What will work best to remove wax without leaving swirl marks?

Micro fiber, old t-shirt

 

If you have non-synthetic wax you want to remove, use Dawn dishwashing liquid and a cotton wash mitt.

 

A high quality microfiber towel or a high quality 100% cotton towel for removing waxes and sealants.

I generally buy my towels from www.pakshak.com & this towel http://www.autopia-carcare.com/mf-cbt.html

 

Looks like I misread. You want to know about removing freshly applied wax. Well, don't use the Dawn.

 

100% cotton terry towel is what wax companies recommend.

 

Which "wax" companies? Besides Zaino.

 

The best way is to use a clearcoat safe paint cleaner. There are many to choose from, such as easy to find names like 3M, Mother's and Meguiars. I would not recommend Dawn because although it is a mildly aggressive soap that strips, it will not remove all of the wax. You could do well by using a claybar b4 the paint cleaner if you have particles in the paint or a rough feel in the paint. Good paint cleansers will also have a bit of a polishing effect in removing the old wax, baked in dirt, all contaminants, and a bit of abrasive action in getting out minor swirls and streaks. My favorite paint cleaner happens to be Gliptone's pro buff. It is an excellent media for correcting paint that's gone awry.

Your best effort will be to plan a method of attack in getting the paint clean, polishing and fine-tuning with either a one step or two step polish application (which may feature a fine polish and a neutral glaze to smoothen and shine the paint) and then your choice of a natural or synthetic finish product.

Good luck.

 

Mequires, turtle wax...any bottle I read says to use 100% cotton to do anything.

 

I've never seen a wax product that didn't recommend a terrycloth towel.

On that note... I think he's just asking how to remove wax without leaving swirls. My suggestion: several towels and rub hard. Once a towel is used, after a while it picks up wax and basically puts it right back on the paint.

 

Funny that many of those companies have their own microfiber towels.

NEVER rub hard on your finish.

 

lol I rub hard on my finish and my car still looks brand new. Some of you guys treat your cars like they could collapse & fall apart at any second.

Note: using a buffer is 3x as hard on the finish as hand rubbing.

Yes, they also have their own microfiber towels, but on every bottle on the market you'll see a suggestion for terrycloth towels. It's good business practice to sell the accessories with the product, but not necessary.

 

I see that your knowledge is far superior to mine...I'll just slip out of this thread...


www.shineshoppe.com

 

LOL you're some kind of wax elitist I can see. You use your method, I'll use mine. Both work just fine and I'm pretty sure neither of our cars are going to fall apart any time soon.

Shine shop? Congrats, I hope you're doing well. I've been detailing Ferraris & various other $200,000+ cars for years, as well as hondas & chevrolets. It's good money when my other business is slow. If there was a problem with my hand buffing terrycloth method, I wouldn't still be in business. With clients like figureheads of Anheuser-Busch, I can't afford to take shortcuts.

 

Could I see some pictures of your work?

 

If my web domain was still operational I'd be happy to let you see. I'll mail you some pics when I finish networking these machines.