z :: wax frustrations

About 1/5 of my car has really good, deep, glossy paint on it, perhaps a repaint from a light accident. The other 4/5's is covered with slightly faded, but still workable orange paint...paint that would benefit greatly from a good wax job.

The wax that I have been using from when I first bought my WRX is S100 wax purchased at $15 a jar from the local Harley dealership. It is a thick paste wax that you "scrape" from the jar with a foam pad and seems to work better than any of the other waxes I've tried, which seem to be watery and thin. When used on the WRX, it is easy to achieve a wet, deep finish, even with my n00b detailing skills.

The problem is, this jar of wax seems to have "dried out" a bit over the years (probably from neglect), and when I tried to apply it to the Datsun's right fender, it increased the gloss but hardened to quickly and stubbornly that you can still see the circular application. Solution? New tub of wax.

I will report on how well it cleans up the car's finish.

I also vacuumed the car out and tidied up the interior, so it's feeling a lot cleaner as well.