Any OTC waxes/compounds recommended?

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Not sure why you are laughing. Thats exactly what happens. Heat will degrade the wax very quickly.
In most daily driver situations you will be lucky to get 2-3 weeks worth of protection out of a wax.

As Ace said its pretty much a product for show cars that only leave a garage maybe once a year. And the waxes are for color effects not protection.

 

I guess it depends on where you live. Heat melting or evaporating wax where I live is not an issue even in the summer so in the summer i do wax. Call me old school but I like the deep rich look a wax gives paint that a sealant does not. My typical client has their vehicle waxed or sealed 4 times a year owns a daily driver and atleast one toy or show vehicle that they take out only on dry days where a sealant isn't necessary so those cars get wax exclusively. I do polymer on the daily drivers and anything that will be driven in adverse weather. But I guess we all have our preferred techniques.

 

Agree. Their Ultimate Compound and Polish are pretty good for a quick pick up. Done a lot of paint clean up on some very swirled paint using them.

Never had that on my super white but I also tape off or clean off residue as soon as it gets on the paint. It doesn't last for shit which is why I won't buy another bottle. I put CarPro CQuartz on the plastics of my Fiance's Focus and they're still looking good over a year later.

RE: wheel cleaners, I feel like if you let that residue set into a porous surface from any manufacturer it's going to leave a stain. Some may break it down better and leave less of a stain but I have to imagine it's still going to leave some sort of stain.

 

Although there are a few turds in their line - as with every brand - two of my go to products are from Meguire's. I love their M101 and M205 polishes. The M101 will correct just about anything with my Flex and finishes up beautifully. The M205 is a great finishing polish to follow up the M101 with. Sure, there are other products out there that work as well or maybe better. But when I find something that works as well as these two, I tend to keep using them. Just my 2 cents.

 

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