What is a good or decent tempature to wax and polish our cars? Is the mid or lower 60's ok or is that to cold?

I wanna get this done ASAP.

Thanks guys..

 

I personally think that the mid to lower 60's would be too cold. I say that because you may have a hard time buffing the wax off since I don't think it will dry.

If you have a garage, you could put a space heater in there and do it. I have done that before and it worked ok.

 

Are you sure because I have a friend who did it at 55 degrees.. It worked out fine for him..

Can someone else give there input on this.. I really wanna polish and wash tommorow..

 

Go ahead and do it. If the temperatures are lower and the humidity higher, it just might take longer for waxes to dry (haze over). If you don't want to wait you can probably get away with wiping off the wax as soon as it's applied anyway. It may or may not work the best this way, but the "let dry to a haze" thing isn't always required. Try it on a section and see maybe.

 

I'll second Bman's suggestion. A lot of waxes can literally be WOWO (wipe on, wipe off). However, this can affect durability and ease of removal (some will initially smear, so you'll need to buff several times). Remember with waxes to apply a VERY THIN coat. And keep in mind that humidity affects the drying time.

Polishes usually aren't allowed to "haze", but worked in and then removed.

BTW, I detail my car as long as the water in my water hose isn't frozen solid. I've even put my frozen solid water hose in my bathtub to thaw it out, then washed my car. Never have a problem as long as I keep thin coats of wax and turn my MF cloths very frequently.

Dave

 

I wax my car once a month year round, and I've been in the garage when it's 20 degrees out washing, waxing, cleaning the tires/wheels, engine bay detailing...If you're worried about the wax not drying, then just use a wax that is able to be wiped off wet. The two that pop into my head are Pinnacle Souveran (for dark colors) and Pinnacle Paste Glaz (for light colors). There are others too.

 

Between 50-70 degrees is ideal detailing temperature. When the temps dip below 50, you won't see me outside doing that.

 

wuss.

 

Why do it outside when you have a connection to do it indoors?

 

You've got a good point there.