WaxAddict
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I love to see those beautiful photographs of tight water beads on a newly waxed surface. No harm, it’s fun, and it’s beautiful. Trouble is: it means basically nothing. If you use a natural carnauba-based wax and it doesn’t bead, you’ve done something wrong. Just as the banana tree leaves in my back yard bead water, so should carnauba. 
A month later? Now we’re talking about real data. :bigups
Six months and still tight beads? Now THAT picture is worthy of the refrigerator. Maybe. :inspector:
Trouble is, if you’ve been using a car wash with wax, then take pictures of your “awesome tight beads”, it’s still misleading data. Often, products contain very soft waxes that bead well – beeswax, candelilla – but offer very little protection. These waxes do no harm, and they look good. Nothing wrong with them.
Point is, the next time you see a review of waxes recently applied to the deck of a car, and the reviewer is using beading as a judgment factor, just know that the winning wax likely had an extra 49 cents of beeswax in it. Nothing wrong with that. Just sayin’. :redface:
If you want to test the longevity of waxes, DO use beading as a factor, just don’t use car washes and QD’s with wax in them during your test. :redcard:
If you want to review waxes based on beading, DO take pretty photographs and post them, just don’t say it’s the best because it beaded better than Brand-X.:rant: :winner:
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Now, regarding beeswax specifically, nothing looks better on cars IMO. Protection for hours, assuming it's not hot outside.
A month later? Now we’re talking about real data. :bigups
Six months and still tight beads? Now THAT picture is worthy of the refrigerator. Maybe. :inspector:
Trouble is, if you’ve been using a car wash with wax, then take pictures of your “awesome tight beads”, it’s still misleading data. Often, products contain very soft waxes that bead well – beeswax, candelilla – but offer very little protection. These waxes do no harm, and they look good. Nothing wrong with them.
Point is, the next time you see a review of waxes recently applied to the deck of a car, and the reviewer is using beading as a judgment factor, just know that the winning wax likely had an extra 49 cents of beeswax in it. Nothing wrong with that. Just sayin’. :redface:
If you want to test the longevity of waxes, DO use beading as a factor, just don’t use car washes and QD’s with wax in them during your test. :redcard:
If you want to review waxes based on beading, DO take pretty photographs and post them, just don’t say it’s the best because it beaded better than Brand-X.:rant: :winner:
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Now, regarding beeswax specifically, nothing looks better on cars IMO. Protection for hours, assuming it's not hot outside.
