Drying with UQW

[akimel]

We have hard water here in Roanoke County. No matter how wet I keep the car, no matter how quickly I dry the car, I seem unable to prevent water spots. It's a real problem, especially for my black S2000.

This evening I washed our CR-V, and on the spur of the moment I decided to use UQW as a drying aid. As I dried the car, I misted each panel before wiping it down. I do not know if it did helped to avoid the water spots. I do not know if it left any protection. But I have not discerned any negative consequences to the paint surface (no smearing, e.g.), and I cannot detect any water spots. I know that other spray waxes can be used during the drying process (e.g., Duragloss Aquawax and Optimum Spray Wax)--perhaps UQW can also be used in similar fashion, even though it was not designed to do so. I do not know. I only raise the question.

Al

[PuDeN]

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Never tried that before too. The only product i had try drying was only Last Touch. I might have a try this weekend to use the UQW and see whats going to happen. Thanks for the idea. hehehehe

[Carfire]

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Sorry I do not know the answer.
But you could test it out.
Wash and dry one panel the traditional way.
Then wash and dry with UQW and see if the water beading/sheeting is better.

[Tuck91]

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I did this today after using the sheeting method on a car. It worked fine, but I do not think your getting the maximum protection out of the product when using it that way.

But for vechiles with an existing coat of wax it cant hurt.

[Mikejl]

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Only someone from Meguiar's can speak authoritatively on this, but I'm thinking that the heavier wax is getting pushed down below the water and wiped acrossed the paint surface as you are drying the paint. This could be leaving a leaving a little wax protection behind.

Mike

[Markus Kleis]

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I'm not replying as an official spokesperson from Meguiar's- just sharing my 2 cents.

For starters, I don't believe this product was tested/intended for this use, but that doesn't mean that it won't work in that capacity. If you tried it out and it seemed to give results, well then as our good friend Mr. Phillips would say, "Find something you like, and use it often."

It certainly won't hurt anything, I could just imagine it won't be quite as effective as applying it to a clean, dry surface as intended. Then again, you could always follow-up with a second pass to ensure maximum coverage while retaining the benefit of reduced water spotting.

[Caress Detailing]

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Maybe you could pick up some "Quik Wax" in the maroon bottles, as it's stated that it can be used as a "Wax as you dry" type product. Only $5, cant hurt to try.

Edit: I just realized the point of your post is to find out if UQW could be used in the same fashion. I apologize.

[the_invisible]

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Interesting this is brought up. I really never paid much attention to the UQW. When I first saw this product, while accidentailly misidentifying it as UQD, I thought this product was a was as you dry proudct. After all, many of the other spray-on waxes are advertised for such use.

So the CR-V is named Beren?

[TimG]

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I tried it a few days ago on both my cars and I did not notice any negative effects (ie: smearing, water spots, etc). 1st vehicle is protected with FK1000P (last week) and second car is protected with M21 2.0 (sealant yet to be topped up since 22 May09).

Flood the surface of the paint to reduce the amount of water, misted (maybe 2-3 pumps per panel) and wiped it off with a couple of water magnets. Outcome was still good as in it does adds slickness and gloss. But a similar result might be gained from using Last Touch minus the protection of course. Maybe the water sitting on the paint's surface would dilute furthermore the vital protection contained in UQW. Just a thought though.

On my second car, it had the most noticeable difference as in better slickness, gloss and protection (it rained after 2 days and water beaded better then before application of UQW)

I have used DG AW and still unable seem to see any dramatic difference(s) in terms of slickness and gloss or other given factors. I might need to do more testing. But all in all, if UQW comes in a gallon, I would buy it (provided they do not change the scent LOL).

[Murr1525]

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I often dry with some kind of QD spray, seems to help a bit.

[the_invisible]

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If I ever have to dry my car with a cloth, I use QD. The luxury of living up North, where water reservoirs get most of the water supplies from glaciers, is great. In addition, having a water softener and a water filtration system is even better. It renders manual drying totally unnecessary. However, I heard that the lack of mineral in our Northern Water also makes irrigation less fertile.

Perhaps, the long term solution would be to get a water softener? using UQW or QD after each car wash can get very expensive, and the result wouldn't be as effective as having softer water.

[akimel]

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So the CR-V is named Beren?

Haha! My wife named her CR-V. She named "her" Ripley.

[Michael Stoops]

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As I dried the car, I misted each panel before wiping it down. I do not know if it did helped to avoid the water spots. I do not know if it left any protection. But I have not discerned any negative consequences to the paint surface (no smearing, e.g.), and I cannot detect any water spots.

While Ultimate Quik Wax may not have been designed to be a "wax as you dry" product, that doesn't mean one can't experiment a little - people do it with our products all the time, often with excellent results. When one of those people contacts us, either by phone, in person or here on MOL, to say they've gotten results using a product in a way other than intended we like to hear about it.

In this case, did the UQW actually prevent the water spotting you normally get? Hard to say for sure, but you certainly have anecdotal evidence to support it. Certainly nothing bad is going to happen by using UQW this way, but of course you may not get the full intended benefits of the product. We can't say that for sure without consulting our chemists, of course, but logic would dictate that if you're effective diluting the product with water then you are diluting the efficiency of said product. But in this case, perhaps you care less about that then you do the drying benefits you seem to get with it.

Of course, on the flip side, if you use a product in such a way that we know, or have a reasonable expectation that it will, cause damage we'll of course urge you stop the practice immediately. But that certainly isn't the case here. Give it a shot next time you wash/dry the S2000 and post your results back here. I'm sure we're all curious to know the outcome.

[rusty bumper]

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We have hard water here in Roanoke County. No matter how wet I keep the car, no matter how quickly I dry the car, I seem unable to prevent water spots. It's a real problem, especially for my black S2000.

This evening I washed our CR-V, and on the spur of the moment I decided to use UQW as a drying aid. As I dried the car, I misted each panel before wiping it down. I do not know if it did helped to avoid the water spots. I do not know if it left any protection. But I have not discerned any negative consequences to the paint surface (no smearing, e.g.), and I cannot detect any water spots. I know that other spray waxes can be used during the drying process (e.g., Duragloss Aquawax and Optimum Spray Wax)--perhaps UQW can also be used in similar fashion, even though it was not designed to do so. I do not know. I only raise the question.

Al

I presume you've already tried NXT Car Wash?

[danponjican]

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I had major streaking issues when I tried to use UQW as a drying aid.