Foam cannon + Wax

[Rev_Night]

Are there any good Wax brands that you can put through a foam cannon? Yes, I know hand waxing is the best. But my counterpoint is that I'm lazy. Chemical Guys makes an 'Extreme BodyWash+ Wax', which is good, but I also want to use their Black Light soap for my black cars. Ideally I can mix the black light (all soap) with a wax (all wax). Mixing black light (soap) with EBW+W (soap +wax) leads to more soap than wax.

anyone got any ideas?

 

[GTdsz]

You arent going to actually get a good coating of wax from a gun. If you want something easy just wash it and use a wax and dry or a ceramic quick detail as a drying aid.

 

[BadTrainDriver]

Are there any good Wax brands that you can put through a foam cannon? Yes, I know hand waxing is the best. But my counterpoint is that I'm lazy. Chemical Guys makes an 'Extreme BodyWash+ Wax', which is good, but I also want to use their Black Light soap for my black cars. Ideally I can mix the black light (all soap) with a wax (all wax). Mixing black light (soap) with EBW+W (soap +wax) leads to more soap than wax.

anyone got any ideas?

Assuming you're washing your car at home with a pressure washer, my recommendation is Gyeon WetCoat. Thoroughly wash your car with a stripping type car wash. Do not use a car wash that has any type of "wax" or anything. Meguiars Gold Class car wash, with 2 to 3 cups of a quality all purpose cleaner mixed in works great as a stripping wash, FYI. After washing and rinsing, use the Gyeon WetCoat. This stuff is amazing, takes very little to work well, and lasts 3+ months. It can be used all over the car, wheels, and glass.

 

[RedCal]

+1 for the don't wash and wax, wash it, Use a good sealant / quick ceramic if you are not going to do a full ceramic. (the best option)
Wet Coat is a great suggestion, I use it on my wheels and grill (I have a full ceramic coating) Adams graphene detail spray also gets very good reviews, but I have no experience with it

 

[GTdsz]

+1 for the don't wash and wax, wash it, Use a good sealant / quick ceramic if you are not going to do a full ceramic. (the best option)
Wet Coat is a great suggestion, I use it on my wheels and grill (I have a full ceramic coating) Adams graphene detail spray also gets very good reviews, but I have no experience with it

Oh you should of said that! If your car is coated wax wont do a thing.
I use adams graphene quick detail as a drying aid, just spray it on after a wash and rinse, then buff it in

 

[RedCal]

Oh you should of said that! If your car is coated wax wont do a thing.
I use adams graphene quick detail as a drying aid, just spray it on after a wash and rinse, then buff it in

I an anti-wax'er.... lol

FYI adams graphene quick detailer isn't a spray and rinse off product... Geyon Wet coat is and works great especially in the hard to get to places - I use their ceramic QD as my drying aid (Adams is harder to get / find up here)

For Use When Washing as Drying Aid:

1. After vehicle has been rinsed and still dripping wet, mist each panel, glass and plastics.
2. Use a clean Adam’s Great White Drying Towel to dry vehicle completely.

 

[BadTrainDriver]

Gyeon WetCoat ProTip:

Wash vehicle like I mentioned above. While wet, lightly mist glass and wheels with WetCoat and pressure wash the WetCoat off. I do one side at a time, so long as sun isn't shining/making the vehicle hot. Half the front glass, front and rear wheels, side windows, and half rear glass. Pressure rinse off, then repeat on opposite side.

Here's the protip:
Dry the vehicle(I use my Ego leaf blower), then each body panel at a time, spray two mist pumps of WetCoat per body panel and wipe in with one microfiber, and immediately wipe off with a second microfiber. I can do my whole car in about 15 minutes. This type of application works much better than the standard spray on and rinse off method.

 

[Rev_Night]

hahah so leaf blowers are allowed to dry off a car?

 

[BadTrainDriver]

 

[BadTrainDriver]

hahah so leaf blowers are allowed to dry off a car?

Duh.
Have you been living under a rock, hahahaahahaha!!!

 

[BadTrainDriver]

 

[ChaneRZ]

I use a cordless leaf blower to dry my car. Get those water out of nooks and crannies.

 

[rmod]

Since you are lazy (So am I), two options:

1. Pay someone to do it.
2. Just wash and leave the more detailed waxing for a later date when you need to get away from something else (this is my way)

I don't care for the way it looks too much and rather spend more time with the family. That's me. Each one to his own.

 

[Rev_Night]

Assuming you're washing your car at home with a pressure washer, my recommendation is Gyeon WetCoat. Thoroughly wash your car with a stripping type car wash. Do not use a car wash that has any type of "wax" or anything. Meguiars Gold Class car wash, with 2 to 3 cups of a quality all purpose cleaner mixed in works great as a stripping wash, FYI.

Chemical guys sells whats called 'Clean Slate', its used for getting rid of the wax that was previously there. They say I can mix this with Black Light to create a solution that cleans car, deepens blacks, and removes wax. I then wash/rinse. I take this Gyeon WetCoat, apply that via spray, and rinse off? Thats it?

 

[killinghall]

Forget about wax. Use Hybrid Solutions Ceramic Spray Coating.

Lasts for months!

 

[BadTrainDriver]

Chemical guys sells whats called 'Clean Slate', its used for getting rid of the wax that was previously there. They say I can mix this with Black Light to create a solution that cleans car, deepens blacks, and removes wax. I then wash/rinse. I take this Gyeon WetCoat, apply that via spray, and rinse off? Thats it?

Yes. That's it.

 

[GTdsz]

Anti waxer if the car is coated. The wax will do nothing, a ceramic is more hydrophobic and anti static than a wax. Use an Sio2 or graphene booster on a coating not a wax.
The graphene spray is not a rinse off, I said buff it in after.

I an anti-wax'er.... lol

FYI adams graphene quick detailer isn't a spray and rinse off product... Geyon Wet coat is and works great especially in the hard to get to places - I use their ceramic QD as my drying aid (Adams is harder to get / find up here)

For Use When Washing as Drying Aid:

1. After vehicle has been rinsed and still dripping wet, mist each panel, glass and plastics.
2. Use a clean Adam’s Great White Drying Towel to dry vehicle completely.

 

[5tinger]

Applying wax by hand is often the final step in detailing and is by far the most satisfying and rewarding. Try it

 

[Rev_Night]

The car is stock, so no ceramic coating. And i used to apply wax by hand, but I'm lazy. I've done clay bars in the past, but with kid and family, man aint nobody got time for that.

got 0 problem with spray ons

 

[stoopid]

Forget about wax. Use Hybrid Solutions Ceramic Spray Coating.

Lasts for months!

Second this. Was scrolling down reading the comments to post the same.

It seems to be lasting 6+ months, though I'm willing to do it every 6 months and the car is garaged for 14 hours a day on average, so it experiences a bit less direct weather as a result. Might need more frequent applications where it rains / snows more often. I could probably push it longer but don't see the sense as it's fairly easy to apply.

I also don't wash the car frequently, once a month on average. Spot cleaning bird poop/heavy contaminants. Every wash is like a severe rain storm, stripping a little of the wax / ceramic off. Other than super corrosive stuff like bird poop needing attention, dust and light soil is fine to allow some accumulation. That's the point of the wax/ceramic, to protect the clear coat from shit getting embedded. Removing that protective layer through over-washing just means you have to apply that layer more often as it gets stripped away. Again, if someone lives where the weather is crap then washing frequently can be justified as the contaminant level is higher and it's a zero sum game.