Cars

In the past few years, most new cars come with a clear coat of transparent protective top coat. Does that mean you do not need car wax anymore?While car wax probably won’t improve the shine of the clear top coat, environmental factors such as rain, sunlight, and road debris will eat at the finish of a car. After washing your car, adding a coat of car wax can help protect the paint on your car against environmental factors.

There are different kinds of car waxes. These include liquid, paste, and the spray on, wipe off types. Liquid car wax is the hardest to apply to your car and it takes a lot of work to buff after applying liquid car wax. Paste car wax used to be the most common type of car wax used but is now the least commonly used car wax. Paste car wax comes with a resuable applicator that makes it easy to spread on a car and helps avoid getting car wax on the windows of your car. The newest kind of car wax is the spray on, wipe off car wax. This kind of car wax can be applied to a car that is still wet from washing but the shine does not last very long.

What kind of car wax should you use on your car? It depends on the size and age of your car, how much work you are willing to do, and how much time you are willing to put into waxing your car. Newer cars should still have a good finish and may need only a light spray car wax to enhance the shine. For an older car with a dull finish, using a liquid car wax will clean as well as shine the paint on your car. To save time, using a spray on, wipe off car was is the way to go. Quick touch ups in between waxings can also be done with a spray on, wipe off car wax.

Before you use car wax on your car, you should clean it thoroughly. Do not use car wax on your car when it is in the sun or if the paint is hot because it will cause the wax to scratch the paint.If your car is hot or in the sun, do not apply car wax until it has cooled because the car wax will scratch the hot paint on your car. Apply car wax in small sections so you easily buff the area without the car wax staying on too long and drying out.