Any one ever hear of waxing by BARE hand?

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I know with zymol royal wax its required but what about others? Would it even make a difference? Just wondering.
 
Required?? I've seen it from time to time. Some of DoDo Juice's offerings come to mind. I tried it on a vehicle once. It only took one swipe for me to realize my hands and fingers are way to rough for such a method! Never again!!!!! I do enjoy waxing small items around the house with bare hands however.
 
very normal from Estate Waxes ... warmth of hand supposedly helps to break down the higher nuba content. Never noticed a huge difference but hands feel quite dried out afterwards.
 
spiralout462 said:
Required?? I've seen it from time to time. Some of DoDo Juice's offerings come to mind. I tried it on a vehicle once. It only took one swipe for me to realize my hands and fingers are way to rough for such a method! Never again!!!!! I do enjoy waxing small items around the house with bare hands however.
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Is it wrong that I chucked at this part? :-O
Sorry, the wife and I had a few drinks since the kids are staying over at their grandparents for the night! Lol!
 
brondondolon said:
I know with zymol royal wax its required but what about others? Would it even make a difference? Just wondering.
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I honestly believe it's not required with any paste wax, but there's these old wife's tales, that these are the only way they should be applied. I had a local friend try to con me to believe this, and I pretty much told him, "It's your car, do what you want to do."

Other wife's tales of his, was since it was a German Car (Mercedes Benz) but repainted in El Paso Tx, he MUST have German Wax (Zymol) to go on top. When I suggested Collinite 915 or 476 when he mentioned wanting a Nuba, he responded to me like I must be high on some real good drugs. That Collinite was some total cheap junk wax, that would never get within 20 feet of his fine beloved German Automobile. How dare I even suggest such!

Nuba content, and estate waxes. Again, I don't think I've ever used anything that was as hard to apply and remove as the real Blue Coral Paste, and a couple others that I bought years ago from a local Chicago Wax Factory. Those from the Chicago wax factory I used to personally witness being made. Weather conditions are one key, anybody who ever used real Blue Coral, knew you don't try to apply this wax in a Chicago winter, Just like trying to take a Paraffin Candle to your car, and now try wiping it off. Yep, that hard.

There were a few others that come to mind that would maybe work you a bit if not taken off as soon as you put them on, or you tried applying in 50 degree weather, like the real original Simoniz, Slipstream Airplane Wax come to mind quickly.

Lastly, many nubas are loaded with solvents. Solvents I try to not saturate my hands with.
 
I cannot tell you how many glass jars of Blue Coral I must've chucked when I was a kid. Many.

This sort of wax, once it would begin to get old, and dry out, hands, or 100 degree heat wouldn't soften it. Nothing short of a blow torch I figure.
Thus, they hit the trash can, and a new jar was bought.

Back then, I think you'd be talking about $2.75 for a small Jar.
 
Im just going off of the directions for using the zymol royale wax. I guess because of the high white carnuba content which is very hard it must be used by hand to melt it onto the paint.

I was just wondering though if using any other paste wax by bare hand would render better results over foam pad. I can see one benefit being that you wont get any on the molding or any thing and it also would allow you to get into tighter areas maybe.
 
"I do enjoy waxing small items around the house with bare hands however."

Now that's Funny!

Does your Wife get upset or is she just happy you are doing some of her work?

I doubt she would get the same results you are seeing.

Would you suggest a paste wax or a liquid like M26.

If it's an older, oxidized "small item" that hasn't seen much usage...would you suggest #7...rub it in and let it dwell overnite?

What if it's a Daily Driver...would the choice of wax be different?
 
Waxing by hand is a waste of time and wax - for most waxes. When you use a foam applicator, some of the wax goes into the foam, and it sort of forms a steady state and dispenses the wax. When you use your hands, most of he wax tends to get unevenly applied. Most videos I've seen of people applying wax by hand are over applying it to compensate.

There are some waxes that do apply OK by hand. The one that comes to mind is Dodo's Blue Velvet Pro. However, it's still faster and easier to apply it via applicator. I'm convinced there is no factual reason to apply a wax by hand, unless you just like doing it. IMHO if there is a wax out there that only will actually apply by hand (not the manufacturer just recommending it), and not by applicator - it's garbage.


allenk4 said:
"I do enjoy waxing small items around the house with bare hands however."


Does your Wife get upset or is she just happy you are doing some of her work?
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Now that's really funny.
 
Never tried it but it seems like a waste of wax and time. And the cleanup would be awful considering all the harsh solvents on your hands afterward.
 
I did a hood with Vic's Red (softer wax) by hand a while back. It was a lot of fun, but it made me put it on way too thick. I'll probably stick to using foam from here on.
 
I've done it a few times not needed per say. Personally I wouldn't bother using my bare hands to wax.
 
I've done it and liked it. It takes time and patience to apply a thin even coat. For me it's not a time saver. It allows the wax to come back to "liquid" state with the warmth of your hands

for the perfect consistency. It's far more intimate than a foam pad but then again I'm a wax junky......Also like previously mentioned, you can get close to emblems and other obstacles

with better control. When you think you need more wax, vigorously rub your hands together for a few seconds. You'll be surprised how much wax you still have on your hands. This will

help you from over applying. That's not to say I don't use foam either.:dblthumb2:
 
I've never used my bare hands to apply wax, but never have had the need to also. I also wax all of my wooden furniture in the house with Johnson paste wax, in a cheese cloth applicator. The wax attracts so much dust, but it keeps my furniture looking gorgeous. I am probably just as passionate about woodworking as I am about detailing. I don't know if I'd been sane without either!
 
Yes I have seen it as a request many times but honestly have not tried it myself. Its usually said that you use too much wax than doing it with an applicator. But you get the bonus in the finishing with some of these specific waxes.
 
IMO it would only be needed to wax by hand only if the wax was super hard.
I've never used a nuba wax that a foam pad didn't work.
Once I watched this guy on YouTube working the wax by hand, he was using a very hard Nuba wax, I guessed it was the only way to apply it, he really had to work the wax in his hands to warm it up for it to be workable.

For most of us it would be a waste of time unless you just wanted to try that method.
 
Back in the day when I was actually building tires, I could have used my hands for dry sanding, which is pretty amazing, considering my fingerprints were almost worn off. I shudder to think how much marring I would have did applying wax with those hands...
 
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Back in the day when I was actually building tires, I could have used my hands for dry sanding, which is pretty amazing, considering my fingerprints were almost worn off. I shudder to think how much marring I would have did applying wax with those hands...
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This is true. I'm a tool designer for the last 15 years but I'm a tool maker by trade. Back in the days on the floor my vacations would be over just about the time the last steel sliver popped out from my finger. Imagine the scratches I would of inflicted back then!
 
I should state that I've never bought, or used any of the Zymol Pastes, so, I cannot accurately say how hard they are to apply by conventional (applicator) means. Not ever "walking in a Zymol User's shoes", I truly cannot envision a need for such hand applications.

In more modern times (last ten years), the only hard Pastes I've dealt with were from Collinite. (all of them)

I find a Foam Sponge Applicator easier than a MF one, probably due to an ability to be able to more thinly apply such. I think one has a tendency to overload an MF Applicator with product.

That, and a slightly dampened Applicator does help quite a bit with the Collinite Pastes I've found.

Do have some custom mixed Nu Look stuff, but I'll omit that from this post.

The only other hard Paste Wax I have on hand and use, is Rennisance Paste. This I use for wood furniture, gun stocks, or other fine wood items mostly.
Again, I'll typically use a soft, dampened Foam Applicator
Mark
 
MarkD51 said:
I should state that I've never bought, or used any of the Zymol Pastes, so, I cannot accurately say how hard they are to apply by conventional (applicator) means. Not ever "walking in a Zymol User's shoes", I truly cannot envision a need for such hand applications.

In more modern times (last ten years), the only hard Pastes I've dealt with were from Collinite. (all of them)

I find a Foam Sponge Applicator easier than a MF one, probably due to an ability to be able to more thinly apply such. I think one has a tendency to overload an MF Applicator with product.

That, and a slightly dampened Applicator does help quite a bit with the Collinite Pastes I've found.

Do have some custom mixed Nu Look stuff, but I'll omit that from this post.

The only other hard Paste Wax I have on hand and use, is Rennisance Paste. This I use for wood furniture, gun stocks, or other fine wood items mostly.
Again, I'll typically use a soft, dampened Foam Applicator
Mark
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I'm a Zymöl user. Hand waxing is still bunk.
 
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