I managed to put a layer of APW over my car that I applied HGG on about 10 days ago.
I sprayed car down, did RW and after drying I applied Americana but it was my first time using wax and I think I dun goofed a bit.
Picture #1 shows freshly opened wax. Had some black gunk in there, just scooped it up and decided to use it.
Picture #2 shows my Double soft, after buffing Americana (waited 20 mins). Now this is where I think I messed up. I have a poorly lit garage, can’t see the wax when it’s applied thinly. So I might have applied a thick mess... went easier on other panels, towel didn’t blue as bad but still some blue.
Didn’t take a picture of my next mistake, hands were busy. But I was rinsing the red applicator pad that comes with Americana, gave it a firm squeeze under running hot water and it started oozing a lot of blue wax... like a lot! Not sure if this is normal or I accidentally put too much wax on the pad it all went “inside” wasting a bunch.
Another mistake I noted was that holding Americana with my free hand while applying wax probably wasn’t smart. My hands are usually very warm so I think my wax sort of melted in the can, when I tried to get more wax on the applicator the wax would just spin inside the tub.
I guess what I’m asking is, did I apply too thick that it didn’t dry?
If I did apply too thick and wiped it off before it completely dried, do I have a bad layer of wax? Or like less?
Also is it normal that the red applicator pad to be completely oozing wax when squeezed? Felt so wasteful 😭
I’m not exactly sure how “thin/thick” I need to apply. All the videos I watch have visible wax streaks, probably due to good lighting. I just applied thick enough that it’s visible to me.
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I managed to put a layer of APW over my car that I applied HGG on about 10 days ago.
I sprayed car down, did RW and after drying I applied Americana but it was my first time using wax and I think I dun goofed a bit.
Picture #1 shows freshly opened wax. Had some black gunk in there, just scooped it up and decided to use it.
Picture #2 shows my Double soft, after buffing Americana (waited 20 mins). Now this is where I think I messed up. I have a poorly lit garage, can’t see the wax when it’s applied thinly. So I might have applied a thick mess... went easier on other panels, towel didn’t blue as bad but still some blue.
Didn’t take a picture of my next mistake, hands were busy. But I was rinsing the red applicator pad that comes with Americana, gave it a firm squeeze under running hot water and it started oozing a lot of blue wax... like a lot! Not sure if this is normal or I accidentally put too much wax on the pad it all went “inside” wasting a bunch.
Another mistake I noted was that holding Americana with my free hand while applying wax probably wasn’t smart. My hands are usually very warm so I think my wax sort of melted in the can, when I tried to get more wax on the applicator the wax would just spin inside the tub.
I guess what I’m asking is, did I apply too thick that it didn’t dry?
If I did apply too thick and wiped it off before it completely dried, do I have a bad layer of wax? Or like less?
Also is it normal that the red applicator pad to be completely oozing wax when squeezed? Felt so wasteful 😭
I’m not exactly sure how “thin/thick” I need to apply. All the videos I watch have visible wax streaks, probably due to good lighting. I just applied thick enough that it’s visible to me.
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