My first post so I'll introduce myself I'm Luke, a 21 year old student here in southwest missouri (Springfield) I'm the new proud owner of a 98 pearl while maxima SE. My first car was a 89 maxima and I fell in love with them after that I finally found exactly what I wanted and made the purchase.

I'm making this post to thank everyone that contributes to the detailing board, because I just purchsed the 3 step meguiars paint protection and I can't say enough good things about it. I finished with their yellow 26 wax and I'm stunned at the quality of these products. I wouldnt' have known about these high quality products if it hadn't been for you people and your research. I was very pleased with the car before now I'm just beside myself how much I love it. Thanks to everyone.

Luke

 

That's what we are here for.

 

so you did the 3 step,
Q
#1but how long did you wait for each step to dry
#2 did you use an electric buffer on the wax
#3 best way to apply 3rd step, and how many coats of 3rd step carnuba wax can i use
#4 i want to put on a lot of coats of wax before my road trip, would turtle wax be a good one? and how can i use it in conjunction (properly) with an electric buffer so it doesn't take my 2 hours a coat?

thanks : )

 

#1 most of the meguiars stuff requires you to wipe it off after it hazes, I did it a section at a time (hood, quarter panels paired with doors, rear end, and roof)

#2 no electric buffer I did it by hand...bought a package of new applicator pads, one for each step (100% cotton) and a package of silk soft finishing clothes

#3 read 2 for application, I did one coat of the wax last weekend and I'm going to do another this weekend, after this stupid rain.

#4 you dont need a ton of wax, just buy good wax and put one or two coats on it, I used meguiars yellow 26 one coat so far, it rained today and water was literally bouncing off my hood, puddles would slide off when I turned or if I was above 40 it would blow backwards up the hood. I've used many many other waxes and this is the first one I've seen work this well. it was $12 for a bottle but well worth it

I'd be happy to answer anymore question is you have em

Edit: Grab a friend and tag team it, you can wax all day while your buddy cleans up behind you, its super fast and effective..I do it as much as possible.

 

ha! thats a good idea...my girlfriend is gonig to be in for another nice suprise saturday : )

 

With any "3 step" process that you buy or cobble together yourself, the last step, wax, has to be a non-cleaning pure wax (#26 is one). Turtle Wax only sells cleaner wax so you can use it, but it may remove some of the step 2 glazing effect.

Trying to apply more and more layers of waxes seems to be highly debatable if this even works these days. There was a time when you could start getting wax buildup, but few people make waxes like that any more. Probably because wax buildup was unsightly. Just give it a couple coats for evenness sake and have a nice trip.