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It sunny but cool 60 out. I want to get some protection on wifes car before winter. i will be waxing in direct sun, megs cleaner wax. Thanks I'll check back after I get the car washed. I only have a few hours to do this. thanks again
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kens56now said:
It sunny but cool 60 out. I want to get some protection on wifes car before winter. i will be waxing in direct sun, megs cleaner wax. Thanks I'll check back after I get the car washed. I only have a few hours to do this. thanks again
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its fine go ahead
 
If the suns out and it's 60 degrees then by all means go right ahead. While I can't be certain I suspect it'll get colder before it gets warmer....:laughing:
 
OK I guess I have no excuse now. Football is not that good, and it has kept me from doing this the last few weekends. whoo hoo! wax on wax off..... more fun than football. Im the MAN
 
Should I wax today? That's a silly question... kind of like, should I eat today? I'm sorry, but if you have to ask, please turn in your buffer..:laughing: :buffing:
 
Whats the ideal temperature to put wax on. Around 50 is little too cold?
 

tenzin said:
Whats the ideal temperature to put wax on. Around 50 is little too cold?
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50 is getting down there. Where I live, when it's 50 degree's out, it's also very humid, as in very close to the dew point. The dew point is 100% relative humidity. This means while you are wiping with a fresh, clean MF, the paintwork seems to streak. It's mostly condensation, but it makes it a little bit harder to remove product.

What's the ideal temperature for applying wax? Certainly not 50 degree's, but it would not stop me. All products work a little bit differently. Some products are a bit sensative if it's too hot, or too cold, but I find that temps in between say, 62 and 78 degree's is fairly neutral.



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OK....... This should bring out the faithful.

I was looking for somene to address temps for waxing. But what the heck, I started anyway. The wax was a bit thick and I ended up waxing the car at about 50 degress but still had sun.

I got the top done but it did seem to dry slow and stay wet. I started the hood, same thing. So I finished the hood and came back to football. :D

I have no buffer to turn in. This was a hand job. I like hand jobs. So I felt as if I hand to have plenty clean MF towels around. :buffing:

I guess I should have addressed my concern for the temps as well as the direct sun question. But I like and thanks to the all replys. Im the MAN I did manage to get some protction on the car and enjoyed the delite of: to become one with the car again. Enjoy

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The air temp is not totally the issue. Is is the paint temp. If your car is a dark color the horizontal panels could be considerably higher temp than the air. This may affect the way the product dries on the surface.
 
Yep! things started cooling off quickly yesterday and I only managed to do little. After I came in, the time and temperature was on my TV and it was a low 50 and falling fast. Like I said before, the wax did not spread, dry, and/or remove as easily. I used two MF towels to get the product off. But I was still glad to get some of it done and be one with the car. I'll have to wait tonight to see how well things worked out. It looked OK when I last looked, but the sun was dying fast.

The temp of the paint (metal body) plus I had washed the car and dried within an hour of spreading the wax, so there must have been extra humidity around. I guess the dew point could have been better.

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60??
cool??

it was 42 yesterday and 26 at night. ive got all my heaters in the garage and my wax inside. i use warm water in the winter to wash. as well as run space heaters near the car to help make sure its around 60-65
 
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