Making Car Wax????

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Dohcser

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Anyone know how to make a simple blend for car wax. I was able to get my hands on some pure carnuba wax, but its in a form that I cannot apply to my car, so I wanted to experiment by making my own wax.

Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.
 
Dohcser said:
Anyone know how to make a simple blend for car wax. I was able to get my hands on some pure carnuba wax, but its in a form that I cannot apply to my car, so I wanted to experiment by making my own wax.

Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.
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No help, but a suggestion. Forget it. Even as a fun experiment it has a lot of potential for problems. With all the economical choice out there, you are not likely to come up with a better or cheaper product.
If it was easy, the recipe would be on the Martha Stewart show.:)

Charles
 
CharlesW said:
No help, but a suggestion. Forget it. Even as a fun experiment it has a lot of potential for problems. With all the economical choice out there, you are not likely to come up with a better or cheaper product.
If it was easy, the recipe would be on the Martha Stewart show.:)

Charles
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Thanks but not looking for a cheaper product. I just want to experiment and see the outcome. Just a hobby!
 
I answered your question over on Autopia. I remember someone doing this awhile back. The thread I linked is probably the best one over there for your question. Come back here and post your experience with it so we can have that kind of resource in the future too. :bigups
 
I have to jump on the "leave it to the pro's" bandwagon here as well. I love to experiment too, however, not on my vehicles paint with something I'm not sure what the outcome will be. If you do play around, I would suggest a junkyard hood or your buddy's ghetto cruiser! Let us know :headbang

Mike
 
After reading that autopia tread I got discouraged, however I do have a little bit of coconut oil and I might just try a little with my wax, see what happens.
 
Making car wax isn't like making brownies. Its something that requires a little more chemistry than just melting the carnauba and slapping it on the car. I would probably suggest starting with carnauba flakes instead of a brick. I don't know which you have, but it would seem to me that it would be easier to work with if it was dust and not a solid chunk. Natural carnauba is also refined a lot before its used in car wax. That's why waxes like Souveran are white. They have been refined to where the carnauba is free of most of the impurities that exist in its natural state.

Good luck in your testing. Don't use your own car as the test subject. You don't want it to be your own car that finds out that you've succeeded in creating carnabua naptha instead of carnauba wax. :lol
 
I think I understand the need to experiment but unless you've got a junkyard panel to conduct your tests on don't waste your time. You certainly wouldn't want to put an experimental unknown on a finish that you value.
 
I can certainly understand the desire to experiment as I would probably want to do the same thing. What else could one possably do with a hunk of carnauba? (that's the correct spelling by the way even though almost no one spells it that way). :)
 
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