How often do you wax and wash your car?

tostaroller · 03-14-2003

My mom warned me not to wax my car or wash it to much. she said you can rinse it off but dont wax and wash it everyother day. anyone here experienced enough in this? How often do you wax and wash your car and can you do it to much?

Mugger · 03-14-2003

To much wax buildup will make the paint oxidize quicker. Washing is fine, but it will strip the wax quicker. I wash my car every two weeks, california duster every day, whipe with a leather shammy whenever the dust or road grime is to bad, wax every other month. I use this stuff called "the wax shop", goes on like a glaze, whipes off without any residue and looks GREAT!

Tina · 03-14-2003

When I was younger my mom told me to pour lighter fluid over my car to clean it because it had white paint and the fluid was supposed to do a better job cleaning it. Now correct me if I'm wrong but lighter fluid and a car just don't seem to go together, do they?

tostaroller, I like your mom's advice better. And I think Mugger makes a lot of sence.

Monkey Boy · 03-14-2003

A rep from Meguiars told me to wax 3 times a year.

1998GT · 03-14-2003

I haven't waxed my car yet. Bought it last year in like August. Its just been to rainy here to wax it but i would wash it alll the time. My dad said i was gonna wash the paint rite off..lol

~Luke

slitherin · 03-14-2003

As often as possible! For some reason, whenever my neighbor sees me out washing my car, he invites me over for a drink!

Go figure!!!

tostaroller · 03-14-2003

good advice mugger, but im sure your car gets to sit in a garage alot,my car is my only car so i think i should wash it maybe 1 time a week because its pretty dirty by that time

slitherin · 03-14-2003

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Originally posted by tostaroller
My mom warned me ... can you do it to much? not bad for a 19 year old making min wage

sweetie - you are only 1 yr past your prime - you're fine!!!

tostaroller · 03-14-2003

i already talked to the doctors about that one and i was the first they ever thought did it to much

Roberts · 03-15-2003

What a load of crap. Wash and wax it as much as ya want. Unless your paint is pure crap it'll handle car soap and wax fine. Polish cuts paint so be careful if you're using a power buffer to buff/apply polish (not wax) as you can burn through layers of paint especially on sharp edges. Wax protection only lasts a few days under blazing hot sun. I live in the most corrosive part of North America and my '90 still has shiney factory applied red enamel paint which I wash, polish, then wax as much as I can stand. You don't get wax biuldup unless you forget to remove all of it, I mean you're not puttin' pledge on it!

Steve

Monkey Boy · 03-15-2003

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Originally posted by slitherin
As often as possible! For some reason, whenever my neighbor sees me out washing my car, he invites me over for a drink! Go figure!!!

Hmmm...I wonder why?

Dom · 03-15-2003

I'll probally end up washing my new (to me

) 1999 every week on Sat. and wax once a month.

Snake Charmer · 03-15-2003

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Originally posted by Roberts
What a load of crap. Wash and wax it as much as ya want. Unless your paint is pure crap it'll handle car soap and wax fine. Wax protection only lasts a few days under blazing hot sun. You don't get wax biuldup unless you forget to remove all of it, I mean you're not puttin' pledge on it!

Steve

What the hell did you just say? Serriously read it next time...LOL If Wax only lasts a few days under blazing hot sun, Then why would you forget to remove it all??????? I believe the question was about washing and waxing the car, not a full on detail job. So yes if you are washing and waxing the car every day there will be wax buildup. You then will trap the older layers of wax under the new, which will in turn your paint into pure oxidation.

Been there, done that! My first car a '83 Mustang GLX sedan/notch with metallic blue paint. I was in the Army and washed the car everyday! Waxed it every weekend. The paint was new when I bought the car, after 18 months in Colorado Springs the paint was DEAD! Oxidized beyond repair, I tried rubbing compound, polishing compound everything, but it was only a temporary fix. After a month the paint was dull and ugly again. So unless Mr. Roberts is getting the a different grade of wax over there "in the most corrosive part of North America" Buildup kills paint

Mugger · 03-15-2003

What a Charmer

You gotta love that guy..............................

Mugger · 03-15-2003

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Originally posted by Dom
I'll probally end up washing my new (to me ) 1999 every week on Sat. and wax once a month.

That should work fine, I would do the same, but that Ford Black paint sucks! It is my second black Mustang, the first was a '86 SVO. I swore I would never get another black Mustang! Well I think that 'lil Snake on the fender hypnotized me and made me forget or something

So I'm kinda taking it easy on the paint for now, untill I can get four coats of black and another two clear on there.