one, two, three, four! Rev up your engines! It's time for the Scotty Kilmer Channel today I'm going to show you why it's a good
idea to wax your car, because if you don't, your car can end up like this,
all faded and rusty, and to think that this was once my car, I sold it to a
customer years ago, needless to say it hasn't been waxed even once, in all those
years, now as crazy as it sounds, the paint on your car is still somewhat
flexible, and if you don't wax it and keep it pliable, it'll crack fade and
rust, now once it starts cracking, it's too late,
so you need to wax it so the cracks never start in the first place, now you
don't want to wax over dirt because the dirt will scratch it, and it won't seal it
right, so first you have to wash your car, use a little soap that's made just
for washing cars, then rinse the car off before you use the soap, and when you're
cleaning with the soap, don't use a sponge they can actually scratch the paint, I
use this sheep's wool mitt, it does a good job cleaning, and it doesn't scratch,
let's start cleaning, and if you notice, I'm doing it in the shade, don't wash
your wax a car and a Sun, it'll spot up, you want to do in the shade, so you can
dry off easy and the Sun won't make it spotty, then rinse all the soap off, and then when you're done rinsing, you
want to get a chamois and take it off, I use ione of these synthetic ones, because they
work fine and they last for years this thing's over five years old, still
doesn't have rips and tears and it dries fine, keep squeezing the water out,
and wiping it off, so there's no water spots, and then comes a patience part, you
want to wait an hour or so in the shade, so it dries off, because you don't want to
wax a car that has any water on it, and you don't want to put it in a Sun, because
the Sun will get it too hot and the wax won't work right, then once the car is
totally dry, get out the wax, and start waxing, now there's all kinds of waxes,
solid ones, liquid ones, ones that claim they last forever, but really, the solid
wax ones that are hard, that are a little bit harder to put on, but they last
longer, and they're going to make your car look better in the long run, the ones you
squirt on they don't hold up as well, now once the cars dry, you get one of these
applicators, rub it inside on the hard wax, and then do circular motion on the
car, do a section at a time, because you don't want to get a whole
bunch of an on, then when it dries, it's too hard to get off, so you do like the
hood, do the whole hood, and wait a few minutes, and then start buffing off the
first side you did, then the other side, when you see it starting to get dry and
hazy like this, it's time to buff it off with a towel, now some guys are fanatics
and Ithey will use these microfiber towels, me, I use our old house towels and they're
worn out and the wife is going to throw them away,
hey I run it through the washer they're nice and soft and they're good for
buffing, you just gently buff it off in a circular motion, and you turn the tile
every so often, so you don't load it up with wax, and when you're done with this
side, you can now see that the other side is dry and you can buff that, waxing your
car section-by-section, gives it a good gloss, doesn't build up too much, and it
will buff out really nicely, if you do the whole car and then go back, some of
that white stuff is going stay on and your car is going to look horrible, and of course
people are going to say, okay how often should I wax my car, well it's a good idea to
wax it four times a year, once for each season, and yeah it could be a hassle and if you're lazy, you can pay a wax place to wax it for you, but just
realize, are they going to do as good of a job as you are on your own car, and sure I'm as
lazy as the next guy, but I'm also cheap so I do it myself, because really do you
want your car to end up looking like this, at least while you own it, and
really wouldn't you rather have a nice shiny car to drive around in, and
remember if you got any questions just visit the Scotty Kilmer channel and
I'll answer them as soon as I'm done drinking some of this moonshine!
And he's all over the comments, calling detailers who give a damn "anal"
Why was he yelling at me for that whole video?
Ninja Edit: Also if the towels are bad enough to throw away why would you use them on your car?
"Lightly buff it off" Entire hood moves under his weight
He's a good backyard mechanic, but knows very little about detailing. He's using an abrasive house towel to remove the wax residue, not something even a none-anal detailer would do.
We may not all agree with his detailing style but he has been damn good at helping me fix my car. I personally thank and appreciate his existence.
He is actually a pretty bad mechanic who generalizes about everything. I can't stand him.
He cracks me up. I've been subbed to his channel for about a year now.
You have to admit some of his stuff is decent and informative. A lot of it, on the other hand, it opinionated craziness.
This kind of shit makes me irrationally angry. I hate when people dumb down other people's passions and hobbies into five minute videos that just shit all over the stuff other people work hard to promote and maintain.
Like, he's reaching a group of people that would otherwise ignore their cars finish completely, so that's good I guess. Even if his tips are completely wrong. He said the wax he uses is fine "just a little mold got in there" lol fucking gross, doesn't even wear gloves while he touches moldy wax because "some wax is good for your hands!"
He just looks like an asshole in the comments too. Some guy says, not being antagonistic, "I clay twice per year and wax a bit more than just four times" and Scotty says "Yeah and now it's getting hauled off to the junkyard because of lack of maintenance!" Yeah, waxing your car too much means you have no time for mechanical upkeep.
I'm glad he's using the 50 year old wax applicator. Replacement polyfoam applicator pads are like $1.99 each.
How he views ratty applicator pads is a fair representation of his aesthetic car care methods.
This made my head hurt. I mean sure, if you don't mind swirls the house towel I can see past, and I can look the other way on the dirty 5 year old whammy, and the terrible applicator pad. But to encourage a 1-bucket wash system....I mean, damn that's dangerously wrong.