Liquid or Paste Wax?

[Skuz]

Liquid for me, simply because I have never tried paste.

[SprintKing]

i chose liquid because its less effort to apply and wipe off. Its more likely that i can spend a short amount of time once a week applying a liquid rather than a slightly greater amount of time with a paste wax.

[Hannibal]

how much easier is it really to apply a liquid vs paste? You still have to even it out either way

[Don]

I can't really say if I have a preference or not...both have their advantages and disadvantages. I suppose that it all depends on which wax is my favorite at the moment. Pehaps there should be a third choice.

[Hannibal]

Paste

Wax on
Wax off
wax on
wax off

[roushstage2]

I like liquid better. I have only used liquid products (have tried paste before) and for me it's much easier to get a thin coat of wax on the surface.

[djtrackie]

I used to be all liquid but since i got my #16 ive been leaning towards paste.

For application by hands - paste hands down. I don't have to fumble with the liquid and one swipe of the can seems to last longer - so i spend lest time refilling the applicator and more time waxing. The wax also seems to apply smoother making the process quicker.

By PC it's liquid hands down. Make an 'X' and let'er rip!

[Jbirk]

You are very luckey to get those prices. They probably bought it for more than that!

Geeze!

I was in Walmart today and saw that they sell Nxt Tech Liquid or Paste for abotu $13.50 either a little less or more. At any rate, it is under $14.

Zymol Cleaner Wax was in the same range.

Then they had Gold Class for about $8 or $8

Then They had their other bargan waxes such as the stuff RainX makes, your usual Turtle Wax, and such.

They had one produt that intrigued me, but I didn't buy it. There was Prestone High Protection Wax. It is a syntetic wax and was $3.88. It came in a nice bottle and offered many promises on back, but I did not buy it because the price scares me. It is too cheap.

Just wondering if anyone has tried this stuff.


I bought Meguiar's Tire Shine at Walmart because it was about 50 cents cheaper than Nxt Insane Shine and I already have about 3/4 a can of Nxt Insane Shine.

I went into Dairy Queen for an ArticRush Slushie thing and walked past AutoZone. I walked past the Window and saw an Aisle that had Endurance Gel, so I bought that too.

Guess I am going to have to try all three now.

[imacarnut]

i guess you can say i prefer both now . i was just in k-mart and since they are remodeling (in conjunction to have sears products as well) they had the nxt tech wax in liquid form for $7.49, and gold class for $4.99! they wanted to sell off as much product in the auto dept so there's less to move around. for $7.49 i couldn't pass it up....

[C70 Convt]

I have been using liquid by hand for years and loving the results. (or so I thought)

However since I’ve been using a PC for the past 8 months, I now can wax and shine two cars in the time I previously spent on one, with a better shine than I ever got by hand.

Liquid and a PC is for me!!

[TKDDAD]

The one thing I see that liquid has over paste IMHO is that the liquid does not seem to be as difficult to remove from cracks and crevices..not sure if you know what I mean but for me, liquid just goes on easier and wipes off easier...I use the G-100 for both application and removal....

[RCBuddha]

Whether I use a paste or liquid really depends on two things: Time and Size of vehicle.

For SUV's, some larger cars and Trucks, nothing is quicker than a liquid via PC and finishing pad. Although, on my SUV, I'll often use a paste if time allows.

For medium to small cars, I will use a PC and liquid wax only if I'm under a time constraint. If I'm not, I'll use a paste, especially on show cars.

[Jeff Smith]

I have been using pastes up until recently. My DA came a couple of weeks ago and I have been using liquid for that. I still use the paste to get into the tight spaces though.

I do not like applying liquids by hand. Some of the waxes when first applied are kind of syrupy and are hard to smooth out. Work fine once you get it smoothed out but the Pastes are easy from start to stop.

[Superior Shine]

I detail for a living and we use a liquid, #21.

I did just buy a can of gold class paste wax to do up my "babies" with though.

[LT22]

I like liquid better