The difference between waxed and non-waxed cars is very large, especially after years of wind, rain and sun, the waxed car paint can still be as bright as new, and the car paint without waxing may appear to be aging, scratching and losing its luster.
Waxing is to cover the surface of the car paint with a wax film coating, some good quality car wax can not only brighten the car paint, but also play a role in protecting and repairing the car paint, which is equivalent to adding a protective layer to the car.
The hardness of the surface paint of different brands and models varies, and there are also great differences in the ability to resist scratches. In addition to the quality and hardness of the paint itself, the later maintenance is also very important, and waxing is one of the ways to do a good job of maintaining the paint.
This is like the same mobile phone, the screen film and no film, after a year of use of the difference is as big. After the former pastes the film, it can prevent scratching, avoid some hard objects and direct contact with the screen, and after tearing off the film, the screen inside is still brand new. The latter, because there is no protection, may be scarred after one year of use.
In the same way, after the car is waxed, it is equivalent to putting on a set of "invisible" car clothes for the car, which can play a role in protecting the paint in daily life.
The main difference between waxed and unwnewden cars
First of all, the car that does not wax, with the increase of service life, the surface of the car paint will gradually age, not only will lose its gloss, but also because the surface is no longer smooth, it is easy to adsorb dust. Due to the car paint for a long time and the outside world ultraviolet rays, sediment dust, rain, insect corpses, tree fruits, bird droppings, etc., will cause corrosion and damage to the car paint, the surface of the car paint will appear a lot of fine scratches, in the sun shine appears particularly conspicuous, commonly known as "sun pattern".
Because the surface of the car paint is no longer smooth, it loses the protection of the varnish layer, becomes relatively rough, it is easy to adsorb dust, and it is more laborious to clean.
Then there is the car that is often waxed, and the surface of the paint of the waxed car will be attached to a wax film, which can form a protective film on the surface of the car paint after the wax film is dried and cured, similar to the bright effect of the varnish layer on the surface of the car paint.
And after the wax film is cured, the wax film itself has a certain hardness, and after attaching to the surface of the car paint, it can play a protective role, which can protect the car paint to a certain extent and prevent scratching. That is, it avoids direct contact between the car paint and the outside world, delays the oxidation of the car paint, and prolongs the service life of the car paint.
Wash your car often, and it is recommended to wax the car every once in a while
The reason why the surface of the paint of the new car looks bright as new and has a mirror effect is because the outermost layer of the car paint is sprayed with a layer of varnish, which is the mirror effect played by this layer of varnish.
Varnish layer will be with the daily wind blowing, sun, rain, car washing, dust, etc., subject to a certain degree of corrosion and wear, such as their own car washing, did not wash the surface of the sediment dust clean, wipe the car paint with a rag, it is easy to scratch the varnish layer on the surface of the car paint, over time, the surface of the car paint will lose its luster, in the sun can see a lot of sun patterns, this is the varnish layer was destroyed.
I suggest that friends who often wash their own cars can wax their cars every once in a while, which can play a good role in protecting the car paint.
Why is it best to wax your car often? As mentioned earlier, their own car wash is not like a professional car wash shop inside, there is a special high-pressure water gun and car wash liquid to wash off the sediment on the surface of the vehicle, when they wipe with the car wash towel, it is easy to wipe the dust particles in the towel, scratch the varnish layer on the surface of the car paint, often wash the car, the car paint surface will leave a lot of sun patterns, but also will make the car paint lose luster.
After the car wax, when washing the car, because the car wax has a good hydrophobic effect, it is also very convenient to rinse, and at the same time, due to the protective effect of the car wax, it can play a certain anti-scratch effect.
How often is waxed?
Cars that have been waxed, in the most ideal state (underground parking garage, no tree fruit, bird droppings, summer sunshine and other erosion), can maintain about a month, but usually many cars can not do this, many are open parking, every day experience wind and sun, so it can be maintained for about half a month.
If you are more fond of your car and usually drive more frequently, it is recommended to wax the car once a month.
After the car is waxed, it can protect the principle of car paint
Car wax is a relatively traditional car paint surface of the skin care products, commonly used on the market car wax is divided into liquid wax, semi-solid wax and solid wax.
The main components of car wax: there are many types of car wax, according to different classifications, its composition is natural wax and synthetic wax, now most of the car wax on the market, its main component is polymer, that is, chemical materials, through artificial synthesis, such as: such as crystal wax, color wax, anti-UV wax, repair wax and so on.
The principle of car wax protection car paint mainly has the following points:
1. Block the friction between dust and vehicle paint surface;
2. Reflect ultraviolet rays and strong light to reduce the oxidation of car paint;
3. Strong hydrophobic effect, so that the water droplets are not easy to adsorb on the surface of the car paint, forming a convex lens effect, avoiding the high temperature generated by focusing under the sun and corroding the paint surface;
4. The fine particles in the wax can penetrate into the fine gaps in the paint surface, repair the slightly injured paint surface, make the paint surface flat, and play an effect of increasing the gloss of the paint surface.
Benefits after car waxing
Make the paint surface as bright as new
In addition to protecting the car paint, another major role of the car wax is to brighten the light, the fine molecules in the car wax will penetrate into the fine gaps in the surface of the varnish layer, fill the surface of the car paint, so the waxed car paint surface, it seems that there will be a mirror reflection effect, while increasing the brightness of the surface, so that the car paint returns to the bright state at the factory.
It has a certain anti-scratching ability
The wax film formed after the car wax is cured on the surface of the car paint is a certain hardness, and the hardness of the car wax film is generally between 2-3H, because the surface of the car paint is attached to a layer of car wax, and the dust outside is completely blocked, so it can play a certain degree of anti-scratching ability.
Improve the hydrophobic capacity, not easy to adsorb dust, easy to clean
The surface of the waxed paint is smooth and has a strong hydrophobic effect, similar to the water droplets that slip off the surface of the lotus leaf. Especially on rainy days, after the muddy water splashes on the body, it will fall quickly, even if there is some adsorbed sewage, it is easy to clean it with water.
UV protection, delay the oxidation rate of car paint
Although the varnish layer can play a role in protecting the car paint, but under the sunlight, due to the characteristics of ultraviolet rays, the varnish layer can not reflect too much ultraviolet light very well, and the car wax can emit most of the ultraviolet rays back, minimizing the damage of ultraviolet rays to the car paint.
Resistant to high temperatures
1, reflective sunlight irradiation: the car wax on the surface of the car paint can block the direct contact between the car paint and the external environment, and at the same time can reflect the strong light rays of the sun to achieve the effect of high temperature resistance.
2. Strong hydrophobic effect prevents water droplets from forming convex lenses on the surface of the paint, and avoids high temperature corrosion of the paint produced by focusing on sunlight rays.
If you do not wax for a long time, and do not do other maintenance, what will happen to the paint after a long time?
The above discusses the various advantages of waxing, if a new car is never waxed, after a year or two of use, how the paint will change.
Sun pattern
Without the protection of car wax, in every car wash, or wipe the paint surface with a towel, it is impossible to avoid the direct contact between dust particles and paint surface, the hardness of dust particles is higher than the hardness of the paint surface, when wiping the surface of the car paint, these particles will rub with the varnish layer, resulting in scratches, and it will not be long before the surface of the new car paint will appear a lot of fine sun lines, which are clearly visible with the naked eye.
Loss of gloss
With more and more fine scratches on the surface of the sun and paint, the varnish layer is destroyed, and the surface of the paint will gradually lose its luster, without a mirror effect, just like some vehicles with a long service life around, the paint has become dull and dull.
Easy to age
Without a protective layer, the car paint is in direct contact with the outside world, which will accelerate the aging of the car paint, such as strong light, dust, bird droppings, fruit drops on the tree, rain, etc., will cause erosion and corrosion to the car paint, although the quality, strength and durability of the car paint are now improved a lot, but compared with no waxing, the life of the car paint will be greatly reduced.
Extended Discussion: What are the disadvantages of waxing? Is it a choice of waxing, coating or crystallization?
As long as the car waxing is properly operated, it is only good for the car and there is no harm. However, waxing lasts the shortest time compared to other types such as coating, crystal plating, and garments. Under normal circumstances, the car coat can be protected for more than 3 years, the crystal plating can be maintained for about 1-2 years, and the waxing is generally between half a month and 1 month.
If you want to say that there are any disadvantages of waxing, it is a waxed car, and the wax film on the surface of the paint is maintained for a short time, and generally it will gradually fall off in about a month. Therefore, it is necessary to wax the car frequently in order to play a protective role.
Therefore, when choosing the protection scheme of car paint, it is necessary to choose according to its own actual situation. Compared with several other schemes, although the maintenance time is the shortest, but the price is the cheapest, the protection time of plating and car clothes is longer, but the price is higher, one is lower in price, one is longer in protection time, how to choose between the two, depending on which way to choose, the most cost-effective for you.
Do not know how to choose, I take waxing and plating as an example, introduce the use cost of these two schemes in a year, and the time cost of investment, I believe you will know how to choose after reading it.
Take waxing and plating as an example:
The cost of waxing is about 50-150, waxing once can protect about half a month, if you wax once a month, the compromise cost is 800-1000 a year.
The cost of plating is generally 800-3000, compromise about 1300, plating once can protect a whole year.
Comparison of the two schemes, a whole year down, waxing is cheaper than plating hundreds of yuan, waxing needs to be built once a month, and plating as long as the construction of a time, can be maintained for a year, and the hardness of the protective film on the surface of the coating is higher than the waxing wax film, so after understanding, you know whether to choose waxing or coating it.
Summary: Waxing can protect the car paint and prolong the service life of the car paint, on the contrary, the car paint is more likely to age
The car is like our little home, every day when we travel to shield us from the wind and rain, although the car is not made of tofu, not as squeamish as we think, but which owner does not care about his car? So in addition to the maintenance of the three major pieces, the appearance of the car is also very important, properly maintained, after a few years your car appearance is still bright as new, and you will be in a good mood when you see it.
In short, there are many benefits of waxing the car, conditional owners can choose according to their actual situation is to go to the store to wax, or to buy wax, to the store waxing price is slightly more expensive about 100-300, and buy a bottle of car wax cost as long as 50-100.
Compared with cars that do not wax, waxing can keep the paint long and new, improve the anti-fouling ability of the paint, make cleaning more convenient, repair fine scratches, resist oxidation, and prolong the service life of the paint.
Finally, in the purchase of car wax, there are many varieties and types of car wax on the market, and the quality is uneven, try to choose a big brand when purchasing, and buy it in the regular store.
That's my opinion on this issue, and I hope it will be helpful to you. I am Xiaobai, a UP master who likes to share life, car experience, sports and badminton. (The picture source in the article is network, invaded and deleted)
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Author: Xiao Bai of Wen and Wu Shuangquan