Car Washing & Detailing : How to Wax a Car by Hand
By Cars & Motorcycles on Jun 16, 2010 with Comments 29
Waxing a car by hand requires the use of liquid wax or paste wax, a damp wax pad and a circular motion that goes with the grain of the car. Learn about waxing a car one panel at a time with help from the owner of a car detailing business in this free video on waxing cars by hand. Expert: Diesel Bio: Diesel is the owner and operator of 4U2C Detailing. He has owned his own business since 1998, and has been detailing cars for over 20 years. Filmmaker: Michael Burton
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@havinthangs55 And his big brother Hydrogen Cell, doh! that doesn’t work does it.
Fuck all the haters thats his preferance how a car looks good and same with me so i think his car is sick as fuck.
WHats with the rims dude?
@jasonf81 Grammer FTL.
stop hating on diesel
and his little brother…….gasoline
leave it to a brother to ghetto an american classic
@MrJustvtec i prefer doing it a little bit at a time but if u want to wax the whole car at once its much harder and there no need to take stuff of and i would say if ura beginer or average just dio one panel at a time wat i mean by that is like do a door first then the hood dont do everything at once its much harder and its best to take ur time i usually do 8 hours of work because i but on 3 different waxes
@r9m10 okey i seee>>>>>>>ikey i have a q mr r9m>> if u answer it>> is better to wax acar for ex the wing and remove it and doing the front bumber and remove it i mean apart by part>>>>>or wax the whole car then remov it ??? do u understand??
@MrJustvtec wat he means is if u wax in circle motion if u dont do it well u might see the swirl on it i prefer going with the grain of the car because lets say u mess up in some place u dont see it
okey what u mean by not doing circle motion??? whats the bad effects??
@drumaster776 you know niggas love there rims
with these rims, it looks like a Cartoon car, having bigger rims than the carbody
lets me guess the ppl bitching about the rims are white lol
one thing bad about going in a circular motion with wax is that it’s easier to make a smudge or smear mark more noticeable if you do it that way versus if ya do it lightly in only one direction then flip the microfiber cotton towel and do it in a quicker manner on the surface however with barely any pressure. (this is after you clean and polish it)
You are going to get swirls wiping it off like that! Use a foam pad and apply the wax in a circular motion and end in straight motions going with the wind current. DONT circular your wiping!!!!! That is how you get swirls!!! Using a cotton diaper to remove the wax not MF because that takes the wax back off. Then go over it with a cotton buffing towel or Egyptian cotton bath towel with a light spray of detailer or better yet acrylic spray or clear sealant. You results will be much much better
Hey man nice car but you are using shit wax on it! A car like that should have the best waxes on it. That megs is cheap crap you can buy at autozone bro.
@lobzdik that depends on what your doing, its more about the polish and its grit. wool pads are aggressive for refinishing, removing sanding marks etc, 1800-1400 rpm. foam pads are for finishing, swirl marks etc., 1400-1000rpm. i use a dewalt dw849 rotary, and dw443 orbital and would highly recommend either. Rotary’s are better for serious work, orbitals for light polishing. Dont learn how to buff on your car because you WILL make expensive mistakes.
hey can you plz tell me at what rpm I should polish my car, how about removing swirl marks??
seems like a simple, variable speed angle grinder would be great for detailing a car? seems like it’s better than one of those cheap, plastic polishers with two handles. but not as expensive as a professional (elliptic) polisher… or would you use the two for significantly diff tasks?
one more question, what’s the diff between the sponge-like pads and wool pads? are they used for different thins?
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i have a question about when to glaze a car? people say glaze before as a preperation and others say after! just wondering what you recommend ?
can some one please tell me how to do this with a buffer