How Long It Takes to Wax by DA?

[Garabaldi]

As the title states, I'm curious as to how long it takes everyone to wax one car using a DA. Though UQW really helps with maintenance, I'd love to be able to apply a full coat more often!

[Evan.J]

Re: How Long It Takes to Wax by DA?

With a DA and some NXT 2.0 on a car takes just about 15 mins to apply one thin coat.

[wifpd4]

Re: How Long It Takes to Wax by DA?

A four door car, no ladder work, hand work and DA, using ULW is about an hour.

[Marc08EX]

Re: How Long It Takes to Wax by DA?

It takes me about 15 minutes to wax a medium to full sized sedan using a D/A. It's a lot faster and easier than applying a coat by hand.

[imz4n]

Re: How Long It Takes to Wax by DA?

Bumpers and the small areas take as much time as doing the rest of the car. I normally do all the panels on the car with a D/A and then remove the pad from the machine and use it to do the bumpers and the lower part of the car.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: How Long It Takes to Wax by DA?

Since you're in Laguna Hills you should come down for a Thursday Night Open Garage (next week would be good!) and we can show you how long it should take to wax your car with a DA. But if you're thinking about buying a DA just to apply wax, you're missing out on the really good stuff a DA can do for your can, and for you.

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[ahooah48444]

Just to apply wax is fine by me. Uniformity and less wear and tear on the bad shoulders. I apply products with DA and remove by hand so i can feel it bring removed. I use a bonnet on it to remove rain x from the windshield.

[1994Gen1L]

Re: How Long It Takes to Wax by DA?

Using my Meg's DA with 7" pads on the hood/body/top of vehicle and then swapping to 4" pads for the bumpers/pillars, will take me from 1 to 1.5 hours. It depends on the vehicle size. I alway's use a detailers stool to cut down on back and neck pain.

[imz4n]

Re: How Long It Takes to Wax by DA?

One thought here, Applying wax with a D/A, could the pad used actually micro mar the paint that you have worked so hard to to make flawless?

[Michael Stoops]

Re: How Long It Takes to Wax by DA?

Bob, it is possible that you could cause some micro marring by applying wax with a DA, but you'd have to have some very delicate paint. Or use the wrong pad. Or use it too aggressively. Then again, you could also cause marring by overly aggressively hand applying wax, or on some stupid delicate paints you end up scratching it when you wipe off the hazed wax with a clean, fresh microfiber.

Proper technique, working very clean, and using the right pad for the job is very important here.

[Garabaldi]

Re: How Long It Takes to Wax by DA?

Thanks so much everybody - sounds like the DA is a real time saver.

Mike, I'd love to attend a Thursday Night Open Garage in the near future! Work and night classes have me pressed for time, however, I'll try to clear my schedule for a few hours next Thursday to receive training with the DA.

[STRIFE]

Re: How Long It Takes to Wax by DA?

I think I'm slow....maybe an hour to wax my Subie or G with a DA

[andytsang]

Re: How Long It Takes to Wax by DA?

I think I'm slow....maybe an hour to wax my Subie or G with a DA

Same here. I envy those can do it in 15 minutes. Maybe I need more practice. With UQW and UQD, I only need to wax 2 times a year.

[davey g-force]

Re: How Long It Takes to Wax by DA?

Those that are saying 15 minutes - I take it that's just to apply a coat of wax (not remove) right? Seems awfully fast to me. Does that include setup time for the DA / pads / cord(s) etc?

Those that are saying one hour - is that apply & remove or just apply?

I'm more like one hour just to apply a coat with all things considered...

[STRIFE]

Re: How Long It Takes to Wax by DA?

45mins to an hour just to apply via DA, another 15 mins to buff off