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Last week Carmin and I had to run down to K-mart to get a few things, we parked out in the parking lot, not all the way but still not up close. as we are walking in we see a maybe 2000 or a 2001 GMC truck, silver, lowered, nice wheels, as we get closer Carmin starts laughing and pointing at the truck. I was like ??? So I look over there and see that the truck has a coat of wax on it! A thick coat too, looked like a paste wax. Anyhoo as Carmin is pointing and snickering the owner of the truck came around the corner and he saw her pointing and ect. He looked at up and said "what!" then looked back at the truck.... we just kept on walking. We were trying to figure out what the deal was? maybe waiting on it to "Cure"? LOL I had a good laugh, made my day, never know what you will see out there.........:wavey
 
Either:



a) Whee! I'm going to go home and buff out my super-cured wax covered in road dust and it will rule! :p



or



b) You're supposed to remove it?!? :eek: How does it protect the paint then?!?!?!?
 
maybe he was on a long trip and had that on his truck to protect it from bug splatter/etc. (you know Bill, the KenC trick he keeps talking about....) ;) :o



or perhaps..... he was there "using the K-mart parking lot lights (halide) to detect swirls" so why not just apply the wax there in the lot too?? (ya know; buy it, use it - instant gratification!)
 
Believe it or not -- I've seen a car driving around town here like that, too! It had big white circles of wax all over it. Couldn't figure that out. :nixweiss Wish I had had my digi-cam to take a picture!!



My thought was it was too difficult to remove so they just decided to live with it. LOL



Or maybe it's a new "car fashion statement", kinda like the ricers are?!?
 
Doesn't leaving the carnuaba wax on for several hours allow the oils to moisturize the paint and allow better re-nourishing of essential oils?? :nixweiss
 
Well, I almost did that once:rolleyes: ...



Actually, I was in the middle of polishing the wheels, when I got an emergency call and had to run...



Anyways, I felt pretty stupid driving around with white chalky wheels:D



That could be a reason for leaving wax on, but then again, he was just at Kmart...lol
 
drewski59 said:
Well, I almost did that once:rolleyes: ...



Actually, I was in the middle of polishing the wheels, when I got an emergency call and had to run...



Anyways, I felt pretty stupid driving around with white chalky wheels:D



That could be a reason for leaving wax on, but then again, he was just at Kmart...lol
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Maybe it was an emergency Kmart run?! :D
 
I saw an f150 in PA (exton to be exact) where the person had waxed their truck and buffed only half.:nixweiss They were sitting at a redlight next to my brother and I.
 
I have a do it yourself car wash at the end of my block. And you'd be suprised how many times i see those people laying on the wax under the mid day sun. And driving away from the wash on it. I saw a gut the other day drying the hood of a new Audi A4 with a pair of jeans.:eek: And he was using all his weight to buff out the water spots too.
 
Certain segments of the population consider this a way to get a better shine from their efforts (I asked one day while feeling brave).



They believe if you let the sun bake the wax on, it makes the finish harder and consequently shinier.



And, everybody knows shiny is America's favorite color!
 
I must admit I accidentally did this a few years ago. I had my Ranger almost finished and had to run and do an errand.... the top half of the cab went with a coat of wax for an extra hour. It was a bit more difficult to remove after baking in the sun.



Another story... I had a friend in high school whose sister waxed her car and left the entire thing covered. She didn't realize that you needed to remove the wax and left it on there for a week. Think Arizona sun for a week in the summer!



:scared



I believe they had to have the car repainted because the wax was baked on so badly.
 
A few years back I had to drive to help in an emergency at my mother's place and I did not care about having only half the hood buffed... the 30 min drive was done in about half that time ...

Once things were in control I stepped outside and finished buffing ...
 
This is the highly sought-after but as yet unpublicized swirl mark induction technique for the severely gloss-averse.



You see, the extra wax attracts and hides all manner of desireable abrasive particles as you drive. When you finally buff off the wax, you automatically impart a beautiful, satin finish to your paint. Gloss no more!





:bounce
 
hahaha, I have never seen anything that bad. Nothing more than a missed quarter pannel. I must admit ive done that too. i.e.- I wax at night, drive in the morning and realize next time I wash that I forgot to buff. hehe Could be the blonde thing... :p
 
I have not driven my car around with wax on it, but I have left wax on my for over 12 hours. I was called into work early that. I had plenty of time to wax and buff before my regular start time. I can not begin to tell you what a pita it was to remove and buff out. Klasse is not that even that hard to buff. No, I did not notice any dfference in the shine. That is why now I wax and buff one or two panels and not the whole car.





One of the funniest things I have seen is a guy buffing the wax off his car as he driving down the street and then hopping out of the car @ the traffic light.
 
That happened once though- I was waiting for my overly thick coat of Zaino to dry (oops... it was my first coat) and my wife decided to drive it to the local grocery store. When she came home, she sprayed it with water and attempted to "clean" it. Why?



"It was really dirty!"



:scared



carguy said:
When you finally buff off the wax, you automatically impart a beautiful, satin finish to your paint. Gloss no more!
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LOL!
 
that definitely qualifies as one of the Manila car myths... more wax (read: thick application) the better, longer left on paint=better absorbsion.. hehe...



i see a situation like that at least once a week... it's pretty common here... the best one I saw was this van (not available in the US, but it's full size) had about half a can of turtle wax paste on it... including mouldings and wheels.... driving around in 90 degree sunbaked, dust baked, diesel fume saturated, trucking and construction lot area... about 1pm...



how did i know that it's TW paste?



the darn jar was on the roof!!!



hehe.... :nixweiss :shocked
 
theveed said:
that definitely qualifies as one of the Manila car myths... more wax (read: thick application) the better, longer left on paint=better absorbsion.. hehe...

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Well judging by how rough you say the Philippines is on a car's finish, maybe he just decided to protect the paint at all costs - even if he can't see it! :D
 
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