Any of you ever use wax with color added? I have an older John Deere that when I bought it used the guy had waxed it with some green tinted wax. I'd like to do that again but am having trouble finding it.
Thanks
Jim

dats raciss

I think that guys FOS? May had a green tint, like turtle wax.

Wax on wax off….

tinted wax

🤣 horseshît

Never heard of it

Can’t see the benefit. Wax removes oxidized paint through heat and abrasives, then you wipe it off. Unless it helps blend in what you don’t wipe off? 😆

That isn't how wax works. You may be thinking of a polish or cutting compound. Straight wax goes on and, after buffing, a thin film is left behind, protecting the paint and making it look shiny.

FWIW I have used a tinted wax, which had the effect of minimising the "bush pinstriping" on the vehicle. It did work, though the effect was of course only temporary. It has been a while though.

Wrong, wax may leave a protective coating but it polishes the same way as buffing compound. The abrasives just aren’t as coarse. Polishing compounds also leave a coating, they just may not have any UV protection

No, it is you who is wrong. If it contains abrasive it is a polish, or a cutting compound. Straight wax (carnauba or synthetic) doesn't contain abrasive. It bonds to the paint and protects it, leaving a thin protective layer.

But the website says it works. You're a meanie. And a stick in the mud.

That’s why when you wax a single stage paint the color color comes off on your rag? Whatever, I’ve never done this before. 😆

You win. I’m out

I’m trying to be better, but I don’t want to. 😂

The fugg is auot wax?

I use black wax on my pickup twice a year. It fills brush pin stripes well. Not sure it works any better at protecting the paint better than others. My pickup is 2008 and still looks good.

I'm going with the Pure Blood on this one......

Hell, I am just impressed that you got an argument about wax.

Mehhh...I don't think anyone wants that. Carry on, ya ol' meanie.

You know me…lol

Ha! I’ve been gone too long.

When I wax the car the paint colour is not coming off on the rag, because it is a wax, not a polish.

The same applies when I wax things other than cars. I wax firearms, for example, and neither the bluing nor the stock finish comes off on the rag. That is because I'm using wax, which is not abrasive.


If you are seeing paint coming off on the rag what you are using is a polish, not straight wax. Either that or your rag has picked up some grit.

It's poor spelling and not checking my words and being in a hurry. Maybe a few other things but it's time for supper.

Protecting the paint

Taking a little paint off

Semantics really

I tried to leave…. A little anyways

When you wax a car, 99 percent of the time paint is coming off, or rather clear coat these days. You can’t see it because it’s clear coat….

I said single stage, it doesn’t have clear coat, get it?

I use Carnauba wax - highest concentration I can find.

Not really. Two different modes of action. Straight wax bonds to and protects the paint, but contains no abrasive. As a result it doesn't remove paint, whether clear coat or colour coat. It can fill and conceal fine scratches, but it doesn't remove them.

Polish and cutting compound contain abrasive, so they do remove a certain amount of material, and can be used to remove fine scratches by that mechanism.

Jeez, it's what everyone uses to shine up their auots.

Sheesh!

Apparently, his auot-correct wasn't working.