The effect of waxing disappears in less than half a month. The same wax, regardless of the weather, air quality, and strict construction process, why the effect and duration of maintenance are always unsatisfactory?
What is the principle of wax?
The paint surface of a car looks smooth to the naked eye, but under a high-powered magnifying glass, it is actually uneven and jagged. Dust, shellac, and bird droppings are embedded in the jagged paint surface.
The principle of car wax is to closely connect with the paint surface, fill in these gaps, and obtain a relatively smooth surface, so that water droplets cannot adhere to it, resulting in the water-spilling property of wax. Stains are also easily washed away by water. Due to the reflection of light, the reflection from different directions becomes a relatively concentrated angle, making the visual experience brighter.
How to clean the vehicle before waxing?
Normal car washing can remove dirt, mud, shellac, bird droppings and other contaminants. Then use iron powder remover and tar cleaner to remove iron powder and tar on the paint surface.
After the iron powder remover reacts with the iron powder, it will turn purple. Use decontamination mud and lubricant to remove the scale and oil film on the paint surface. The remaining small amount of dirt can be removed by rubbing with mud while spraying lubricant. After the whole car is rubbed with mud, rinse it with water, then conduct degreasing treatment, and finally quickly dry it. After deep cleaning of the whole car, the paint surface has reached a suitable condition for waxing. At this time, the construction environment for waxing needs to be carefully selected.
How to choose the construction environment?
During waxing, it is important to choose a cool, dry, windless indoor environment. Choosing a cool indoor environment can avoid excessive temperature caused by sunlight, which can result in rapid wax curing and difficulty in wax removal. In addition, some products are completely prohibited from being applied in sunlight.
Try to choose an environment without wind, because the dust raised by the wind will adhere to the paint again and be embedded in the wax layer during the wax penetration process.
Wait for a period of time to remove the wax. The time for removing various waxes varies. Use the finger pulp test to determine if it is time to remove the wax. Use the finger pulp without adding downward pressure, gently stroke the waxed paint surface. If the area is bright, it is time to remove the wax.
How can we make the effect more lasting?
Before washing the car, there will be various kinds of stains on the paint surface, such as dust, dirt, bird droppings, shellac, tar, gum, scale, and iron powder attached to the paint surface. If these stains are not completely removed before waxing, the car wax will adhere to these stains and cannot be closely connected to the paint surface. Although there will be good results when waxing for the first time, the durability will definitely be greatly reduced.
During construction operations, it should also be noted that the thicker the wax coating, the worse it is. Instead, a thin and light approach should be used, with a waxing sponge evenly applied to the paint surface. After drying for twenty minutes, the car wax on the surface should be removed with a clean dry towel.
I believe that after taking the above steps, the effect of waxing will rise to a new level in the same climatic environment.
