Car Paint Sealant And Car Wax - What's The Difference?

Car Paint Sealant And Car Wax - What's The Difference?

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After having spent a few hours on a Sunday Afternoon washing and waxing his car, a car care enthusiast is likely to take a step back to appreciate the long lasting deep shine he has created.

If you are interested in maintaining that showroom look you need more than elbow grease. You will also need quality products, especially when it comes to getting a nice shine onto your car using wax or paint sealant. Both will give you a lasting shine and both need to be applied regularly, so what's the difference?

Ok, first off, wax and car paint sealant achieve the same desired effect. They are both paint protectors. They are designed to be applied after you have polished your car's paintwork. The tiny abrasions and scratches in your paintwork is reduced or removed with polish. As it is designed to restore your paintwork to its original colour and shine, polish is slightly abrasive which also means that it will remove any wax that was previously applied leaving your paintwork unprotected. This is where wax and paint sealant comes in. It is applied after the polish has done its work in order to protect it.

By saying that they both achieve the same thing, hopefully that also infers that you don't need both. Some people think that they need to apply paint sealant before they apply wax. This is not the case. You can do if you so choose but you don't really gain anything. So, you have a personal choice to make. Paint sealant or wax.

So, the original question was. What's the difference?

Essentially the difference is in the ingredients. If the list of ingredients shoes any reference to a natural wax such as Carnauba then it is a wax. If it is made from synthetic ingredients and contains no naturally occurring wax then it is a paint sealant.

However, there is another problem. There are no laws to stop a car sealant manufacturer calling their product a wax. The reason they do this is that that majority of people who will buy their product know they want to wax their car. When they go shopping they will therefore buy a product that has the word wax in its name. The majority of people won't care whether it is synthetic or not as long as it does the job they want it to do.

So, in the end, you have a personal choice to make. Look for a wax if you want to only work with a natural wax product. If you prefer to work with synthetics then look for a paint sealant. Don't go by the product name though. You need to look at the ingredients, just to be sure.

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There are lots of different car care products available. Some perform better than others and some are more expensive than others. At the Car Care Shop you will find a great range of waxes and car sealant products to suit all tastes and pockets.



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