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What's your favorite wax?

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Old 04-03-2008, 11:15 AM
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I hope you understand the significance of me using my beloved BEER to demonstrate this slickness (at great risk to my mental health, I might add):

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http://www.zillamotorsports.com/slick.wmv


And the other green car. 15 minutes to apply, an hour working on my lawnmower while it sat, and 15 minutes to wipe off:

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Old 04-03-2008, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Red Rocket
Looks like I'll have to be buying some Liquid Glass myself. Wren'* results have impressed me enough. I am a broke college student so the price is a little steep but if it produces those kind of results, it'* totally worth it IMO.
Keep in mind if used as instructed that can will last two years or more.
Old 04-03-2008, 01:04 PM
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Willwren do you hand wax it or use a rotor?
Old 04-03-2008, 02:14 PM
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Read the first page. No automation. No buffer. Never with Liquid Glass. Wipe on lightly, let it sit for a bit, and wipe it off.
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Well my buddy tried it on his civic...

Old 04-03-2008, 03:57 PM
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Copy cat!

What kind of beer? Mine was:


Oregon'* oldest Craft Brewery. Portland, Oregon.
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Not sure... it was from a Mr. Beer kit. I don't really care a lot for whatever flavor that batch was... he doesn't either. I think it'* like the one that comes with the starter kit, hence risking the sacrifice of a perfectly good beer lol.
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Originally Posted by willwren
I hope you understand the significance of me using my beloved BEER to demonstrate this slickness (at great risk to my mental health, I might add):
So you don't advocate using 000 steel wool on wheels, but you have no qualms about sliding a glass across the paint?

A beer isn't really that impressive anyway. I've had a microfiber towel slide off my car before, and it wasn't a windy day.
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With LG on my cars, no, I don't worry about glass sliding across. Especially on the SLE.

I have my buffing towels slide off regularly during application. They'll slide off the hood (from the cowl area) on a level surface.

I don't use steel wool on any painted or cleared surface like my wheels.


LG isn't a soft wax. It'* a physical protection to the paint. It won't scratch any easier than the clearcoat would. And wax WILL.

LG'* finish is much tougher and more durable than any wax on the market.
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Originally Posted by willwren
LG isn't a soft wax. It'* a physical protection to the paint. It won't scratch any easier than the clearcoat would. And wax WILL.
Hence the reason I plan on using the 3m polish to make the car look good, then PROTECT it with the liquid glass. I've heard sealers don't do a lot for shine, so I don't think this is really a sealer, but I think that'* the closest definition for it.

And yes, I'm part of the sliding rag club too


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