how often should you wax your car?

mustangkid05

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read the title lol........and how often do you wash it too?



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ted

 

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I wash mine every weekend. As for waxing it..I wax mine every few months. Not sure how often you should wax it, or not wax it.

 

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I wash mine every weekend and I wax it about once every 4-6 weeks.

 

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In Texas it doesnt rain much so a wash can last for weeks. I wax mine
every time I wash it. That spray on turtle wax is so easy to apply its crazy.
Some times I only wax the hood. My car is white, which is probably the
most forgiving color to wax, I have had black cars before and they are tough
to wax without showing any swirl marks.

 

fluffyrunnells

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Kilgore Trout said:

I wash mine every weekend and I wax it about once every 4-6 weeks.

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ponysarepretty

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Depends on how much it rains, but nromally wax every other week, wash weekly

 

Crzyhrse

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Once in the spring, once in the fall. It's too monotinous to do any more than that to me. I had my '93 GT for nine years and the paint looked as good as new just doing it twice a year.

 

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Wash it whenever I get time which is almost every week....and then I wax it probably every 3 weeks on average....more during the summer.

 

Dope 97GT

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It rains a lot here so I wash my car like 2-3 times a week and I have no garage and I have a rock driveway so it gets mad dirty. I wax it like once a month with hard wax and after everytime I wash it with spray wax. I spend a lot of money on cleaning supplies

 

mustangkid05

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lol....everytime i wash/ wax my car it gets dusty from my garage that sucks.......will waxing your car to much hurt the paint???

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ponysarepretty

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mustangkid05 said:

lol....everytime i wash/ wax my car it gets dusty from my garage that sucks.......will waxing your car to much hurt the paint???

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not unless your wax is abrasive, waxing should help protect the paint

 

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I wash it weekly, depending on the weather, and wax it every other week.

 

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To answer the thread title, you SHOULD wax it as needed. For me, every 4-6 months is needed. I wax it once every other week though.

 

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V_Eight said:

To answer the thread title, you SHOULD wax it as needed. For me, every 4-6 months is needed. I wax it once every other week though.

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Exactly as stated, I think you should wax when you need it. Alot of it depends too on what kind of wax you use and the kind of weather your car is exposed to. If you see alot of rain, it wont last as long. Also need to be carefull what kind of car wash you use - some stuff strips wax right off, others dont. Synthetic sealants tend to last longer, carnauba waxes dont last too long. My last wax job I washed and followed with a claybar, then used a synthetic topped with S100 pure carnauba. Very nice and warm shine, but in a couple weeks or so the carnauba was basically gone.

 

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At least once/week. I know.. i have no life...

 

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mity2 said:

At least once/week. I know.. i have no life...

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yea but still that true blue looks pretty damn clean in the sig to show for the work

 

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I've been waxing my car alot lately, now that I have alot less mod money left

 

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When I wasn't driving mine everyday, I'd wash it about once a month and it wasn't that dirty. I'd would wax it about once a month too.
But, now that I'm driving it 5 days a week, its gets a bath still about once a month and a wax every 6 months. I cannot wait until I get my DD fixed, then I can start pampering the GT again.