butter wax ?

[hotrod 80]

Bought some stuff today made by valvoline called butter wax . $16 a pint . It's a yellow carnuba that is sopposed to give you a wet look . Gonna rub it into the powerstroke as the surf city has about 6 weeks on it . Anybody have any experience with it ? That old Ford must be lovin it when i try out new stuff .

[mbgmike]

Originally Posted by hotrod 80

Bought some stuff today made by valvoline called butter wax . $16 a pint . It's a yellow carnuba that is sopposed to give you a wet look . Gonna rub it into the powerstroke as the surf city has about 6 weeks on it . Anybody have any experience with it ? That old Ford must be lovin it when i try out new stuff .

We and most body shops have used it for years now. I personally love it. We do all the customers cars with it before delivery. We just use it on new paint however not faded paint. You can get it for a little less at paint supply houses. We have even had cars with banged up bumpers and fixed them but we clean and detail the whole car and use butter wax. Sometimes the husbands thank us cause their wifes don't bug them about buying a new car anymore after we are done
Like most stuff it won't last forever of course. can't beat Carnuba

[sangermike]

does it have any uv absorbers in it.

[mbgmike]

no but it has
OCTAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE Whatever that is

[mbgmike]

USC Paint Protector
3M Perfect-It
are similar products but we use the Car-Brite from Valvoline since they let us put Valvoline on our company Shirts

[hotrod 80]

It went on good . I put it on with a black LC foam pad with my PC orbit . . We will see . Not as soft as the surf city , but it feels good . Must have a touch of cut to it cause it took out some spiderwebbing . Of course i use only the minimum cut needed to get the effect i need . Mike i wish you where still painting , it would have been an honor to have you paint my 68' Camaro .

[mbgmike]

Originally Posted by hotrod 80

It went on good . I put it on with a black LC foam pad with my PC orbit . . We will see . Not as soft as the surf city , but it feels good . Must have a touch of cut to it cause it took out some spiderwebbing . Of course i use only the minimum cut needed to get the effect i need . Mike i wish you where still painting , it would have been an honor to have you paint my 68' Camaro .

it does cut somewhat. On new paint it helps take out swirl marks.
I am just getting too old to paint or too something. After 2 heart attacks and 2 strokes i think I should stay away from painting anymore. I probably won't but I am trying. My cousin had a shop I worked in and it killed him at 48. Of course none of us wore all the PPE they have now