Do you wax over sealant ?

Have you ever put wax over sealant on your own car ?

  • Yes

    Votes: 65 79.3%

  • No

    Votes: 17 20.7%
  • Total voters
    82
I haven’t done it in awhile, but considering PA Master Sealant followed up by Fusion for my wife’s daily driver instead of coating. The humidity and temperature here in GA really effects the coating process and sealants are much more forgiving.
 
Does spray wax count? I still use some spray waxes after washes some times. Paste or liquid wax Nope, I am glad for the coatings and Wipe on Wipe off sealants. I have lots of hobbies and I need more time to do them.
 
wax over sealant, sealant over wax, sealant over coating, wax over coating, wax over wax, sealant over sealant... i thought that was normal for us.:blink:
 
trashmanssd said:
Does spray wax count? I still use some spray waxes after washes some times. Paste or liquid wax Nope, I am glad for the coatings and Wipe on Wipe off sealants. I have lots of hobbies and I need more time to do them.
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This. The wax seems to add a little depth. I`ve also done a spray sealant over spray wax. There are some spray waxes that do a nice job filling swirls and maybe the sealant keeps them on the paint a tad bit longer.
 
jatleson said:
There are some spray waxes that do a nice job filling swirls and maybe the sealant keeps them on the paint a tad bit longer.
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Any commonly-available examples come to mind?

Somebody told me that D156/UQW did a little filling, but it didn`t do it for me at all.
 
The one I referred to above ("common availability" will be determined by your location) is PDP Body Gloss. PDP is based out of my childhood home, Canton, OH. Parents are still there. Great products and their physical store is amazing. Other than their website, not sure who else carries them.
 
jatleson- Ah, OK, thanks...yeah, familiar with them even though I haven`t been there since forever (not since the new store).
 
Yes, I do. I think waxing a car is important because it prevents car paint from dirt, pollution. And in winters I think it is necessary to wax a car. I do this after every 5 - 6 months and I also enjoy it while doing it.
 
inoutcarwash- Welcome to Autopia!

Your post confused me- why would the waxing be important, let alone *necessary* if there`s already a sealant on the paint?
 
Accumulator said:
inoutcarwash- Welcome to Autopia!

Your post confused me- why would the waxing be important, let alone *necessary* if there`s already a sealant on the paint?
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Hello Accumulator,
In my point of view, wax adds a little depth which keeps your car paint longer time and provide deeper shine. And it also adds extra gloss and extra layer on a car, which hides small scratches if car had any on it.
 
inoutcarwash said:
Hello Accumulator,
In my point of view, wax adds a little depth which keeps your car paint longer time and provide deeper shine. And it also adds extra gloss and extra layer on a car, which hides small scratches if car had any on it.
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Thanks for trying to clarify for me! I just don`t follow the "keeps your paint longer time" part or see why it`d be *necessary*. If something already wearing a sealant needs another layer of protection I`d just add more sealant. Once you add wax you can`t add more sealant and have to start over when that`s called for.

So I don`t see it as necessary. Desirable perhaps, yeah...I don`t like how sealants look on some paint compared to waxes.

Sorry if I`m being a jerk.
 
Your saying that once you wax your vehicle you can not apply sealant until the car has been "stripped" to remove all the wax?
Jay
 
Never Enuff said:
Your saying that once you wax your vehicle you can not apply sealant until the car has been "stripped" to remove all the wax?
Jay
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At the risk of overgeneralizing...yeah. None of my sealants will bond properly to an underlying (natural) wax. So if I top those sealants with any of my waxes I have to strip the vehicle back to bare paint before I can apply another coat of sealant.

Even though my sealants will bond to the *synthetic* waxes that some products leave behind, those synthetic waxes (which IMO are just another form of "sealant") don`t look like carnaubas/etc. and thus wouldn`t be worth using as toppers. And the ones I use are variations on the AIO/Cleaner-Wax theme and would thus not really be appropriate as toppers anyhow.

Perhaps there are synthetic waxes out there that do look like natural ones; BF`s AFPP might qualify and (the very slick, nice looking) UPP comes to mind but despite being a "sealant" the protection it provides is *so* minimal that I`d never recommend it. But those wouldn`t need topped for looks...maybe for some added protection but then why bother using them in the first place?

I do get the reasons for using a wax, I just don`t value those things as much as the reasons for using a sealant, at least not on most vehicles. IMO it`s an either/or choice; pick one LSP and use it as often as necessary.
 
JSFM35X said:
I am really shocked that there are so many people still using wax, I thought the sealants, and coatings had bout an end to that for the serious car detailers. Don`t get me wrong. I love the look and performance of my P21S 100%, but it only wasted 3 weeks and picked up all kinds of contamination in that time. I just don`t have the time for that anymore.

To each their won, enjoy the wax my friends.
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Kinda like buying a manual car. Today’s automatic transmissions shift faster and smoother thus leaving no physical benefits other than driving experience. Although their is a visual difference also (which looks better could be a whole nother thread) most like the time they spend with their waxes and cars. For the record I’m a sio2 sealant and automatic type of guy.


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Coatings=crack said:
Kinda like buying a manual car. Today’s automatic transmissions shift faster and smoother thus leaving no physical benefits other than driving experience. Although their is a visual difference also (which looks better could be a whole nother thread) most like the time they spend with their waxes and cars. For the record I’m a sio2 sealant and automatic type of guy.


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I have opinions but I`m still finding myself... errr my sealant :lol::lol:

One of the benefits of using a sealant is you can top it up with the same stuff. No separate "booster" product required.
 
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