Your car maintenance regimen

[madkatz]

Mga ser may nabasa ako na just use carnauba wax and it will last for 3 months then just wash your car regularly. Tama po ba ito? Gaano nyo kadalas i-wax car nyo and what brand?

That is in ideal weather conditions, in our country sadly its a different scenario, if a OTC wax can last 3 months in the US, it only lasts 2 to 3 weeks tops in the Philippines due to the weather conditions, Monthly waxing is advisable, but with most OTC if you really want to protect the paint you need to wax every 2 weeks, now if you use higher quality waxes like Collinite, Finish Kare and etc you can last up to 1 month without waxing, Collinites can actually last a lot longer

[ess]

.....An aunt of mine recently changed her tires and went to Sagada, thankfully before they reached the dangerous road the tire blew 15 minutes earlier before they reach the cliffy part, when they examined tire it was very very stiff and it has small cracks on the side wall, the point where the rubber blew wasn't on the threaded part it was on the sidewall and when they went to have the tire changed the guy at the vulcanizing shop shook his head and said the rubber became too brittle already, they were asked if they have purchased an old stocked tire but when he checked again the tire was a recent model so it could not have been an old stock and the threads were still fresh so its definitely haven't seen that much mileage they tried to isolate the culprit and it boiled down to the tire black the local carwash used, i accompanied my aunt to that carwash and bought a small sample of the tire black used, i used a sponge to apply it on an old tire that we don't use anymore and the sponge after 4 days actually became very stiff on the part i used to apply the tire black
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Woah... how many applications of that stuff were done to the tires before it became caused the rubber to become brittle?

[samcoy]

That is in ideal weather conditions, in our country sadly its a different scenario, if a OTC wax can last 3 months in the US, it only lasts 2 to 3 weeks tops in the Philippines due to the weather conditions, Monthly waxing is advisable, but with most OTC if you really want to protect the paint you need to wax every 2 weeks, now if you use higher quality waxes like Collinite, Finish Kare and etc you can last up to 1 month without waxing, Collinites can actually last a lot longer

Thanks madkatz. Are Collinite and Finish Kare expensive? Can you recommend the best OTC brand? TIA.

[SebLucas]

Additional question sirs/ma'ams, can you give us your opinion on using Meg's ColorX? Is this advisable for new cars with light scratches/swirls? Tanong ko po kase I read in a Megs forum na parang 3 in one na to, pretty much NXT Tech Wax na yung sinusuggest na gamitin after it, PERO it should be used sparingly daw like probably 2-3 months in between.

I appreciate any experience you can share. Thanks .

[madkatz]

Thanks madkatz. Are Collinite and Finish Kare expensive? Can you recommend the best OTC brand? TIA.

Hello, sorry for the late reply, i didn't notice there was a new post, as for FK and Collinite they're not really expensive if you're getting them from the US, getting them here is expensive, As for Collinite they have a local distributor here check out autobisyo.com and if there's still the Collinite 476 wax promo for only 700 thats worth testing

[madkatz]

Additional question sirs/ma'ams, can you give us your opinion on using Meg's ColorX? Is this advisable for new cars with light scratches/swirls? Tanong ko po kase I read in a Megs forum na parang 3 in one na to, pretty much NXT Tech Wax na yung sinusuggest na gamitin after it, PERO it should be used sparingly daw like probably 2-3 months in between.

I appreciate any experience you can share. Thanks .

Megs ColorX contains some abrasives thats why its not recommended to be used every month since it will thin out your clear coat, It all boils down to what you want and need, if you just want to visually remove swirls then just NXT or Microtex Nano Glos would be enough already, but if you want to remove them permanently ( of course you still might induce new swirls ) then using a dedicated polish would be better, instead of using ColorX and NXT, i would recommend you just buy NXT and SwirlX, you use the SwirlX to remove swirls and you only re-use this once the swirls become heavy again, NXT fills the remaining few swirls on the paint. With this combo its much much more safer for your car even if you use SwirlX twice a year.

[jelows]

which is better to use, a liquid wax or a paste wax? i heard liquid waxes consistency changes pag hindi na nagagamit. and is it recommended to use the swirl x for the whole car or sa part lang na maraming swirl marks?

[EuroFD]

Hi jelows, liquid wax in general is easier to apply and wax off. But IMO it's more practical to use the paste wax. Just make sure to apply wax thinly to avoid wastage. Corrective waxes like Swirl X have abbrasive chemicals. It's best to use this only on areas that need correction. HTH.

[slvrsrfr2301]

ako naman

1. wipe interior
2. vacuum interior
3. apply protectant
4. clean glass
5. wet car
6. shampoo top first then rinse
7. shampoo glass then rinse
8. shampoo upper body rinse
9. shampoo lower body rinse
10. pressure wash under body
11. dry with microtex terry (aaply pa kase wax so no prob with little marks. dalawa terry ko eh) tapos chamois
12. wax with microtex
13. wait for 8 hours
14. apply nanogloss
15. wait 4 hours
16. apply nanogloss ulit.

regarding tires, pressure wash(rinse) after scrubing with hard brush (pang floor) then microtex tireblack.

materials
vacuum
armor all protectant
microtex: terry, mf, (yung green dalawa rin), shampoo, nanogloss, nanosliq, tireblack