WAX through the winter

you'll be lucky....don't believe any of the hype from any of the polish manufacturers.

I've used just about every product on the market over the years. I use a decent quality polish, give the roof and bonnet in particular 2 coats as they're the panels that water etc 'sit' on.

Wash the car fairly regularly to get the crap off and then apply a quick polish to roof and bonnet again, it's the only way to keep the protection up.

You'll know when it needs re-doing, rain will sit on flat panels in large globules instead of tiny beads.

Hope it helps

Rick

Since March I wash the car by hand weekly, however now that the cold frosty days are coming, I suspect it will be harder to apply the wax or even chamois, just cleaned the car and my fingers were freezing, come Jan and Feb just cannot see me being able to apply any tlc to the vehicle :-(

Finnegan's.

Try Anusol boy.

Kirk Johnson - Stretchin it wide since 1977.

They're all pretty good and should do 6 months.

Sorry Kirk , but the description of the cream suggests you use it often, I would imagine it would be costly to cover the car with it, besides I would be too embarrased to purchase any amount, would prefer to use dedicated car wax, I was only asking as I would suspect wax is difficult to apply in winter temperatures so would wax the car less when indeed I would want to wax it more often.

From experience, I find it lasts about 2 months at a push.

Anusol is very easy too apply in all conditions, even comes with a spout

Kirk Johnson - Stretchin it wide since 1977.

Used to run a red classic Citroen, I found the best wax was Mer, which lasted the winter. A good wax about now would last till Feb as long as I avoided using too strong a detergent when washing it. Autoglym was also good, but I preferred Mer as you can apply it to a wet car.

-- r

Sorry, I mistook the gist of this thread, as I've hardly ever cleaned a car, let alone polished one - I meant Waxoyl.

Yes, but what about wax? If you polish, but don't wax, the paint will re-oxide really quickly? What wax do you recomend.

If you mean wax top coat after polish, meguiares, autoglym, or mer are pretty good. If you mean cavity wax/underseal, gently warmed waxoyl applied with a pressure sprayer, Dinitrol either in aerosol or from a sprayer, Ankhor Wax from Morris with a sprayer, and I think Loctite do a spray on anti- corossion wax too.