Solid wax ?

[ironexecutioner]

This may sound like a real stupid question but how much solid wax should you apply to the buffer pad?



Im pretty sure I read with liquid you should use a quarter size but wasn't sure how to judge if you are using a solid. Thanks

 

[Legacy]

If you can get the wax out of the tub, just swipe your pad 3 to 4 times to prime the pad. After that once or twice should be adequate.

 

[scary bill]

I use a small rubber squeegee, originally used for automotive tinting. It has a shape that can get into the wax tubs pretty well. I also use MF bonnets over a wool pad on the PC. I figure if MF hand applicators work well, why not use it with more power.



I lightly scrape the squeegee across the top of the paste, then I use the blade edge to spread the wax like buttering bread. I use as little as it takes to evenly cover my bonnet. I spry of QD might help, too.



I find that once the pad is primed well, I can do 1/3 to 1/2 of a truck. To reload I use just a little more wax 1/4-1/2 the original "priming" amount.



You still want really thin applications. I get better results from this method than with any hand applicator, I always get too heavy-handed.

 

[s7n7a7k7e]

I use a narrow plastic putty knife. That seems to be the easiest way for me to use paste wax with my rotary or flex. :waxing:

 

[imported_paintxpert]

Withany wax LESS IS MORE. Very little and polish it in as you go.

 

[Accumulator]

This may sound like a real stupid question but how much solid wax should you apply to the buffer pad?

Very little. Use just enough to evenly prime the pad *shallowly*, do not rub it deeply into the pores of the pad.



Then try to scrape as much back out/off of the pad as you can (I use a plastic razor blade for this).



Most people use a zillion times more wax than necessary and they're just wasting effort and product (all the wax you buff off the car, and all the wax you clean out of the pad, are completely wasted; the only wax that really counts is the infinitesimally small amount that actually bonds to the paint).



If there's a significant amount of wax left in the pad when you're finished you used too much.



The last time I used up a can of #16 there was a tiny amount of wax in the recessed rim at the bottom of the tin. That little amount was enough to do the entire A8 via Cyclo, and that's not a small car

Im pretty sure I read with liquid you should use a quarter size but wasn't sure how to judge if you are using a solid...

That "quarter size" amount is *WAY* more than I'd ever apply to any size waxing pad. Use less and reload the pad as needed.



Often when you think the pad is out of wax, if you swipe it across a piece of chrome/glass/glossy black plastic you'll see that it still has plenty of wax after all.



Remember that "is there wax left in the pad at the end?" test.