elambo
Member
A brand new car? I would think that they come pretty well waxed from the factory and shouldn't need a fresh coat for quite a while.
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Car wash?
- Thread starter KJSS4
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Seriously? I've never heard of a car factory which waxed vehicles. I've had dealers use a wash and wax solution for make-ready on new cars, but it's good for a few weeks at most.
No car comes waxed from the factory. Dealerships do that. My MYLR had a lot of wax on it. Looked nice and glossy for weeks before it wore off.
May be a placebo-like effect, but I thought that there was a significant difference after the waxing. Not just arm soreness...
I hope it will last at least six months (I park in a carport at night). I don't think I would want to do that more than twice a year at most.
It will last longer if you use a carwash solution to wash it with. I've used Mequiar's and others which do well. Dawn and soaps of that sort will remove wax pretty quickly.
Thank you, I will definitely get car wash solution to wash it with. I didn't think of that.
KevinT3141
Member
Ugh, those stationary wash systems need to die. The throughput is so pathetic compared to a conveyor chain wash that there's always an endless line-up. I once showed up at one after midnight in sore need of a wash from a long road trip through the country, and there were _still_ several other cars ahead of me. The worst is when a conveyor wash gets pulled out and converted to a stationary wash -- I have no idea how salespeople convince the owners that getting rid of a machine that can do 45 cars an hour and replacing it with one that can do (maybe) 10 is a great value proposition. Apparently you can sell refrigerators at the north pole...
This. It's a car, I don't worry too much about it. And WD-40 on the black trim removes the discoloration.
elambo
Member
Is that right? That would be a great tip. I have just the slightest amount of coloration (from sprinklers) and I know it'll be an issue in a year or so, maybe even less.
I typically get it after going through the car wash. WD-40 fixes it right up until the next time I go through.
jddaigle
Member
I had good luck with Optimum No-Rinse with Wax on my old black VW using the two-bucket method. You don't need a hose—just a bucket full of water, solution, and microfiber cloths, then another bucket to drop the microfiber cloths into as they get soiled. That means you can use warm water in the winter and the amount of water you use is tiny. Haven't tried it yet on either of our Ys, so far do-it-yourself wash bays have done the trick.
