Applying Wax with Bare Hand Only

Beemerboy

Beemerboy

Just One More Coat
Over the weekend I was consolidating a few jars of PB Nattys red wax into one...It's a soft wax and when the heat from your hand is on it, it's even softer..So I decided to apply a coat to the hood of my car bare handed.It went on pretty thick ( I know that's not what you want) but it certainly covered to surface very well.

I let it setup for 30 minutes and then wiped off and finished with QD spray..What I found is that any minor marring was covered up by this process...Subsequently I did the rest of the car that way and the shine was deep and wet looking.

Anyone else have this experience with waxing?
 
Read about doing it a long time ago, and when I asked people laughed at me.

What you said makes sense though since the liquefied wax would "flow" into light scratches.
 
i'll bet your hands were pretty well conditioned after that detail with no need for jergens for at least a week or two. :)
 
After PJ@Dodo Juice insisted, I've applied a few of the Dodo Juice waxes by hand. I really enjoyed it. I can imagine there would be benefits of the wax "melting" as you're applying it.

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I've done this with PJ and it really has a therapeutic value, just something about caressing every curve and panel bare handed that makes you feel good!
unless your hands are callused up then you really shouldn't get any marring
 
On my car, I use bare hands on pillars, spoiler slats, under door handles, and just about everywhere except wide-open spaces. I have done my entire front a rear bumpers, and my entire motorcycle by hand. I do believe the heat helps in filling, no doubt. DoDo waxes are a joy by hand, as is Lusso Oro.

When I finally started using sealants lately, the one thing I missed was hand application. I still did it when I had to, but it just wasn't the same. Horray for wax toppers!
 
Isn't this what Swissvax always recommended? Getting a thin layer seems like it'd be very difficult but I can't say I've ever tried it.
 
Ronkh said:
Read about doing it a long time ago, and when I asked people laughed at me.

What you said makes sense though since the liquefied wax would "flow" into light scratches.
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Ron I'm more that convinced that the heat from my hand allowed it to get into the marring and fill them in. I looked at it under my halogen light that expose everything..and there was noticeable difference in the area I did and hadn't ...Granted I'm not advocating filling in marring, but there are those times that it helps in getting a good finish, such as glazes that have fillers.
 
Beemerboy- Nothing wrong with using fillers IMO, as Mike P. would always ask- "Does the car look better?" That's what counts.

Interesting idea, the heat making the LSP fill better, never experienced that when I tried it by hand (which wasn't very often) but I was using Souveran.
 
I did this many years ago with one of the Zymol waxes. Car looked good, but couldn't get the coconut/pineapple smell off my hands for several days!
 
DAC17 said:
I did this many years ago with one of the Zymol waxes. Car looked good, but couldn't get the coconut/pineapple smell off my hands for several days!
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lots of zymol and swiss wax suggest that actually.

hope all is well in farmington
 
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