Mike Phillips
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Why hand wax? Machine waxing is the ONLY way to go! Let me show you have to make it fast, easy and safe!
The Griot's Garage 3" Mini Polisher aka the Machine Waxer
First, I never apply a wax or sealant by hand.
Why?
Because the human hand can never out perform the machine.
Wait... let me qualify that first sentence... I never apply wax or sealant by hand when detailing my own cars or for customers. I do show hand techniques for applying waxes and sealants on TV when it fits the sponsor's product or the theme of the episodie for that TV show.
But other than that....
I never apply a wax or sealant by hand.
A little story...
Yesterday I had a great conversation with an Autogeek customer asking me about ceramic paint coatings for two of his special cars, or what I call SIVs.
SIV = Special Interest Vehicles
I'll write an article here in the next day or so explaining what cars qualify as SIVs but in this example, both of this "toys" are cars that are also SIVs. One is a classic Lincoln Continental and the other is a modern Corvette. After talking about whether or not a ceramic coating would be a good match for either of his cars or both and also for him and how he uses these two vehicles and also stores them when not in use I asked him how he currently protected the paint? He said
I hand wax them
After talking a bit more I told him that I meet people like him all the time that in this year, (the year 2017), they still hand apply car waxes and synthetic paint sealants.
Nothing wrong with this... but... heck if you can afford a car, (any car), then you can afford a simple, small lightweight compact orbital polisher and use it to machine apply a liquid or paste carnauba wax or synthetic paint sealant.
Machine application will not only tend to be faster and easier but machine application will also do a better and safer job than hand application in my experience and in my opinion.
So I asked him to...
Hang tight
And I would write a fresh article for him and also for all the people I meet and talk to that are still hand waxing. And that's how this article came to be.
I also mentioned to him that there's probably no one else in the car detailing industry (at least no gurus), that if you call them that after your conversation they write an how-to article with pictures showing you what was discussed. A picture tells a thousand words....
The Griot's Garage 3" Mini Polisher aka the Machine Waxer
First, I never apply a wax or sealant by hand.
Why?
Because the human hand can never out perform the machine.
Wait... let me qualify that first sentence... I never apply wax or sealant by hand when detailing my own cars or for customers. I do show hand techniques for applying waxes and sealants on TV when it fits the sponsor's product or the theme of the episodie for that TV show.
But other than that....
I never apply a wax or sealant by hand.
A little story...
Yesterday I had a great conversation with an Autogeek customer asking me about ceramic paint coatings for two of his special cars, or what I call SIVs.
SIV = Special Interest Vehicles
I'll write an article here in the next day or so explaining what cars qualify as SIVs but in this example, both of this "toys" are cars that are also SIVs. One is a classic Lincoln Continental and the other is a modern Corvette. After talking about whether or not a ceramic coating would be a good match for either of his cars or both and also for him and how he uses these two vehicles and also stores them when not in use I asked him how he currently protected the paint? He said
I hand wax them
After talking a bit more I told him that I meet people like him all the time that in this year, (the year 2017), they still hand apply car waxes and synthetic paint sealants.
Nothing wrong with this... but... heck if you can afford a car, (any car), then you can afford a simple, small lightweight compact orbital polisher and use it to machine apply a liquid or paste carnauba wax or synthetic paint sealant.
Machine application will not only tend to be faster and easier but machine application will also do a better and safer job than hand application in my experience and in my opinion.
So I asked him to...
Hang tight
And I would write a fresh article for him and also for all the people I meet and talk to that are still hand waxing. And that's how this article came to be.
I also mentioned to him that there's probably no one else in the car detailing industry (at least no gurus), that if you call them that after your conversation they write an how-to article with pictures showing you what was discussed. A picture tells a thousand words....
lol. 
