How often do you wax your truck?

[02suburbanZ71]

^^^^^^ HOLY CRAP MAN ^^^^^ some labor went into that job....!!!!!!!!!

No kidding had to do it to the entire 3500 eclb

[greg_tahoe84]

Please tell me you clayed the vehicle first? If not, all you did was seal in contamination that will be more difficult to remove when you take the time to do your first clay.

 

And no, brand new vehicles are not perfectly clean. By the time a vehicle makes it to the dealership, the paint is extremely rough.

I am perfectly happy with a doing a simple wash and wax on a regular without using abrasives or clay. Whatever makes you happy.

[Cowpie]

The way my pickup looks right now, would make those who are meticulous about caring for the paint probably cry. And the mess mine is in is the way it usually looks most any time of the year. It spends the bulk of it's time dirty and muddy instead of clean. And it isn't even a work vehicle! Just nasty gravel roads to and from town. Only time it may stay clean for longer than 24 hrs is if we go on a road trip. So considering it is a losing battle in my area, if it gets a wash at the car wash, and maybe a spray wax on it at the same place, it is just going to have to be happy with that. Thing is, most all the vehicles I have owned did not turn into rust buckets much sooner than any city vehicle. 2006 Jeep Liberty living in these conditions, and not a bit of rust anywhere. Has never been waxed since I bought it new. 2000 Jeep Cherokee, just now starting to show a couple of rust spots in the doors. Not bad for 15 years of no wax and most of the time dirty. Dunno. Maybe it is just a Jeep thing.

[Muscle Car Memories]

 

I am perfectly happy with a doing a simple wash and wax on a regular without using abrasives or clay. Whatever makes you happy.

 

I use Collinite 845, you guys outta try it some time. Once you use it you will be sold and its only about $16 a bottle shipped if you get it on Amazon. I do my Silverado about every 2 months and hand wash once a week. I even wash underneath my truck, the engine bay, wheel wells and I use a good undercarriage detailer, makes the engine bay and underneath my truck look like new. I think Im OCD....lol

[RyanbabZ71]

 

 

Ryan

[Muscle Car Memories]

 

 

Ryan

Collinite is some great wax, I have used that CarPro product you have there. Is it any good?

[RyanbabZ71]

The reload is excellent. I have applied it and have had my truck out in the rain and you couldn't tell except for the windows being dirty.

 

 

Ryan

[Colossus]

Given all the crud I would drive thru with my previous trucks, clay bar was essential, at least once a year. And it did an AWESOME job cleaning up what I thought was permanant damage.

[Muscle Car Memories]

The reload is excellent. I have applied it and have had my truck out in the rain and you couldn't tell except for the windows being dirty.

 

 

Ryan

I may get me some of that and give it a shot but that Collinite 8465 is very hard to beat.

[RyanbabZ71]

Autogeek just had a 25% off with free shipping had to buy another bottle

 

 

Ryan

[gbo62280]

Autogeek just had a 25% off with free shipping had to buy another bottle

 

 

Ryan

What up with ReLoad? When do you apply it? Is it basically a detailer?

[RyanbabZ71]

It's a sealant

 

 

Ryan

[RyanbabZ71]

http://www.carpro-us.com/stocking-stuffers/carpro-reload-100ml-v-2014-2/

 

 

Ryan

[gbo62280]

It's a sealant

 

 

Ryan

On the website it says the car surface needs to be wax free. So do you use it in lieu of wax, or do you use it right after waxing?

[Stex]

The long answer.

 

Some folks have no time for wash/wax and/or care less about swirls in the clear coat. For these folks, drive thru and spray and pay car washes are the answer.

 

If not one of the above, read some more. Two bucket car wash with quality (not Costco/wallM) soap, wash pads and drying towels is essential to keep the clear coat as swirl free as possible. Clear clear coat is what gives the shine. Adams and other retail sites mentioned here have vids on two bucket wash.

 

I have used a lot of different mail order soaps and find "Perls" to really make a washed ride pop and get comments of how nice it looks. http://www.amazon.com/Perls-Shampoo-Premium-Wash-16-9/dp/B008N1NY9C/ref=sr_1_4?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1417631105&sr=1-4&keywords=perls

 

As for sealant or wax or both, recommend every 6 months or so. Wash with dawn, clay bar and then seal or wax.

 

If swirls add up, especially on dark colors, and they bother you, add a machine buff after the clay bar and before the sealer/wax. Maybe once a year or so?? Recommend a non-forced rotation buffer to avoid paint damage. Be carful as once you reach this stage you can never go back to drive through car washes with the swirl machines they call brushes.

 

Takes all kinds, as I see the young high school guys driving through road side mud just to obtain the badge of a real dirty truck.