Gold class wax paste and bad smell!

[gRim]

Hi!
Just bought gold class paste wax for the first time and came quicly back home to test it on my motorcycle firstly.

I opened the case and the smell was very bad..like smelling ammonia and worse..Is this usual or I have to exchange it?

Please help me!

Sorry for my bad english

[stealth]

Exchange it ! The smell you described doesn't indicate a fresh product. Good luck!

[gRim]

D@MN and the shop its to far from my house.

Anyway I tried the product to a broken plastic of my motorcycle and the results where very good but it was extremely hard to remove it.

It would took me over 2 hours to remove it if I had applied this to my car. I used a microfiber pad.

[stealth]

2hrs. to remove from your car! Make sure the car has the proper surface prep prior to applying & put it on thin. That shpuld cut down removal time.

[Mike Phillips]

Gold Class Wax, as all Meguiar's waxes should be applied using a thin coating. If you apply a thin coating, the wax should wipe off easily if you use a quality wiping cloth.

As mentioned previously, if and/or when a car wax wipes off hard this is usually a sign that the wax was applied using too thick of a coat or the finish was not properly clayed, cleaned and polished before applying the wax.

When you get a chance, read through this as it will explain the paint polishing process in order to get great results...

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2409

Also, if you're smelling an ammonia smell, this isn't normal. See if you can exchange the product for a new can and check the scent while you're in the store with a sales person present.

[benhui86]

it should smell kinda like cherry medicine.... not amonia....

[gRim]

I didn't apply the product to my car..I just applied it to a useless plastic part of my motorcycle, using a thin coating, in order to see the results and I found it very hard to remove it.

I went to the shop and without checking the can ( ) they gave me gold class liquid(don't have any problem using liquid of course). Smells good and very easy with removal

Does the liquid wax has the same smell like paste? I am curious because they didn't tell me if the product was really bad...

Thanks for your time!

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by gRim
Does the liquid wax has the same smell like paste? I am curious because they didn't tell me if the product was really bad...

Thanks for your time!

They should both have the same scent. I can check first hand next time I go out into the garage.

Mike