Headlights cleaned with PlastX and coated with Headlight Protectant.
M40 used on wiper cowl and front grill smooth plastics.
Hood was filled with rock chips. So when I completed cleaning with #300, I used a product called Eraser. An IPA wipe down alternative. Effective at cleaning the compound out the pits before going over the hood with #301. Thanks Greg for pointing out this product to me.
I'm on my third bottle of Ultimate Wax and use it fairly consistently on the vehicles I do, as most are daily drivers in need of a long wearing wax. I like the advertised longevity of Ultimate Wax, plus the clarity and reflectivity. I've put it on and removed it using the 3-5 minute wipe on-wipe off window and also left it on for an hour or more and it wipes off fairly easily.
Temperature does affect the wipe off time and the work area was 55 degrees F and I'm unsure of the humidity, though I think dry with the natural gas hanging heating being used, plus the inch of snow outdoors and 20 degree temps.
Usual pattern of cleaning. Work the tires over with APC+, rims and wheel wells with Deep Crystal Wash. Body high pressure rinsed, hand washed with Super Soap twice, high pressure rinsed, drizzle rinsed, chamois, waffle weave and leaf blower dried. Clay with Professional Mild with Last Touch clay lube.
Taped off and corrected with #300 and finished with #301 with 5" MF pads. 3" pads in tight areas and some hand work.
I usually move very rapidly with a black, 4", LC pad and Ultimate Wax using a Porter-Cable set on three. Due to the cool working temps and having time to demonstrate streaks I did my best to accentuate the streaking. In the past, I have found moving slow and working the wax like it is a compound creates visible streaking. Overworking it seems to accentuate the streaking. Usually the streaking disappears on it's own or wipes out during buffing off. I've not needed to use the technique of spritzing with water to buff out the streaks. Most often the streaking, if present at all, is barely visible while laying down the wax. Move fast and keep it thin.
The low space temps make it a little more difficult than usual to time when to wipe off. So rather than going panel by panel I did a whole side, then went back for wipe off.
The photos are in order taken and the second photo of a pair is the HDR photo. The photos are the second coat of Ultimate Wax.
Other items:
Tires dressed with liquid Endurance
Textured plastic cleaned with APC+ and coated with Ultimate Protectant
Windshield and rear window polished with 4" LC white pad and Ultimate Compound
All glass cleaned with Meg glass concentrate
Headlights cleaned with PlastX and coated with Headlight Protectant.
M40 used on wiper cowl and front grill smooth plastics.
Hood was filled with rock chips. So when I completed cleaning with #300, I used a product called Eraser. An IPA wipe down alternative. Effective at cleaning the compound out the pits before going over the hood with #301. Thanks Greg for pointing out this product to me.
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