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Old 10-20-2001, 08:18 PM
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waxing the car: up and down or circular motion?
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Default Pick a single direction and stick with it
If you wax up and down...and you make a scratch it will be visable from only one angle (or at least less) If you wax in circles...you basically make scratches which can be seen from any angle :-( they look like swirls.

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He's right! Mr. Miyagi messed me up. Keep it in one direction. I prefer left/right.
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Yes, danielson......use paint fence technique......not wax on / wax off
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Can't you tell?
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Default Damn...your car just looks better and better each time...
I love the lower grill mod!

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i wax with the lines of the car...basically the direction wind travels over it at speed =)
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Sounds like the same tactics I use on my girlfriend.
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Default Re: waxing the car: up and down or circular motion?
If the wax is pure carnuba with no abrasives at all, the direction does not matter. If you are using a wax with any abrasive content, you should go side to side (left to right, right to left. Got it?
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