Anyone else use dilluted Aquawax as QD?

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dudley doright

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I did some experimenting the other day after I bought a couple of bottles of AW. I diluted it in water and use it as QD, some people at work noticed the shine on my black Rabbit.
 
Diluting AW will work, but you are lessening its durability and shine potential, in my opinion. It's so cheap as a long lasting spray wax that I really don't know why you'd want to dilute it. If you need a dedicated QD, pick up their Fast Clean and Shine spray. It is a true QD, and will clean as well as shine, and it's cheap. Their QD is also a great product that not many have tried it seems. AW really doesn't work well as a surface cleaner, as it is intended to be used as a LSP on a clean prepped surface. Most people do not use LSPs as QD, and I don't think AW should be used as QD either. That's just not where it excels...it is a polymer wax, that just happens to be suspended in a liquid.
 
I think of a QD as something that will clean a bit such as FC&S and Poorboys SW. I think of AW as something like a "topper" to prolong durability and shine. Other "toppers" would be Menzerna HGAS, Werkstatt's AG, Wolfgang Spray Sealant and Sonus Spritz. I don't think any of these should be watered down - they are not meant to do their job that way. And unlike QDs, they should be applied over a vehicle that has just been washed or is very, very clean.



If you want a QD, buy a dedicated one and if you want a "topper" buy one of the above and you won't go wrong. Having said this, I love to water down Klasse SG by using 3 parts distilled water to 1 part SG. I put this home brew in a mister bottle (not a sprayer) and use it over my lsp (which is SG). I do this when the truck is very clean and it is as good a "topper" over SG as any you can find. In fact, I bet the Sonus formula is not too far off from this concoction.
 
I have so much clay magic clay lube left over from my claying that I put it all into one bottle and mixed AW into it. 4 parts clay magic solution to 1 part AW. I have used it as a QD and it works very well and I love it.

Its main duty though is bird poop detail. We have monster seagulls here in Long Island (I guess they eat all our junk food from garbage cans and get huge) and they have monster poops to go with their size :D My mix works really well.
 
Yal said:
I have so much clay magic clay lube left over from my claying that I put it all into one bottle and mixed AW into it. 4 parts clay magic solution to 1 part AW. I have used it as a QD and it works very well and I love it.

Its main duty though is bird poop detail. We have monster seagulls here in Long Island (I guess they eat all our junk food from garbage cans and get huge) and they have monster poops to go with their size :D My mix works really well.
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Left over clay lube? You realize that clay bar can be used many, many times...right? Most often the clay bar will last longer than the small bottle of lube/detailer spray.



Although diluting AW may seem like a good idea, a good quick detailer has surfactants, lubricants AND cleaner to remove dirt from the finish without causing damage. Spray waxes are not designed to remove dirt, grit and grime, but rather lay down a sealing layer of protection.



The homebrew KSG glanz is good used as a spray on topper and rejuvenates the LSP.

Using diluted DG AW as a QD is not good as the product is not designed as a cleaner.



I have recently started using Optimum No Rinse wash 'n shine for washes. Since I have seen how well this works for washing at 1oz/gal, I just mixed up a QD (per OPT directions) using 6oz/gal distilled water. I will use this as a QD and save my DG AW as a full strength wax topper.



It can be fun to mix 'n match products to some degree... and if you're happy with the results, that's good. But use caution when using products for situations they weren't designed for.

I remember shortly after catching 'the fever', I got a bottle of name brand QD spray. At lunch time in the park I thought I'd take a few minutes and do a QD (It had rained the day before so there was some dried on road spray on the lower side panels). I sprayed the panel with this QD and as soon as I touched the panel with the MF towel I could feel the grit like wiping a piece of sandpaper across the finish! I stopped immediately. This particular QD product seemed more like scented water with very little lubricity...buyer beware!

My point is that if this can happen with a commercial product, be very careful with homebrew QD's that you don't cause more harm than good.
 
I normally used the AW mix everyday when I try to clean off the dust on my Black car.

Rarely use it when it is really dirty. I just find that the AW was so good that I want to keep on topping it off while I wipe off the dust.

I will definitely try the ONR or Klasse SG or even the Poor Boy QEW.
 
Maybe putting some AIO or Carlack68 Nano will be a nice idea to make a QD with AW. I'll check a QD with Water + AW to use it after washings to refresh the shine.
 
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