Waxing by hand - am I the only one?

[SnowDrifter]

Am I the only one that waxes by hand? I mean literally using my bare hands to spread the wax over the paint.

[bassface]

I do the same thing.

[Ballen194]

Yes

Edit: damn it ninjad

Edited June 14, 2012 by Ballen194

[Mha]

I get the spray on wax at the car wash. Is it anygood?

[87chevyboi]

i use an applier i have never seen anybody use their bare hands, i would never use a buffer though i think elbow grease does a paint good lol. do you wax it with your bare hand?

[SnowDrifter]

do you wax it with your bare hand?

Yeah. I like to get a coconut scented paste wax a smear it on bare handed - no applicator or anything. I just like it that way - purely personal preference.

Also has the benefit of letting me feel if there is any grit being drug across the paint.

Edited June 14, 2012 by SnowDrifter

[WICK3DxGATA]

i still wax mine by hand just not very often

[kickass audio]

I dont wax by hand like you do however i always use an applicator pad by hand and i can tell if there is something wrong since ive been waxing vehicles and everything since i was like 7. I can even feel the slightest little dirt mark on the body when i run the pad across it and its easy to see when the wax is on it and there is a spot that is darker than the rest. I have used an orbital buffer that spins back and forth before but only to remove wax, never to apply it. I dont trust myself with the big and heavy buffer my dad has for not holding it up enough or digging into the body and waxing the paint right off. lol. My dad did that once on my moms old car and that wasnt good.

edit: If anyone cares i use nothing but meguiars for my paint cleaner, polish and carnuba wax for my vehicles. I only use the paint cleaner once a year in the spring time, the rest of the time i judge it because i put 2-3 coats of wax on the body when i do it and that is 3 times a year that i wax it. I always do it right before winter time so the snow just flies right off the vehicle when i brush it. Then i clean, sometimes polish or just jump to 2-3 coats of wax in the spring to get rid of the scratch marks the snow brushes left on the clear coat and to clean it up nice from that damn new york state road salt.

Edited June 14, 2012 by kickass audio

[reelfish92]

Never actually did it ""by hand", usually use the applicator. But, I am scared to go to any car wash and use the pressure washer or go throught the automatic $8 car washes. My truck is being repainted right now, so I may try this technique when I wax it in the future.

[LT.Smoke]

_{Yes i do mine by barehand as well... For the same reasons as SnowDrifter that it lets me feel if there is any impurities that could potentially damage the paint job....}

_{For all you guys that REALLY like a nice finish... Look Into Crystal Glo... It blows MEGUIARS out of the water... No offense to meguiars because i used it for years but ever since my boss gave me a bottle of crystal glo to try i have never} turned back lol