do you guys spread wax by hands?

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do you guys spread wax by hands?

I saw video of that British detail guy who charge a ton of money detailing cars. He put on wax by hands.

Is there any advantage of spreading wax by hands?
 
tried it ... didn't find it all that rewarding and not sure that all those chemicals should be placed on skin over many waxing sessions. I went back to foam applicators and found no real difference.
 
Other than spreading it on a pad with a finger, I never have. If you're referring to a video I saw of a man detailing with very expensive wax, I suspect his reason was to keep wax waste to a minimum. That's the only reason I can think of anyway.
 
glh17 said:
Other than spreading it on a pad with a finger, I never have. If you're referring to a video I saw of a man detailing with very expensive wax, I suspect his reason was to keep wax waste to a minimum. That's the only reason I can think of anyway.
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The idea is that the warmth of your hands will help spread the wax. Not the most popular way of applying wax.
 
Supposedly that was a specially made wax that reacts with your skin and doesn't turn into wax until you actually place it in your hand and rub it in the paint


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It could any of those factors said above though he could just want to feel the body lines and smoothness of the paintwork, and I know this off topic though only time I would use my hands to spread any kind of product would be on real leather seats the reason why is to massage and condition those kinds of seats at the same time
 
isn't unsafe to apply wax by bare hands? the wax chemicals can be absorbed directly into the skin pores.
 
I am one of the few ( haha maybe the only ) who prefers to use my hands , especially for higher content carnauba waxes. It makes the wax much easier to apply being in a liquid state and essentially warm from the friction of rubbing your hands together with the wax. I also like it because I can better control how close I get to things like .. Moldings, door handles, emblems, air vents... etc... I also get a good feel on my paint condition.
 
Tried waxing by hand and wasted a lot of wax. I don't think you can get wax as thin by hand as you can with an applicator - just due to the fact the hand is not 100% contouring to the body lines like foam will.

All I was left with was waxy hands.

You can make it go pretty far just by using your finger tips. That's is you have like 3 hours to wax a car.

This guy has like a 5 step method:

http://youtu.be/TDa_desHX7w

Crazy waste of time.
 
You even wonder why some waxes say you get like 10 - 12 wax jobs from a full size tub? Prolly because they are applying like this:

http://youtu.be/0E2IdLoHndw

The amount of wax that guy is using to wax half a hood - I would use for the whole car. Must be fun buffing that off. It should only take about 1/5 to 1/8 ounce of wax to wax a regular size car IMHO.
 
The guy with the green car is crazy. I saw no difference in the shine after the steam. I'll stick to good ol collinite or my pinnacle lol

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I heard that applying car wax with bare hands, works just like: The same oily-smoothness of a D.C. politician interviewing Summer interns.

Really though:
I would almost bet that this is just marketing jiu-jitsu...
born from a sarcastic idea. {Or should that be sardonic?}

Bob
 
If a wax melts at 98.6 F...because you rub it with your hands...

How does it stay on paint when the car is parked in the sun and the surface gets up to 130 F
 
I always use my da, I enjoy letting the machine do the work, getting a more uniform coat, using less product and doing it much faster than by hand.
 
I apply wax with bare hand when (1) application for only a small section is planned, (2) applying on a hard to reach area by an applicator. The reason behind the first case is I want to save a clean applicator and skip washing it till a next wax job. Examples of the second case are edge of paint against trim, recessed part of door lever.
As far as I ever tried, P21S is most workable in bare hand application. You can spread it with hand even a large area. In contrary Black fire midnight sun is hard to spread by hand and only good for tiny spot.
 
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poko said:
I apply wax with bare hand when (1) application for only a small section is planned, (2) applying on a hard to reach area by an applicator. The reason behind the first case is I want to save a clean applicator and skip washing it till a next wax job. Examples of the second case are edge of paint against trim, recessed part of door lever.
As far as I ever tried, P21S is most workable in bare hand application. You can spread it with hand even a large area. In contrary Black fire midnight sun is hard to spread by hand and only good for tiny spot.
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Post some pictures please
 
No. But slightly off topic I used to remove the top on my C4, let the seats heat up and apply conditioner by hand.
Didn't seem as silly then as it does now.
 
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