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Originally Posted by bud659
Thanks for all the photos. You have motivated me to try the product again. And, I think I found the issue. I would apply a bead of Wax+Sealant to my black CCS on my Flex3401 speed 3.
Once I made the 1st overlapping row in a 2x2 section, the flex would remove the wax. The wax was being applied ultra-ultra thin and when it got removed it made the wax inconsistent.
For troubleshooting, I lowered the speed from 3 to 2, and this helped a lot.
Further, I also made the bead of wax much thicker than normal. Guess what? This did the trick too. I also made the working area smaller to a 1x2 section and each one of these steps made a difference.
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All of the above sounds right. Using more wax and lower speed.
Also, I'm sure you noticed this, after your pad breaks in, that is goes from dry to wet with the wax, you should find the fresh wax you apply to the pad to go further since the pad is now wet with the wax. (fully lubricated instead of dry).
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Originally Posted by bud659
Here is what I was putting on for wax when I had the issues. I don't have any photos of when I was applying a thicker bead of wax.
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That doesn't look too wrong to me? but temperature, humidity and size of work area could make a difference.
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Originally Posted by bud659
Here are some photos of applying with the thicker bead of wax.
Mike, is this too thick? Do the photos tell good enough if its too much wax being applied? I may have went to the other extreme with too much , however, much better than with the normal bead cause that was too thin
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Well I wouldn't go any thicker.... wish you could attend my next boat detailing class.
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Originally Posted by bud659
When applying the wax on a cool day, I just waited about 5 minutes. It was a light haze. It wasn't streaky when removing with a spot test, it was a light haze and not super dry. is this OK? Is it possible wax can dry too long? I'd rather be safe than sorry. I can always to a 3rd coat.
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This is a wax you want to lay down using a thin coat and then let it fully dry.
If you lay down a thick coat and let it fully dry it will be a tick harder to remove than a thin coat but this wax already wipes off very easy when applied to a clean and polished surface.
Thick coats that are not fully dried can be smeary to wipe off because as you agitate the wet film of wax to wipe it off it's kind of the same as when you were applying it, that is because it's wet its more prone to spread out onto the surface then to come off of the surface. If that makes sense.
One thing for sure, practice makes perfect. White boats are a challenge too just because it's harder to see any film on white, be it a compound film, polish film or wax film.
Looking good though!
