[Cyclo]

Hi everyone, it's taken me a while to get to this point, so I thought I'd write about this:

Monday Evening, I made my first batch of car wax that I was pleased with.



I litterly have no Photo skills, that was a sheet of pure white paper, to judge the initial color of the wax from. And about a 100 grams / 2 oz. size also.


It's 100% Natural! No Chemical Solvents used in it. It spreads very nicely and buffed off pretty good, to a nice shine too. Too hard for a buttery wax right now. More of a paste wax. I was surprised I was able to do this on my first try. It has a very high Carnauba content too.

Now I am going to work on making it a lighter color. I've already increased the primary wax contents. From my initial test, it looks like it will be a wipe on, wipe off type. No powdering, and I noticed it hasn't stained textured black trim yet.

So what is the consensus from people; do you prefer a white look in a paste wax?

How about a smell; do you think it should have one?
And if so, what would be a nice smell? I made that first one a coconut type smell. Not too bad I'd say.

Hopefully after a lot more tweaking, I might have a few samples to send out.

I'd like to hear what people think. And I'd like to report back on how this develops, after a lot more work on it to get it to a state I think might suit me. Smooth & Creamy.

[Dannyk]

Prefer that color, mainly because i have a white car. Smell wise, usually cherry or grape.
Thing i'm curious on, where or what did you do to get the the material to try this ? Process used? Thanks.

[P1et]

Very cool! Want to explain to us how you made this?

[slanguage]

curious about the process as well.

I would love to be a mad scientist in my kitchen, and make my own

[Dust2Glory]

Ooohhhhhh, can I get a sample when ready!?!

Who cares about color or smell,as they have no effect on gloss, shine or durability of wax.... Just focus in performance!!!

[yukonon22]

If you can make it neon green thad be sweet. nobody has a neon green wax! As for smell. Like a dodo or swissvax product.

[Dom]

Originally Posted by Cyclo

Hi everyone, it's taken me a while to get to this point, so I thought I'd write about this:

Monday Evening, I made my first batch of car wax that I was pleased with.



I litterly have no Photo skills, that was a sheet of pure white paper, to judge the initial color of the wax from. And about a 100 grams / 2 oz. size also.


It's 100% Natural! No Chemical Solvents used in it. It spreads very nicely and buffed off pretty good, to a nice shine too. Too hard for a buttery wax right now. More of a paste wax. I was surprised I was able to do this on my first try. It has a very high Carnauba content too.

Now I am going to work on making it a lighter color. I've already increased the primary wax contents. From my initial test, it looks like it will be a wipe on, wipe off type. No powdering, and I noticed it hasn't stained textured black trim yet.

So what is the consensus from people; do you prefer a white look in a paste wax?

How about a smell; do you think it should have one?
And if so, what would be a nice smell? I made that first one a coconut type smell. Not too bad I'd say.

Hopefully after a lot more tweaking, I might have a few samples to send out.

I'd like to hear what people think. And I'd like to report back on how this develops, after a lot more work on it to get it to a state I think might suit me. Smooth & Creamy.

Well done Playing with wax is great fun... did you have a look at the Rubbishboy's home brew thread on detailing world... an epic!

1) Why bother lightening the colour? Carnauba is pale yellow... looks fine to me.
2) Wipe on, wipe off won't allow enough time to cure/bond... these WOWO products tend to be silicone based and need less curing time; waxes like a little time to bond, although it';s not strictly necessary
3) You won't get powdering initially, but you will find it doing so once all the solvent dries out... carnauba naturally dries to a pale yellow powder and it will lose its wetness after a while... it won't be as bad as polish, but if it has a high carnauba content you will get some residue

All the best
DF

[Scott's Mobile Detailing]

+1 for neon colors.......im really interested were you got the stuff to make it also...

[yukonon22]

Originally Posted by Scott's Mobile Detailing

+1 for neon colors.......im really interested were you got the stuff to make it also...

ebay has nuba chips and beeswax.

[Cyclo]

All the ingredients were found online. Actually that's how I ended up here. I had decided to try making my own wax and in researching it, I found DB, and then later Rubbishboy's thread. I've even purchased both Dodo's and RBOE.

Key thing I've done (whether it will work or not) is, right now, no solvent. I tried natural waxes and oils to achieve something. I made it in my modern manufacturing facility with state of the art equipment. Wait til you see our scientist's!



So, spoken like true believer's, people's tastes are not towards looks or smells, but pure performance. That's good to know as trying to reach that pure white state would be an added cost that doesn't need to be put into it, although my next batch will be lighter. Might test a cinnamon or almond smell. It basically has no smell as is.

What I'd like to do is retain the 100% natural aspect, yet make it easy to use and worth using. I wasn't going to skip on quality ingredients.

Thanks for the initial input, helps a lot. I was totally surprised when it cooled down, that it had such a white appearance to it as is. I know my next batch will have more Carnauba and other wax's in it to the point it becomes too hard to wipe on a rag for application, then I'll back off on that.

When I ment a Wipe On, Wipe Off, was possibly that I didn't wait long enough for it too haze then. Then again, I've read other wax's say: don't wait for it to haze. But so far, it hasn't stained black trim, and I'm glad about that. Much, much more tweaking and testing, but thank you all for the encouragement, I have been waffling about all of this.

And if nothing comes of it, I've learned more than when I started out.