Should I be stripping the wax off my car in-between applications? I use Meguiars NXT tech wax and its been about a month and a half since I have last applied it. Can I just add another coat of wax on top of the old coat without stripping first?

 

If you wait 1.5 months between waxes, you may not have to strip them. It's a case-by-case evaluation, but the NXT likely won't last that long. My test of telling whether I still have wax on my 8 (I also use NXT) is to wash the car with car soap and if, after I rinse, the water sheets rather than beads, I re-wax rather than use the Booster Wax.

If you're concerned, though, it doesn't hurt to strip the wax and start over. Use a little more car soap than usual and polish before you wax, like you should anyway, and that should strip the wax w/o the need to Dawn wash (which I don't recommend).

 

Thanks for the reply. I'm not really familar with "Booster wax". I clean my car once a week, and when I don't have time to wash it I use a spray detailer. Is that what you are talking about? Also, I haven't been polishing before I wax, maybe I should starting doing that...

 

NXT has a spray bottle that you can use real quick if you want to postpone using the NXT wax or is it polish? The spray stuff works real good and the finish feels like its been waxed.

 

Yes, like Tayninh said, the NXT Booster Wax is a spray wax, used to maintain the NXT wax you already have on your car. You can use it between waxes and after washes if you don't want to go through the whole strip, polish, wax routine. Saves a little time, although I've also heard other people remark that if you're going to do that you may as well just add another layer of NXT.

The QD you use is also good; though not a wax (it's primarily water, actually), I've used it to remove road grime, bugs, etc. Keeps the car looking clean, and it prolongs the life of your wax in the sense that it's good for removing contaminants. Incidentally, you would also use a QD spray as a lubricant for clay barring, if ever the need arose.

If you want to learn even more about detailing, sift through http://www.autopia.org . It's a very informative forum. They also have tutorials at http://www.bettercarcare.com . And if you're interested in Meguiar's products, they have their own forum at http://www.meguiarsonline.com . Good luck.

 

NXT is a polymer, not an actual wax. You don't need to "strip" it, unless you are going to clay the car, polish it to remove swirls/scratches etc.

 

I was told that claybar, or Dawn dish soap will remove wax.

 

most of your automatic carwasher's detergent will strip off your old or new wax .

 

This is true to a point. It has a high alkaline content which cuts right thru carnauba wax, paraffin, silicone oils, etc. It has a hard time with polymers like Zaino and NXT. Usually all it does is dull the finish a tad on the polymers.

Claybar will remove polymers but at a very slow rate.

 

So whats the best way to remove polymeres? I us nxt. Od should you even bother? Just wash regularily, and from time to time just clay bar and wax?

 

If you use regular car wash, clay bar, and polish, you should remove most all of a sealant. I usually judge it based on whether the water beads after I wash it the second time (after the clay bar). For added measure, you can always use a paint cleaner (i.e., Step 1 of Meg's 3-step Deep Crystal system, or, alternatively, the Cleaner Wax which, allegedly, is a combination of Steps 1 and 2). I've only Dawn washed once or twice and even then, I always mixed it with car soap.

There are numerous pro/con discussions of Dawn on Autopia--Here's one that actually has intelligent dialog on the topic.