formula 1 carnauba wax

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I found this at kragen auto parts today. $4.99
all the other wax they had contained cleaners(petroleum distillates)any 1 know anything about this wax? I'm gonna give it a try and i will post the results
 

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I found this at kragen auto parts today. $4.99
all the other wax they had contained cleaners(petroleum distillates)any 1 know anything about this wax? I'm gonna give it a try and i will post the results

i think that will probably make your car nice and shiny. you smear it on the paint then you wipe it off.

haha JUST KIDDING.....i work as a car detailer and i never heard of it
 
i found a new wax today. it says its a 100 percent pure carnuba car wax and it is made from banana oil. its called miami shine and is designed to be used in hot temperatures or in direct sunlight for miami weather. ill have to see how it works on playfields. its $35 for a gallon
 
i found a new wax today. it says its a 100 percent pure carnuba car wax and it is made from banana oil. its called miami shine and is designed to be used in hot temperatures or in direct sunlight for miami weather. ill have to see how it works on playfields. its $35 for a gallon

#1: Pure carnauba (spelling, people!) wax is useless for applying to pf's, cars, etc. It is too hard and brittle--pure carnauba is *not* a paste!

#2) Miami Shine can't be "100 percent pure carn[a]uba" wax if it has banana oil, right? ;) Carnauba wax comes from the carnauba palm, which is not a banana tree.

All car waxes have some soft waxes and/or petroleum distillates/byproducts, etc. included so they are soft and can be spread on a surface.
 
#1: Pure carnauba (spelling, people!) wax is useless for applying to pf's, cars, etc. It is too hard and brittle--pure carnauba is *not* a paste!

#2) Miami Shine can't be "100 percent pure carn[a]uba" wax if it has banana oil, right? ;) Carnauba wax comes from the carnauba palm, which is not a banana tree.

All car waxes have some soft waxes and/or petroleum distillates/byproducts, etc. included so they are soft and can be spread on a surface.

75% of the time, you are wrong ALL the time.....
 
the formula 1 wax says on the label carnauba wax,no mention of cleaner. all the other wax i looked at at kragen and walmart had cleaner in the title and had petroleum distillates in them.including the mothers and mcguire's labels. i figured i would give the new wax a go and i will report on it. i started cleaning the jet spin pf last weekend. hopefully i will be able to get to waxing this weekend.
 
http://www.s100.com/s100_cw.htm its not 100% carnauba wax, but a blend of carnauba and bees wax. the thing i love most about it is the fact that it doesnt turn black stuff white like most other paste waxes will. its very very easy to apply and buff to a shine. its sold online at many places, as well all harley davidson dealerships stock it in their parts section. i love the stuff, but everyone has their own opinion.
 
there is a brand called "transmate" and they make a WONDERFUL non carnuba CLEANER WAX that i use on all my cabinets. it works best on newer pinball cabinets or arcade game cabinets. it is a cleaner wax but it is NON (ZERO) abrasives in it. i work as a car detailer and we use it on cars also. our company buys all other car cleaning products from one company but this one cleaner wax they buy off transmate because it works.....well, on cars for sure
you can rub all day long on a spot on a black car and it wont scratch. it works great with pinballs (non playfield use) and its cheap. $18.00 ish for 1 gallon and the guy will always give you multiple samples of other products with bottles!

ive always used mill wax on playfields......but recently many people in person and i see online here are sayin to use carnuba for playfields. im gonna have to try it
 
the formula 1 wax says on the label carnauba wax,no mention of cleaner. all the other wax i looked at at kragen and walmart had cleaner in the title and had petroleum distillates in them.including the mothers and mcguire's labels. i figured i would give the new wax a go and i will report on it. i started cleaning the jet spin pf last weekend. hopefully i will be able to get to waxing this weekend.

Formula 1 carnauba paste wax has "advanced micropolishers" according to the F1 website, so it is at least mildly abrasive. It may work well for pf waxing, but it most likely has petroleum distillates or (worse yet for some pf's, but probably good for cars) silicones. Pure carnauba wax is hard as a brick and not spreadable at all. Carnauba-based car waxes typically blend in other waxes, petroleum distillates and/or silicones. They have to add *something* to form a spreadable composition.
 
Pure carnauba wax is hard as a brick and not spreadable at all. Carnauba-based car waxes typically blend in other waxes, petroleum distillates and/or silicones. They have to add *something* to form a spreadable composition.

i've been reading up on this, getting ready to wax my first p/f (TAF).

it appears that it is no longer true that you must blend in something else to make it spreadable - companies are now blending the carnauba itself in a way that retains the spreadability. P21S is a good example (they have two versions, one has beeswax, the other is pure 100% carnauba - check amazon.com, you'll pay $34 for the beeswax version, around $55 for the pure). see, e.g., http://www.autogeek.net/p21s-100--carnauba-wax.html

i'm wondering if there is an advantage ($20 worth of advantage, in fact! :)), to going with the pure carnauba version vs. the beeswax blended version?
 
I'm using the Mother's Step 3 California Gold, and it IS PURE Carnauba wax. Gotta rub the shit out of it with a cloth in the tin to get it to warm up from the heat of your fingers so it will spread, otherwise it's just a solid brick in the tin.
 
just finished waxing my lw3 with formula1. it looks good. applied 3 coats and replaced the balls. going to clean the glass,finish putting it back together and play a game or 2.
 
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it appears that it is no longer true that you must blend in something else to make it spreadable - companies are now blending the carnauba itself in a way that retains the spreadability. P21S is a good example (they have two versions, one has beeswax, the other is pure 100% carnauba - check amazon.com, you'll pay $34 for the beeswax version, around $55 for the pure). see, e.g., http://www.autogeek.net/p21s-100--carnauba-wax.html

deeper investigation is always useful.

stevenp61 is right.

when products (including P21S) say "100% carnauba wax", they mean just that - the *wax* is 100% carnauba. but the wax content is only something like 40% (typically, for the better ones) of the total - the rest is oils and solvents/dissolving agents.

i'm still going back-and-forth on whether the 100% is $20 better than the carnauba/beeswax combo. apparently the advantage is that it will be harder - meaning it should last longer on the p/f.

actually, a concrete question: how much actual wax do you use in a single p/f waxing? i mean, if i buy an 8 oz. tub of wax, how many p/f waxings will that cover, roughly?
 
just played a few games post wax with the formula 1.
WOW! what a difference. it looks good and the game play is night and day from before.
 
deeper investigation is always useful.

stevenp61 is right.

when products (including P21S) say "100% carnauba wax", they mean just that - the *wax* is 100% carnauba. but the wax content is only something like 40% (typically, for the better ones) of the total - the rest is oils and solvents/dissolving agents.

This is correct.

i'm still going back-and-forth on whether the 100% is $20 better than the carnauba/beeswax combo. apparently the advantage is that it will be harder - meaning it should last longer on the p/f.

I doubt that you would see a noticeable difference.

The funny thing is that pure carnauba's usually don't last very long, especially compared to the synthetic sealants. But I guess we can't use sealants on pf's because they have too many of the petroleum distillates.

actually, a concrete question: how much actual wax do you use in a single p/f waxing? i mean, if i buy an 8 oz. tub of wax, how many p/f waxings will that cover, roughly?

A shitload.

Seriously.
 
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