Haze after waxing.

I washed and waxed my car yesterday. I think I wiped the wax off too quickly or put too much on, now I have like a haze/swirl type effect. I didn't notice it until today in the sun. Do I need to strip off the wax and start all over again or will it clear itself up after a wash or two? Thanks.

Some wax do what they call "sweat". Try hit it with a polish see if it would come out. Is it on all the panels? Can you post a picture?

jasonstang said:

Some wax do what they call "sweat". Try hit it with a polish see if it would come out. Is it on all the panels? Can you post a picture?

Click to expand...

I hit it with detail spray and I think that helped, but the sun wasn't shining directly on the car by then, so I won't know for sure until tomorrow when it's in direct sunlight. I'll try to get some pics if it's still there. If I need to, I'll will wash it with Chemical Guys Clean Slate to strip everything off and start again. I'm hoping to avoid that though. I just put 2 coats of wax on it and don't feel like doing it all over again.

2015Etrac said:

I hit it with detail spray and I think that helped, but the sun wasn't shining directly on the car by then, so I won't know for sure until tomorrow when it's in direct sunlight. I'll try to get some pics if it's still there. If I need to, I'll will wash it with Chemical Guys Clean Slate to strip everything off and start again. I'm hoping to avoid that though. I just put 2 coats of wax on it and don't feel like doing it all over again.

Click to expand...

The issue is most likely not letting the wax dry to a haze for long enough. You can just apply a new coating, waiting the required time, and buff. The haze will come off without stripping the car. You'll end up with three coats! ;-)

John

jgedde said:

The issue is most likely not letting the wax dry to a haze for long enough. You can just apply a new coating, waiting the required time, and buff. The haze will come off without stripping the car. You'll end up with three coats! ;-)

John

Click to expand...

Thanks. I think that was my problem. For some reason I thought it had to be wiped off quickly, and letting it dry was a bad thing, apparently I was wrong. I think with the cool weather it was taking even longer to dry as well.

2015Etrac said:

Thanks. I think that was my problem. For some reason I thought it had to be wiped off quickly, and letting it dry was a bad thing, apparently I was wrong. I think with the cool weather it was taking even longer to dry as well.

Click to expand...

Yes. Thin coating. Wait until it wipes off with your finger and doesn't smear. May take a long time in fall weather to get there: possibly hours.

Some waxes need to be buffed off immediately, namely many carnauba waxes. Those do have a much higher risk of smearing, but can build.

What were you using? Did it say to let dry to a complete haze?

J

jgedde said:

Yes. Thin coating. Wait until it wipes off with your finger and doesn't smear. May take a long time in fall weather to get there: possibly hours.

Some waxes need to be buffed off immediately, namely many carnauba waxes. Those do have a much higher risk of smearing, but can build.

What were you using? Did it say to let dry to a complete haze?

J

Click to expand...

I'm using Collinite 915. I just put another coat on and waited about 20 minutes before buffing it off. Hopefully that was long enough. I then followed by a quick detailer. I guess I'll see how it went tomorrow in the daylight. I'd give it longer to haze over but I don't have a garage so the longer I wait the more leave and stuff fall on the car.

2015Etrac said:

I'm using Collinite 915. I just put another coat on and waited about 20 minutes before buffing it off. Hopefully that was long enough. I then followed by a quick detailer. I guess I'll see how it went tomorrow in the daylight. I'd give it longer to haze over but I don't have a garage so the longer I wait the more leave and stuff fall on the car.

Click to expand...

I know the 845 sweat a little bit a day after. You just wash it off.

jasonstang said:

I know the 845 sweat a little bit a day after. You just wash it off.

Click to expand...

Thanks. I'll see how it looks tomorrow, if the paint still has the hologram effect, I'll give it a quick wash and see if that helps. Now with 3 coats of wax on the car I really don't feel like starting over again from scratch. haha

I think the thing you may not of taken into account was the temperature. Its been cold in the northeast and PA and even with direct sunlight that wax will need a bit of time to dry.

2015Etrac said:

I'm using Collinite 915. I just put another coat on and waited about 20 minutes before buffing it off. Hopefully that was long enough. I then followed by a quick detailer. I guess I'll see how it went tomorrow in the daylight. I'd give it longer to haze over but I don't have a garage so the longer I wait the more leave and stuff fall on the car.

Click to expand...

In this weather I doubt 20 minutes was anywhere near long enough...

J

Yeah, it seemed like I should have given it more time to dry, but I was in a hurry before it was covered in leaves and stuff. It rained today, if the sun comes back out tomorrow and it still has a hologram effect, I'll throw on a 4th coat and let it sit for a few hours this time before cleaning it off. If that doesn't work I'll try washing it, and if that doesn't work I guess I'll have to take off all the old wax and start over again....which I hope it won't come to that.