Wax it up

[Goatkey]

Hey guys/girls I did my early season clay/polish/wax and it's not 2 months later and I want to put another coat of wax on. My question is....do you guys just apply another coat of wax after washing and drying or do you clay again? or use a cleaner wax? what do you do? let me know. I know after awhile stuff gets caught in the surface again...just wondering if you start the process over again every wax

[Remarkable]

Clay the surface again. You will notice a difference in the smoothness of the paint. If you don't clay, you just polish over contaminants.

[Tideland Prius]

just check your paint. just wear some disposable gloves (Those thin transparent one) and run your hands over the paint. If it still smooth, then wax. If it's slightly rough, then you can clay it. (assuming you're picky about smoothness)

[Goatkey]

I figured I better clay it but will that take off the Klasse AiO??? I don't want to do that....I already have like 2 coats of wax on...i dont' want to lose it all if the clay will take it all off?? what do you guys think?

[PolishAndWax]

Originally Posted by Goatkey

Hey guys/girls I did my early season clay/polish/wax and it's not 2 months later and I want to put another coat of wax on. My question is....do you guys just apply another coat of wax after washing and drying or do you clay again? or use a cleaner wax? what do you do? let me know. I know after awhile stuff gets caught in the surface again...just wondering if you start the process over again every wax

I agree with Tideland and for sure it depends on how picky you are.

If you are going to clay, I doubt that anything other than the upwards facing panels will really need it after only a few months. YMMV.

Clay will most likely remove all of your wax. That's not necessarily a bad thing.

Depending on the color, clay may leave visible scratches. Always clay in the same direction so you can see if you left a scratch pattern.

I clay about once per year, but 'the need' really depends on where you live, how often you wash and wax your vehicle and how much time it spends outside.

How often you clay/polish/wax is so subjective...a lot of it depends on you and how picky you are. I wax my truck about every 8 weeks but I could wait 12 easily and still have water bead on it. However, what I use is so easy to apply it doesn't make sense to stretch it. It only adds about 20 minutes to my wash job.

I polish once every year or two...it really depends what I've subjected my truck to. If it's been off-road, it may need to be polished sooner. Plus, I 'spot polish' a lot, meaning sometimes I only polish the areas that need it. Why take clear coat off areas that don't need to be polished?

I mean you can go CRAZY will polish and clay...but are the benefits worth your time? Also, you can certainly polish too much. Remember, every time you polish, you remove paint. Once you're through the clear, you're hosed.