I bought some Meguiars #26 Hi-Tech Yellow a few days ago, and decided to throw some on my parents' van hood to try it out while my car's K coats cure. When I went to do this, I suddenly found myself in the awkward position of realizing I'd never used a real paste wax before!
The acutal application was pretty straightforward, but I found don't really know how thick or thin to apply it. All I've ever used are liquids that have been pretty evident if they're applied or not. I couldn't really see if there was any wax in some small spots and these places looked bare and clear. It doesn't help that the van is silver, so residue isn't so easy to see. In some places there is definitely wax applied since there's an evident streak of wax trailing the applicator. Other places look clear and uncoated though. On these areas when I changed stroke directions with the pad it would leave a little splotch of wax behind, meaning there is still wax in the pad, but only an invisible ultra-thin amount is getting left behind mid-stroke.
I was worried that this wasn't enough product for it to work right (since it's not Z or K) so I reapplied more wax to several areas until I had a fairly uniform coat of waxy haze everywhere. I tried waiting both 10 minutes and almost 1 hour and I found the #26 fairly easy to remove either way.
Was it okay before I reapplied and, like Z and K, I don't have to see it to know it's there, or should it be obvious?
PS: I searched for a while on this and didn't really find a satisfactory answer.
The acutal application was pretty straightforward, but I found don't really know how thick or thin to apply it. All I've ever used are liquids that have been pretty evident if they're applied or not. I couldn't really see if there was any wax in some small spots and these places looked bare and clear. It doesn't help that the van is silver, so residue isn't so easy to see. In some places there is definitely wax applied since there's an evident streak of wax trailing the applicator. Other places look clear and uncoated though. On these areas when I changed stroke directions with the pad it would leave a little splotch of wax behind, meaning there is still wax in the pad, but only an invisible ultra-thin amount is getting left behind mid-stroke.
I was worried that this wasn't enough product for it to work right (since it's not Z or K) so I reapplied more wax to several areas until I had a fairly uniform coat of waxy haze everywhere. I tried waiting both 10 minutes and almost 1 hour and I found the #26 fairly easy to remove either way.
Was it okay before I reapplied and, like Z and K, I don't have to see it to know it's there, or should it be obvious?
PS: I searched for a while on this and didn't really find a satisfactory answer.
. Something else you might want to try for good coverage too is a sweeping ark sort of stroke that was suggested here a while back and does seem to work to put products down more evenly and fully. A sort of sweeping quarter circle stroke, it works good with AIO as well as wax. I think you can get away with putting wax on a little heavier if you wanted to than you could with SG in terms of removing difficulty, I haven't tried Z.