Back when I was 15, and I was tasked with putting a coat of wax on the freshly painted Pacer (more to come on that next week, I promise). I went to the local auto parts store, and looked to pick a wax. Mother’s, Turtle, none I never really had experience with. I mean come on, I was only 15. I settled on the Meguiar’s Gold Class carnauba paste wax, and it gave an excellent shine. Right, I’m sure you now start to assume that I’m on Meguiar’s payroll, but I assure you that’s not the case (though, I’d take it if it was offered ). You see, after that I tried waxes from all the other companies. Mothers, Turtle, etc all worked fine…until I tried Meguiar’s Tech Wax.
Back when it was brand new, I bit the bullet and took the plunge on a $12 (yes, I remember the price) bottle of wax and put a fresh coat on my 99 Grand Am after a complete wash and clay bar in the fall. Those of you in Michigan are very familiar with the horrid weather that ensues after the fall and after routine quarter power wash after quarter power wash, the tech wax held up. When the first thaw happened the spring after and my red Grand Am was as shiny as it was when I waxed it the fall before, I was sold.
I swear, this is the truth and when we received the below press release from Meguiars, I knew we had to share it with you. These are some pretty neat facts from Meguiars. Yea, they’re kinda skewed to benefit Meguiar’s, but from my experience, every one is true. And again, no I am not on Meguiar’s payroll. Check it out!
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Sunday was a gorgeous Easter afternoon here in southern California, and while most people want to get outside and lay in the sun, walk along the beach, go surfing (cough Dan), or just enjoy spring in the air with family, my fanatical instinct kicked in to give the GTI a bath and a wax. Living in an apartment has many downfalls. Idiot neighbors making obscene amounts of noise at 4am, being confined to a little box, paying tons of money for something you don’t own, but worse of all, no space to work on, clean, or enjoy your ride. Naturally, I had to look for a DIY car wash (quarter wash to many) and having stumbled across one on Saturday after venturing to a new area of town, I knew just where to go.
