Carnuba Wax

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I know some of you might think I am nuts but this last weekend I was detailing my car and tried melting a high quality carnuba wax before putting it on the car. To be clear I was an old can of wax and the weather was very cold. I was having a hard time transfering the wax to the application pad. So never one to not experiment I tried melting the wax with a lighter applied to the bottom of the can. It melted into a clear liquid, ie like clarified butter, which I then soaked up into the pad and applied to the paint using a wax on wax off process. The end result seemed to produce a very nice finish. Better than just the wax cold. Did I inhale to much fumes or has anyone else ever tired this.
 
Just be careful not to heat it too much or you'll melt its carrier (solvents) system
 
I don't think it's bad for the wax, since it was melted at one point so that it could be poured into the container. A safer way of heating the can might be in a double boiler or in a pot of hot water so that you're not concentrating too much heat in any particular spot of the can.



personally, if i were to soften wax just to get it on the applicator (which has never been a concern for me), i would probably just leave it in the sun for a bit, or next to a space heater.





watch for those fumes!
 
Thanks for the comments. I had thought about the double boiler thing but a lighter just seemed more convient at the time. I was not to concerned about destroying the wax as it was that last little bit that stays around the edges of the can. The wierd thing is that it really did seem to add a bit more "wettness" to the finish.
 
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