A car wax is in simplest words a wax kind of a greasy substance which adds smoothness and lustre to the surface of a car. Car wax may be further categorized into various types depending upon the chemicals that have been used in them and are usually used after a car is cleaned of all its dirt etc. A car wax chemical may or may not be applied to the plastic, metallic and leather surfaces depending upon the make of the car wax and it is always better to confirm the applicability of car wax to specific surfaces before its use. It is not that only small or cheaper old cars use car wax and once can easily see the most expensive ones and the in vogue cars like Jaguar, Mercedes and other celebrated models being waxed soon after they are rolled out of showrooms. It is basically because of the fact that car wax is so safe that people entrust them with such expensive and well maintained cars.
A surface in cars has to be freed from unwanted oxidation of metals, swirls, scratches, water deposits and other similar imperfections and hence a car wax is desired to be applied. Where a clay bar when used on a vehicle, removes only contamination, polishes remove surface imperfections. Some vehicle owners love to polish their vehicles with car wax and enjoy freeing the surface from imperfections and giving a vehicle a new shiny look.
Car wax and polish were considered to be different earlier. Polish is used for cleaning purposes basically and on the other hand car wax takes care of the oxidation of the vehile metallic parts. However, this difference is vanishing with the arrival of new hybrid products that help achieving both the aims with just one chemical applied to a vehicle.
Waxing increases the gloss and depth apart from the shine of a painted surface and ultimately this results in providing more protection. Wax comes in many forms such as cream, paste, and liquid. The basic properties of car wax can be attributed to a chemical compound called carnuba which has high amount of fatty acids in itself which gives the lustrous screen to the surface. It is this fatty acid in the chemical carnuba that creates a shield between the paint over the metallic surface and the material that tends to form over it modicum layer hence the surface is protected along with a beautiful luster. Artificial waxes mix low amounts of cleaners with high amounts of UV inhibitors to create protective layer that inhibits the hazardous action of sunlight over the vehicle surface. While a warm and wet look is achieved by carnuba, the man made artificial wax gives a high gloss look to a vehicle which makes it an eye catcher and head turner.
New researches are being made everyday by dedicated scientist in labs all over the world to develop new and better chemicals for it. The main aim is to give car lovers a product that gives their car a new look with optimum protection from external threat and soon such products will dominate the market