Wow, I have read through all of these comments and to be honest am almost scared to inject my opinion. I don't have scientific evidence, but have held some of the same beliefs that Chris mentioned. First off, wiping anything across your paint without doing a good rinse first, scratches your paint. I don't need research for that one, just common sense. Second, I have not applied wax to any of my vehicles for many years, ever since they started clear coating everything. Why waste money and time trying to get a shine from something that has the shine sprayed on it, again IMHO common sense. And every vehicle I owned was shinning like new when I was done with it. My biggest issue was stopping people (without common sense) from leaning against my truck, or sitting on my car hood, or wiping their hand across the paint when it's a little dirty. I know I'll be persecuted for these comments but I couldn't just leave him hanging by his self since I agree with most of what he said. In fact it was refreshing to get his perspective on the matter since I know there aren't many people I see doing it the way I do. Myself I don't like spending bunches of $ on all those products that all claim to be better than the rest. If you'll look back through this thread, you will see that his is not the only opinion that is different. But I guess because he said that he is an authority on the matter puts him in the cross hairs LOL. Myself I appreciate someone that is an authority sharing what he has learned to help me. Now when I get done with this I'm going to sign out and stay off till the dust clears, because I'm not in the mood to get beat up today, HAHA And if nothing else I'm sure I made some grammar mistakes or misspellings that will be pointed out. Please everyone have a great day and God Bless all of you.