Wax getting wet?

[Ari]

Sowehat happens when you've carefully waxed your car and it rains before you've had chance to take it off again?

I only ask because... well you can guess.

It's Autoglym Ultra Deep Shine, if that makes a difference.

[Ari]

Stand easy, seems to have dried out and polished off ok-ish. Bit smeary but going over the car afterwards with a microfibre cloth seems to have helped.

Will find out for sure tomorrow when it's light again!

[dougc]

Should be OK. Did the very same to mine on Saturday with the same product - got a decent coat on the car, then a light shower came through. I just waited for it to clear up and buffed off as usual. Took a couple of cloths though as the first got a little damp.

[robsco]

What's the Ultra Deep Shine like Ari, a decent product?

[Ari]

It's excellent mate, yes. I used to use Autoglym Super Resin Polish but the UDS is much easier to use (comes off better and much less chalky residue) and does, I think, have a deeper shine.

I usually like to give it a coat or sometimes two of UDS and then finish off with a coat of Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection.

Car looks great this morning I'm relieved to say. Will hopefully be able to get the EGP on it later and we'll call that done for winter.

I'll see if I can post up some pics when it's done.

Edited by Ari on Monday 30th August 09:00

[robsco]

I use SRP at the moment, which works nicely to be honest, its just trying to find a product which gives the car a good gloss, white is quite tricky to give a deep shine. Will give it a go, cheers.

[AcidReflux]

robsco said:

I use SRP at the moment

Note: SRP is a polish, which isn't the same as a wax. Polish cleans/smooths the paint. Wax protects it and gives a long-lasting shine. Some waxes (I use Collinite 915) give a shine and protective finish that lasts for several months. I used SRP on my old car and while it looked fantastic, the protection (evidenced by water beading) lasted only a couple of weeks at best.

[robsco]

Acidreflux, hi.

I was aware about SRP being a polish as opposed to a wax, I've never really bothered with wax as such as I found it never to really make a difference to the shine of the car. I think in hindsight, that its because I've used cheap crappy wax which isn't worth applying. The thing is, when I had a red car, polish would give it a delightful shine and gloss without the need for wax. With white, I'm finding getting some depth to the paintwork much trickier, hence I asked the question about UDP

[AcidReflux]

robsco said:

Acidreflux, hi.

I was aware about SRP being a polish as opposed to a wax, I've never really bothered with wax as such as I found it never to really make a difference to the shine of the car.

I'm just the same - never used wax until I bought a new car and wanted to protect the finish rather than polish something that was already perfectly shiny. If I'm honest I can't see a huge difference in the shine between SRP on my old car and wax on the new but having used only SRP for years I've discovered that it's the long-term protection of wax that's the benefit. Water is still beading up six weeks after I applied this Collinite wax and dirt falls off much more easily than it used to after an application of SRP.

The Collinite 915 cost me about £24 from eBay, I think, so it wasn't too expensive. I'd recommend it.

[robsco]

Thanks AR, I'll give Collinite a whirl