I try stuff so you don't have to! Armor-All "Wax 'n Dry"

Well, you would have thought I'd have learned my lesson after trying this
stuff on the Supra, and being disappointed with the swirl marks and the
water spots, but NO, I had to try it again.

This time, on the Mazda. This car was parked under Evergreens for a few
years, the paint on the roof...WHAT paint on the roof?...is shot, so
rather than use my Zymol on it, I figured I'd give the Armor-All Wax 'n
Dry another shot, esp since the car was wet and I wasn't going to waste
time drying it off.

This crap is why God gave the good sense to Ryobi to make buffers!
Supposedly, you can use it when the car is wet, like right after washing,
or dry the car and use it like a regular wax.

I did the Supra when it was still wet. Horrible results. It made
fingerprints stand out so well the FBI would love it, left marks where the
wax was swirled, and didn't come off very well.

Today with the Mazda mostly dry, I figured I'd try it as a regular wax.
After 15 minutes going over one spot again and again with a Micro-Fiber
cloth, I decided it was time to pull out the buffer. I did manage to get a
decent shine from the paint that wasn't ruined by the trees, but if I had
wanted to put in that much effort, I would have used Meguire's and gotten
a much beter finish.

Good thing I bought this stuff for a buck a bottle on the AutoZone
discount table, or I'd be pissed!

In it's defense, it goes ON real easy, and if you use a buffer it comes
off fairly well, too. All in all, stay away from this stuff. It's lousy!

Hachiroku ãƒ?ãƒ?ãƒ*ク wrote:[color=blue]
> Well, you would have thought I'd have learned my lesson after trying this
> stuff on the Supra, and being disappointed with the swirl marks and the
> water spots, but NO, I had to try it again.
>
> This time, on the Mazda. This car was parked under Evergreens for a few
> years, the paint on the roof...WHAT paint on the roof?...is shot, so
> rather than use my Zymol on it, I figured I'd give the Armor-All Wax 'n
> Dry another shot, esp since the car was wet and I wasn't going to waste
> time drying it off.
>
> This crap is why God gave the good sense to Ryobi to make buffers!
> Supposedly, you can use it when the car is wet, like right after washing,
> or dry the car and use it like a regular wax.
>
> I did the Supra when it was still wet. Horrible results. It made
> fingerprints stand out so well the FBI would love it, left marks where the
> wax was swirled, and didn't come off very well.
>
> Today with the Mazda mostly dry, I figured I'd try it as a regular wax.
> After 15 minutes going over one spot again and again with a Micro-Fiber
> cloth, I decided it was time to pull out the buffer. I did manage to get a
> decent shine from the paint that wasn't ruined by the trees, but if I had
> wanted to put in that much effort, I would have used Meguire's and gotten
> a much beter finish.[/color]

Dude what is Meguire's? Some sort of polish I take it. I still have
that old Honda... paint has those little ultra-miniature cracks in it,
and it seems like I could somehow buff the hell out of it with the
right type of polish and buff those either away or clean. I have this
turtle wax heavy duty cleaner stuff I tried on it but it was
unimpressive... it missed a lot, and was pretty harsh on the weaker
parts of the paint job. Be nice to have a one-step infomercial sort of
polish to use.

[color=blue]
>
> Good thing I bought this stuff for a buck a bottle on the AutoZone
> discount table, or I'd be pissed!
>
> In it's defense, it goes ON real easy, and if you use a buffer it comes
> off fairly well, too. All in all, stay away from this stuff. It's lousy![/color]

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:54:47 -0800, Learning Richard wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> Today with the Mazda mostly dry, I figured I'd try it as a regular wax.
>> After 15 minutes going over one spot again and again with a Micro-Fiber
>> cloth, I decided it was time to pull out the buffer. I did manage to get a
>> decent shine from the paint that wasn't ruined by the trees, but if I had
>> wanted to put in that much effort, I would have used Meguire's and gotten
>> a much beter finish.[/color]
>
> Dude what is Meguire's? Some sort of polish I take it. I still have
> that old Honda... paint has those little ultra-miniature cracks in it,
> and it seems like I could somehow buff the hell out of it with the
> right type of polish and buff those either away or clean. I have this
> turtle wax heavy duty cleaner stuff I tried on it but it was
> unimpressive... it missed a lot, and was pretty harsh on the weaker
> parts of the paint job. Be nice to have a one-step infomercial sort of
> polish to use.[/color]


Meguire's is a line of car care products that I consider the best. (A lot
of people do...)

They have some things you could try on your Honda's paint (I'm trying
TinyURL for the first time...)

[url]http://tinyurl.com/f62qo[/url]

Depending on how bad it is, you could start with the heavy-cut cleaner and
work your way down.

I actually do the opposite...I wouls start with Medium cut and see if that
works. It's more work if you have to go backwards, but you won't be
overkilling the finish if it DOES work!


The BEST stuff I have ever had was 3M Fill 'n Glaze...good luck finding it!
They have replaced it with a product that is not as good, thanks to you
Liberals! ;) (Lower VOC content...) I still have a quart left...it was
the LAST one I could get!


After that you can go with a Glaze:
[url]http://tinyurl.com/ycme52[/url]

I'd use the Machine glaze followed by Show Glaze, and then a good wax

I usually use the Gold Class

[url]http://www.meguiars.com/?paste-car-waxes/Gold-Class-Clear-Coat-Car-Wax-Paste[/url]

or the Hi-Tech Yellow wax:

[url]http://www.meguiars.com/?pro-liquid-car-waxes/Hi-Tech-Yellow-Wax[/url]