German car and polymer wax

[moribundman]

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I was reading the Cars section of the Sunday Chronicle and came across the question/answer editorial section. A reader asked what is different about German car paint. They were buying car wax and was asked if they had a German car. The response was that the paint on German cars do no like polymer waxes which can cause it to haze. It then mentions that carnauba waxes are good choice since they work will all paint types.

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You should post all this for the purpose of amusement on a German car forum like motortalk.de. You might be hearing laughter across the Atlantic soon after.

 

[Mamala Bay]

The hazing thing with sealants started when it first came out. Moisture would get trapped and because it can't breathe it would cloud the sealant...like fogging. On bright light color vehicles you couldn't tell the difference as much as dark color vehicles. There was a difference in paint quality between the German and Japanese. The German was of higher quality and the hazing was more pronounced.

I used a polish called Image when it first came out as a promo. I payed $80/gl. It gave a showroom shine...deep wet look. I used the Image on the BMW and Mercedes. I did detail as a hobby for fun weekend jobs here and there so I could stock up on all the products in detailing. When all my equipment and supplies were payed...well I parted from it. There was a difference when using a sealant when I compared it with Image. The Image brought depth and enhanced the paint in German paint. On Japanese vehicles I tended to go with the sealant. It just made more sense and again it depends on the type of paint and dark versus light color. Sealants maybe made different today, but this was what I was told from an old pro.