Extremme 4th Gear January 26, 2014 Share January 26, 2014 Guys, I intend to do waxing on my car. I used to do it manually but I thought maybe a handheld wax machine will be handy. Any recommendations? ↡ Advertisement 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydiachristopher 3rd Gear January 26, 2014 Share January 26, 2014 If you just using machine to apply wax , you can consider black and decker orbiter, cheap and handy. If you plan to do proper paint correction, you will need DA polishing machine. But the machine price will be much higher. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extremme 4th Gear January 26, 2014 Author Share January 26, 2014 If you just using machine to apply wax , you can consider black and decker orbiter, cheap and handy. If you plan to do proper paint correction, you will need DA polishing machine. But the machine price will be much higher. Yeah nothing too expensive. What model Do you recommend? Using a machine as opposed me twirling and twirling manually Will surely save me loads of time ;p 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydiachristopher 3rd Gear January 26, 2014 Share January 26, 2014 Yeah nothing too expensive. What model Do you recommend? Using a machine as opposed me twirling and twirling manually Will surely save me loads of time ;p Black & decker orbiter only got one model at DIY shop. Last time i bought @68+ . Enough for waxing but you need 230Vac supply. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extremme 4th Gear January 26, 2014 Author Share January 26, 2014 Black & decker orbiter only got one model at DIY shop. Last time i bought @68+ . Enough for waxing but you need 230Vac supply. Thank you. My car park has Wall plugs so it should be fine ;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydiachristopher 3rd Gear January 26, 2014 Share January 26, 2014 Enjoy your detailing . Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyz 5th Gear January 26, 2014 Share January 26, 2014 Thank you. My car park has Wall plugs so it should be fine ;) HDB one is round plug different from our square type plug. If is HDB one I doubt can use. my 2 cents of contribution. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic January 26, 2014 Share January 26, 2014 (edited) There's a reason ppl want their cars to be hand waxed. If you were to use an hand held orbitor you will get swirl marks when the wax wear off after a while. Regardless of what brand you use you will still get the swirl marks. The trick to applying wax is not difficult or jialat at all. - Get 2x microfibre cloth. - dampen 1 x microfibre cloth with water. - Use it to apply the wax on your car. You will notice that a damp cloth is easier to use to spread the wax evenly on the surface. - The other microfibre cloth leave it as it is. Use it to wipe down the car when the wax you had just applied has dried. The trick to it is using a damp cloth to spread the wax evenly so that you won't see patches of wax after you are done. Same for any other type of wax, even glass wax for your windscreen. Ppl often comprain their wiper will judder after applying the glass wax. What they should do is damp cloth to spread out the wax evenly. Edited January 26, 2014 by Watwheels 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydiachristopher 3rd Gear January 26, 2014 Share January 26, 2014 There's a reason ppl want their cars to be hand waxed. If you were to use an hand held orbitor you will get swirl marks when the wax wear off after a while. Regardless of what brand you use you will still get the swirl marks. The trick to applying wax is not difficult or jialat at all. - Get 2x microfibre cloth. - dampen 1 x microfibre cloth with water. - Use it to apply the wax on your car. You will notice that a damp cloth is easier to use to spread the wax evenly on the surface. - The other microfibre cloth leave it as it is. Use it to wipe down the car when the wax you had just applied has dried. The trick to it is using a damp cloth to spread the wax evenly so that you won't see patches of wax after you are done. Same for any other type of wax, even glass wax for your windscreen. Ppl often comprain their wiper will judder after applying the glass wax. What they should do is damp cloth to spread out the wax evenly. I agree with you, because i try once using ice water to wipe panel and damped my application pad before apply wax, same also using ice water cooled microfiber tower to remove wax. Great effect and more natural feel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extremme 4th Gear January 26, 2014 Author Share January 26, 2014 Thks guys for the advice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonaxSingapore 2nd Gear April 23, 2014 Share April 23, 2014 Before you decide to switch to machine polishing, better check Does your car is in a neglected paintwork condition? If it is then hand polishing may struggle to eliminate the heavier imperfections and a lot of energy and time would have to be spent to make any form of noticeable difference but if your paintwork is not too heavily inflicted with surface imperfections, hand polishing serves as a safe and effective way to enhance and restore the finish. For easier waxing you may choose from Sonax Polishing Products: Sonax Brilliant Wax 1 is for new car or newly painted car. It contains wax only. Paintwork in mint condition, slightly weathered and regularly maintained paintwork are a job for SONAX XTREME Polish+Wax 2. Matt, weathered and neglected paintwork requires treatment from SONAX XTREME Polish+Wax 3. The extremely powerful aluminium oxide polishing components remove weathered paint layers and smoothen out scratches from the carwash installation, finger nails and other usual traces of wear. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachdanom 2nd Gear June 26, 2016 Share June 26, 2016 Seems like nowadays people don't wax their cars themselves. This detailing thread is all about which protection service to get. Also when I search MCF on DIY related stuff the threads are all around 8 years ago.... I just got a car and my colleagues are teasing me that after 1 month I wont be doing washing and waxing myself anymore. So far I am liking the 1.5hr or so of exercise a week. Anyone still DIYing? Just wondering what proportion still are... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackyv Turbocharged June 26, 2016 Share June 26, 2016 I don't even wash my current car, don't talk about waxing.. and nope, didn't do any coating too.. hehehhe.... Getting my new car soon and I guess the most I will wash diligently for first mths and after that, most likely car wash is a quarterly affair... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator June 26, 2016 Share June 26, 2016 Seems like nowadays people don't wax their cars themselves. This detailing thread is all about which protection service to get. Also when I search MCF on DIY related stuff the threads are all around 8 years ago.... I just got a car and my colleagues are teasing me that after 1 month I wont be doing washing and waxing myself anymore. So far I am liking the 1.5hr or so of exercise a week. Anyone still DIYing? Just wondering what proportion still are... in future, SEARCH. Merged here with ANOTHER DIY waxing thread you could have asked your question here instead of DUPLICATING a thread in future you will get a warning thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Hypersonic June 26, 2016 Share June 26, 2016 am waxing my car every 2 - 3 months. using Armor All Butter Smooth Wax. also a form of exercise. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinytok 1st Gear June 26, 2016 Share June 26, 2016 Am not waxing as pps done. Wash new car weekly. Exterior only 1hr plus. With interior , around 2.5hr. Armourall car wash n the rest the usual meguiar products. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddriver 4th Gear June 27, 2016 Share June 27, 2016 Seems like nowadays people don't wax their cars themselves. This detailing thread is all about which protection service to get. Also when I search MCF on DIY related stuff the threads are all around 8 years ago.... I just got a car and my colleagues are teasing me that after 1 month I wont be doing washing and waxing myself anymore. So far I am liking the 1.5hr or so of exercise a week. Anyone still DIYing? Just wondering what proportion still are... There used to be a group of hardcore DIY kakis back in 2006..Those days we spend almost 6-7 hours every sunday to meet for DIY. Most are busy with kids now but occasionally they do meet me to grab some quick detailer or wax. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason016 Supersonic June 27, 2016 Share June 27, 2016 Seems like nowadays people don't wax their cars themselves. This detailing thread is all about which protection service to get. Also when I search MCF on DIY related stuff the threads are all around 8 years ago.... I just got a car and my colleagues are teasing me that after 1 month I wont be doing washing and waxing myself anymore. So far I am liking the 1.5hr or so of exercise a week. Anyone still DIYing? Just wondering what proportion still are... I still do it. Spend about 3 hours. Wash tyres, rims. Wash car, dry car, do correction if necessary, apply 3 coats of sealant. In between the sealant drying, vacuum inside of car, clean dash, sides, clean leather seats, clean windscreen etc. ↡ Advertisement 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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