pewterss

So I am curious if anyone on these boards here have attempted to make their own home brew car wax. I have been detailing my cars, and bikes since I was like 15 yrs old and always had a fascination with making things shiney. I have used every product that you can find in any local automotive store. I have even used Zaino products and have been using them for quite some time (8yrs). But as a home/hobby project and of course with some inspiration from Sonic, and Dodo/RB I decided to give this a shot. For the last month or so I have researched the hell out of this and purchased a bunch of supplies, ingredients. Even went as far as contacting some manufactures regarding some polymers to use in the wax. Hoping to find the right receipt that will give my car a super high gloss, and repel water and dirt. Granted I could have just said screw it and buy a batch of Chemical Guys waxes, heard alot of great things about them, but I wanted the experience of doing this. Something I can knock off the bucket list if you want to call it that, especially being a car enthusiast and a super **** detailer. So just in case you have tried it out at home, let me know how it went and if you would try it again? I'll send/post some pics of the wax, and the results from my car once I get there. I am sure it will be some time before that happens. Maybe a week or 2... ciao for now.

pewterss

Picture of some of my supplies that arrived earlier in the week. Now hoping I don't burn down the house...

pewterss

So was a fun weekend. Made 3 different waxes, didn't expect much other than having some fun with it. The 4th and 5th ones I made a bunch of changes and better results. Have something extra planned up my sleeves for tmrw night... hoping something I ordered comes in though.

pewterss

So I changed the forms a bunch and came up with 2 new ones I'm really happy with. I will test it on my car with the hopes it does something good. Maybe I will post some pics of that later today.

pewterss

So tested it on my Starfire pearl, looks good but with the lighting and color can't really see the pics when taking with my iPhone. Did this on my buddies black edge and here you can see the wax so its magic even though the picture isn't high quality. But the beading wasn't as good as the CD's. So needs more work.

pewterss

So I have become a fiend in making waxes, been making 1 or 2 every night and just ordered more 'stuff'. The latest 2 creations looks to be rather awesome. Hopefully this weekend is nice enough where I can do some testing on my car. Check out the beading action with my latest creations. So far beading action on the first few have been ok, but the last 4 work beautifully. Pics to come soon.

LiCelsior

iTrader: (32)

this seems rather interesting..whats the carnauba content in them?

pewterss

22g or 73% Carnauba, and yeah its actually pretty awesome. The experience itself was def worth it.

sydtoosic

sounds like you're going to need an advertising and promotion associate, marketing associate etc...

pewterss

hahah that seriously sounds like alot already. I think I am just planning on using it myself, but several coworkers are bothering me that they want a container, and a few friends. So I may make a bunch of them and give them out once I find the perfect one. I'm a bit **** and want it perfect. They have seen the panels of my car which I waxed. I'll grab some pics over the weekend since it's SUPPOSED to be nice this weekend on the East Coast... so sick of the winter, and cold weather.

pewterss

So today was rather busy, received the long awaited phone call that my new RIMS arrived. So went and them installed. But I managed to wash and wax the front hood and driver side quarter panels of my car using my homemade wax. Here are 2 pictures I took tonight. You can see the bling.
Will be able to take some more pictures in the day tmrw.

Also the beading, and sheeting is insane. Will try and get some video of it tmrw to post.

pewterss

So over the past few days, I came up with some new formulas and put them to work. I waxed the car with the new homebrew, (with some new ingredients I ordered) The brew I am working off is the 9th, and 10th versions. I think I will build off from there, this stuff is really coming out awesome.
Below are some pics from after waxing the car and misting/spraying water on the front quarter, and hood. The 3rd pic was a random drop of water that fell on the mirror housing that was waxed, interesting and cool how the water just was banished.

pewterss

Tonight I made 2 more iterations of my 11th, and 12th waxes.... These versions are very buttery, smells great and just slippery. Can't wait to try it out on my car this weekend. Will wash the car and then apply it. Will take pics and post afterwards.

pewterss

Will I will be making a few samples this upcoming week for some people asking for it. If anyone would like a sample of this awesome stuff I finally created let me know. Send me your info via a PM and I'll let you know when it ships out. Will post some video later tonight once i get it uploaded.

pewterss

Not the greatest video but you can see results. Portion of car closest to camera has not been treated with THE wax. Portion of hood furthest away from camera has been treated,