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- Hi, I'm Sam with Griot's Garage
and this is premium carnauba paste wax.
I selected premium carnauba paste wax
for this beautiful Bentley Continental R
for a couple of reasons.
Number one, is that carnauba content really enhance
this dark green and allow it to pop,
bring back some depth and brighten it up a little bit.
Carnauba waxes are traditionally known for that.
However premium does an exceptional job
of going above and beyond what most will do.
It's also a very durable product
and adds a lot of hydrophobicity to the surface,
which is gonna help prevent water from drying
on the surface, prevents water spots,
and it also helps with self-cleaning ability.
Basically dirt and water isn't gonna stick to that surface
because of how hydrophobic it is.
Water is gonna immediately shed off.
It also has a good long life.
You should only need to apply this once to twice a year,
depending on the conditions that you're in,
and how the vehicle is used.
This vehicle is a driver, believe it or not.
So it does see the elements and this product
will do a great job of protecting it.
It's also very easy to apply and remove.
Doesn't take a long time.
And I personally love applying premium
to a beautiful car like this by hand.
The main reason I really like applying
premium carnauba pace wax by hand
is because after you spend hours laboring
over the paint of the vehicle,
removing every last defect with an orbital,
it's really nice to just zone out and relax and get a little
intimate with the car and apply the wax by hand.
Another great thing is doing it by hand
you have a little bit more control.
So in areas where you might have rubber trim
or a delicate adjacent surface,
it's a little bit easier to stay away from those spots
by hand.
The big advantage to using a machine for application
is really only speed and saving a little bit of time,
but there's not a huge difference there.
So we're gonna go ahead and apply to this car by hand.
Take our time, relax, not a lot of energy or effort
needed in applying wax just wanna get it down even.
So now I'm gonna show you how to lay this stuff down.
Got a nice new cake in there,
our a three inch red applicator,
red wax applicator pads on our three inch palm grip.
Swirl it in there a couple times.
If you're using a larger pad on an orbital,
what I'll normally do is either fold the pad in half,
swipe each side in the container
and then put it on the backing plate or another cool tip
is to take an old ID card
or driver's license, credit card, hotel key,
anything like that, keep it in your pace can,
and you can use that basically as a spatula,
scoop out a little bit of wax, butter it onto your pad,
and then get to work.
Because this vehicle is so big.
I don't wanna do, you know, half the car all at once.
Premium carnauba paste wax tends to set up
a little bit faster than a lot of other options out there.
So I'll normally do a panel to a couple panels at a time,
depending on the size of the vehicle before I wipe it off.
You wanna let it set up for at least about 15 minutes
prior to wiping off.
And I'll always use the finger swipe method
where you swipe a finger through the wax residue
to determine whether it's dry and ready to wipe off,
or whether you need to let it set up a little bit longer.
You don't need a really thick layer.
It's a common misconception with wax application that less
or that more is better.
And that's really not necessarily true
because a lot of the wax you're putting down is wiping off
when you remove the residue.
So you really want a thin even layer more so
than a really heavy thick layer.
Make sure that you have it applied to every square inch
of the panel that you're working.
Starting to get a little thin
since this was a brand new pad,
I'm gonna add a little bit more product there.
Get back to it.
I like to use a crosshatch pattern just to assure
that you applied it nice and evenly,
and that you're not missing any spots.
No pressure is needed.
Just enough, maybe the weight of your hand
to squeeze some of that wax out of the pad.
And then you wanna avoid any high spots.
So a lot of times those will form at the ends of your passes
or you'll get a little heavier buildup.
So I'll just kind of swipe through those to get rid of them.
Make sure it's nice and even.
The bumper down here.
We'll let that set up and move on to a new section.
Okay.
So we just finished the whole front end of this car.
It's been setting up for about 15 minutes.
So we'll come in and do a finger swipe.
If you smear the wax, when swiping through it,
you need to let it set up for at least another five minutes.
If it wipes off clean, then you're good to go.
It looks like it wiped clean.
So we'll go ahead and start wiping off.
Got my PFM dual weave wax removal towel.
Got the high net PFM on one side
and then a short nap for your final buff on the other side.
Go ahead and use straight line passes.
Get the bulk of that residue off.
If you wipe premium off at the right time,
it comes out very easily.
Flip and then buff any remaining
residue off that surface.
And now we'll keep wiping off the rest of the front end
and then get the remainder of the car waxed.
Okay, so this beautiful Bentley is all waxed up
and ready to hit the road.
Thank you so much for watching.
For more information on premium carnauba pace wax,
visit griotsgarage.com,
and as always have fun in your garage.
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