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Old 08-24-2010, 08:11 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Junkman2008 View Post
It is NOT the wax that makes paint shine. POLISHING is what makes paint shine. I show this so many times when doing clinics in front of crowds. Wax protects the shine you get from polishing.
yes, polish alone does bring out the shine of the clearcoat, but the wax also has its own hue and character.

for instance polymers have a blue-ish hue and high reflectance in that spectrum.

for natural waxes they have a warmer red-ish hue and a different reflection.
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