min temp to wax?
10-23-2006, 11:06 AM
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min temp to wax? using 3m wax. says not to freeze it but doesnt say ne thing about applying cold. its ~38 degrees here. need to wax up the wheels because car will be out maybe another month and it just snowed
10-23-2006, 11:27 PM
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on the bottle it says to keep from freezing because it will seperate. if you thin it out putting it on the seperation temperature might increase to a higher temperature i supose. i might try it tomarrow anyway. at most it will strip the old wax off. my wheels are pretty nasty and i think cleaning them will help enough.
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Originally Posted by ZaneO
That's pretty cold. Ideally, you want it to be 50+. It can still be done, but it may be very hard to work with.
but
i believe i read / heard somewhere,
the paint surface temp needs to be at the very minimal 45 degrees. so, technically, if your car is in a garage and you have a kerosene heater, you can wax the car if it is like -30
but yes, it will not be fun working with it.