[DeTomaso] Wax

Sun Sep 4 12:02:05 EDT 2011

i believe tbat it both evaporates (natural wax it is a volitile substance),
weathers (carried away by wind and water) and is washed off by both
detergents and acids in the atmoshpere.

just my 2 cents

Michael
 On Sep 4, 2011 11:08 AM, "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net> wrote:
> Dear Mikael,
>
>
> See if your friend with knowledge and expertise in wax can answer
> a question that has puzzled me for a long time: Once you apply the wax and
> all is well and shiny and nice------then what happens to the wax on the
car?
> Does it chemically deteriorate? Does it dry up and fall off? Does the
> air flow microscopically blast it off? What process causes the perfect wax
> job to be only temporary and require periodic re-application??
>
>
> Mr. Lazy, Chuck Engles
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On
> Behalf Of Mikael
> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 9:22 AM
> To: 'MyCars'; 'deTomaso List'
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Paint
>
> My friend has a car wax import business. So I get good wax and good advice
> for next to nothing. And I do wax the Pantera so it's almost impossible to
> get the car cover on it, it just slides off all the time. The strange
thing
> is that most car enthusiast he and I discuss wax with, they buy the cheapo
> gas station brand. Strange when people spend so much on their hobby, and
the
> shine and protection part, they can't spend $100 to get carnauba wax. Let
me
> tell you, there's a difference, and it's worth the money...
>
> Mikael
>
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: MyCars [mailto:MyCars at Comcast.net]
> Sendt: 4. september 2011 02:39
> Til: deTomaso List
> Emne: [DeTomaso] Paint
>
> I just spent 2 days polishing the 20 year old paint job on my Pantera
using
> the Griot's Garage system. Woah, the paint looks like "candy"
> (except for the regular places that the paint cracks).
>
> Now just a few hours of waxing ;-)
>
> Roydon
>
>
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