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Every week, I am a freak!
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Once a month, like me.
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Every 2-3 months
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Every 3-5
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Once every 6 months
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How often do you wax your ride?

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Old 06-06-2009, 09:05 PM
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For me once a month.
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I use to do once a week. now every 3rd week.
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every 2 weeks i also use to wax once a week but no time now.
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I do it once a season.
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I do it once a season.
i do it every other season
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Twice a year at most - the Camaro is a garage queen, and I have two other vehicles to care for that need it worse than my Camaro.
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My car is garaged. I usually wash it once a week but I noticed the wax starts to fade after 3-4 weeks. Im really picky though haha.
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once a month or after a track session
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i normally wax every 3rd wash, which is normally around a month. i daily drive my car unless it is about to rain then i drive my 3rd gen.
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Once a month with some good 'ole Zymol.
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Wash every week, wax every month. 1 coat of NXT and one coat of carnauba wax.
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I wax mine twice a month. Usually every other week. It's my DD so it sees a lot of road/environmental contaminants. Plus, I like seen that wet look. It's a '98, and people are still amazed it has the original paint.





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Most of the time I wax it twice a month, car only gets about 50-75miles a month.
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Once a month-ish. It stays in the garage so it's never that dirty.
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Every three weeks with Zymol Carbon, more if I'm getting ready for a show.
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Wow, I do mine every six months. The car is semi-garaged and not my DD. Paint seems fine to me.
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Once every 6 months if you use Zaino.
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Originally Posted by Adam86
Wash every week, wax every month. 1 coat of NXT and one coat of carnauba wax.
I use NXT too but why do you put another carnuba over it? I don't drive mine a whole lot but I don't see the need.
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i have rock chips on my hood and bumper (so i try not to get all OCD on it), but i like to break out the tech wax every few months...

does turtle wax express shine count? if so, i wax every 1-2 weeks.
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once every couple weeks when i am home. when i am deployed like now....never. I hate it because even covered, It gets all fucked up. sun damage is gay too. FML
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