Re: Wax Question
 

Run a clay bar across the paint before you bother waxing it. You will be
amazed.

Cay bars and clay bar kits are available at most auto parts stores.


"Mindy" <drranchtx@nospamearthlink.net> wrote in message
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> It is getting NASCAR season here in Ft Worth....with the TMS here, they
> throw the cars everywhere to promote the race....Lowes, Home Depot, Chevy,
> Ford what have you....one thing I noticed was how slick the cars were when
> I touched the body.....a fly couldn't stay on the hood in this Texas wind
> on the hood.....I have waxed my Cherokee and Grand but never do I get that
> kind of slickness.....just wondering if there is some secret wax the cars
> use and if any one knows what it is.....sure would help on all the boxy
> Jeeps trying to get a little aerodynamics
>
>

Re: Wax Question
 

Run a clay bar across the paint before you bother waxing it. You will be
amazed.

Cay bars and clay bar kits are available at most auto parts stores.


"Mindy" <drranchtx@nospamearthlink.net> wrote in message
news:mHGIh.11296$tD2.385@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> It is getting NASCAR season here in Ft Worth....with the TMS here, they
> throw the cars everywhere to promote the race....Lowes, Home Depot, Chevy,
> Ford what have you....one thing I noticed was how slick the cars were when
> I touched the body.....a fly couldn't stay on the hood in this Texas wind
> on the hood.....I have waxed my Cherokee and Grand but never do I get that
> kind of slickness.....just wondering if there is some secret wax the cars
> use and if any one knows what it is.....sure would help on all the boxy
> Jeeps trying to get a little aerodynamics
>
>

Re: Wax Question
 

Run a clay bar across the paint before you bother waxing it. You will be
amazed.

Cay bars and clay bar kits are available at most auto parts stores.


"Mindy" <drranchtx@nospamearthlink.net> wrote in message
news:mHGIh.11296$tD2.385@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> It is getting NASCAR season here in Ft Worth....with the TMS here, they
> throw the cars everywhere to promote the race....Lowes, Home Depot, Chevy,
> Ford what have you....one thing I noticed was how slick the cars were when
> I touched the body.....a fly couldn't stay on the hood in this Texas wind
> on the hood.....I have waxed my Cherokee and Grand but never do I get that
> kind of slickness.....just wondering if there is some secret wax the cars
> use and if any one knows what it is.....sure would help on all the boxy
> Jeeps trying to get a little aerodynamics
>
>

Re: Wax Question
 

I foyu really want a slick shine then you need to follow the steps of
the classic car folks. My dad spends the better part of a day waxing,
polishing, buffing his old car just to go to a show the following day.

I think both Mothers and Maguires have a multi step process that
starts with soap and carries all the way through to a clay bar, you
might want to check one of them out. At last count it was about an 8
step process my dad follows.

Snow...

Re: Wax Question
 

I foyu really want a slick shine then you need to follow the steps of
the classic car folks. My dad spends the better part of a day waxing,
polishing, buffing his old car just to go to a show the following day.

I think both Mothers and Maguires have a multi step process that
starts with soap and carries all the way through to a clay bar, you
might want to check one of them out. At last count it was about an 8
step process my dad follows.

Snow...

Re: Wax Question
 

I foyu really want a slick shine then you need to follow the steps of
the classic car folks. My dad spends the better part of a day waxing,
polishing, buffing his old car just to go to a show the following day.

I think both Mothers and Maguires have a multi step process that
starts with soap and carries all the way through to a clay bar, you
might want to check one of them out. At last count it was about an 8
step process my dad follows.

Snow...

Re: Wax Question
 

Mindy proclaimed:

> It is getting NASCAR season here in Ft Worth....with the TMS here, they
> throw the cars everywhere to promote the race....Lowes, Home Depot, Chevy,
> Ford what have you....one thing I noticed was how slick the cars were when I
> touched the body.....a fly couldn't stay on the hood in this Texas wind on
> the hood.....I have waxed my Cherokee and Grand but never do I get that kind
> of slickness.....just wondering if there is some secret wax the cars use and
> if any one knows what it is.....sure would help on all the boxy Jeeps trying
> to get a little aerodynamics
>
>

Start with the body material. Then the paint, applied really thin for
weight, non metallic. All of those buffed to glass smoothness. Then
clay it, buff it, and the thinnest coat of wax. Reasonable for
vehicles that get new fenders every thousand miles or so, not scalable
for the street. Some folks have queried whether a micro dimpled surface
would have less drag, but for nascar drag is generally a life saver.

Re: Wax Question
 

Mindy proclaimed:

> It is getting NASCAR season here in Ft Worth....with the TMS here, they
> throw the cars everywhere to promote the race....Lowes, Home Depot, Chevy,
> Ford what have you....one thing I noticed was how slick the cars were when I
> touched the body.....a fly couldn't stay on the hood in this Texas wind on
> the hood.....I have waxed my Cherokee and Grand but never do I get that kind
> of slickness.....just wondering if there is some secret wax the cars use and
> if any one knows what it is.....sure would help on all the boxy Jeeps trying
> to get a little aerodynamics
>
>

Start with the body material. Then the paint, applied really thin for
weight, non metallic. All of those buffed to glass smoothness. Then
clay it, buff it, and the thinnest coat of wax. Reasonable for
vehicles that get new fenders every thousand miles or so, not scalable
for the street. Some folks have queried whether a micro dimpled surface
would have less drag, but for nascar drag is generally a life saver.

Re: Wax Question
 

Mindy proclaimed:

> It is getting NASCAR season here in Ft Worth....with the TMS here, they
> throw the cars everywhere to promote the race....Lowes, Home Depot, Chevy,
> Ford what have you....one thing I noticed was how slick the cars were when I
> touched the body.....a fly couldn't stay on the hood in this Texas wind on
> the hood.....I have waxed my Cherokee and Grand but never do I get that kind
> of slickness.....just wondering if there is some secret wax the cars use and
> if any one knows what it is.....sure would help on all the boxy Jeeps trying
> to get a little aerodynamics
>
>

Start with the body material. Then the paint, applied really thin for
weight, non metallic. All of those buffed to glass smoothness. Then
clay it, buff it, and the thinnest coat of wax. Reasonable for
vehicles that get new fenders every thousand miles or so, not scalable
for the street. Some folks have queried whether a micro dimpled surface
would have less drag, but for nascar drag is generally a life saver.

Re: Wax Question
 

Jeff Strickland proclaimed:

>
> "Mindy" <drranchtx@nospamearthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:mHGIh.11296$tD2.385@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
>
>> It is getting NASCAR season here in Ft Worth....with the TMS here,
>> they throw the cars everywhere to promote the race....Lowes, Home
>> Depot, Chevy, Ford what have you....one thing I noticed was how slick
>> the cars were when I touched the body.....a fly couldn't stay on the
>> hood in this Texas wind on the hood.....I have waxed my Cherokee and
>> Grand but never do I get that kind of slickness.....just wondering if
>> there is some secret wax the cars use and if any one knows what it
>> is.....sure would help on all the boxy Jeeps trying to get a little
>> aerodynamics
>>
>>
>
>
> You want to improve the aerodynamics of a brick by polishing it? Good
> luck with that. You will never go fast enough for a good coat of wax to
> help.
>
Maybe they have an SRT-8? Porsche got ticked off enough to do a new
engine due to being waxed regularly.