I’m sure you know how to wax a car but incase you don’t, A few tips:
1) DO NOT do it in direct sunlight
2) MAKE SURE the car is clean
3) MAKE SURE the paint is NOT hot. It needs to be cool or the wax can do BAD things to the paint (SEE #1)
4) Work on small sections at a time don’t cover the whole car then start buffing
5) Apply the wax with a damp sponge
6) If you use Maguire’s remember the higher the number the more of a finish wax it is.
I know to some this is basic and I shouldn’t have to tell anyone all of this but I spent a few years as a newused car porter and you should see what kind of damage some people can do with a can of wax!!!!!
this is good advice.
the best thing you can do for your paint is just be gentle to it and keep as many chemicals off it as possible.
I've done a lot of research on car care, wax etc. and next to very expensive "Zaino" (not to be confused with Zymol which is also very good) some of the best stuff you can get is products from a company called "One Grand".
You should clean your paint with One Grand "cleaner" maybe once every six months or so. Cleaners are actually a light abrasive and have a fine grit added to them to take the first few layers of clear coat off your car to give it that extra shine. Cheap brands like Turtle Wax that are advertised as "Car Polish" have those abrasives in them so after you use them your car looks really shiny and you go "wow" but if you don't put them on your paint right all your doing is cutting into your clear coat and giving your car lots of swirl marks (especially if you use an orbital buffer).
So anyways once every six months or so clean your paint with a good cleaner. After your paint is clean immediately seal it with 100% carnauba wax like One Grand's "Blitz" wax.
100% carnauba is all you should every rub into your paint, not all this high tech crap like "Nano wax" and the B.S. they sell at Pep Boys.
And if you have an expensive car with really special paint you should just apply the wax by hand with a damp wax applicator and rub it in with a sideways motion, never round and round in circles so you don't get swirl marks that make your paint look like crap when the light hits it right.
oh yeah and don't forget to wax your windows too, some people do that too
