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Old 05-11-2008, 11:43 AM
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carlos you lied... you do not need to let zymol waxes sweat for 24 hours.I have contacted zymol in the past... you need to let the oils sweat out for a few hours (3-4) and then level the wax with either cold water of field glaze, from there you can apply a second coat.

There are acouple schools of thought on layering waxes, some say you cannot, there is no way the oils and solvetns in the new level will discolve the previous level

there is also the school of though that each layer adds more, both in protection and looks. you can throw as many layers on and each will do something

There is also the school of though that you an layer them, he protection added is little to none however the look of the wax impoves with each coat.

I personaly feel there is a very sharp dimishing return as far as protection with the wax, you will let some extra protection with ach layer however the main reaso for layering multiple coats is for the looks, the ptical range changes with each coat.. its really cool to watch

anyone who has tried multiple coats of vintage will understand this addition of looks very well. I think vintage shows it best.



so back to VW (which i love btw), you an add multiple coats no problem, i would follow the same idea as with zymol. Let the wax sweat (although VW dosent look like buffertrails when sweating it will still sweat), give the car a quick spray down with VW quick detailer acouple hours later and you should be good to add another coat.
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