Too cold to wax?

[Nubster]

I want to get a coat of wax on my truck before the white stuff starts to fly. I'm wondering how cold is too cold to wax a vehicle? Or is it ok to wax in the cold as long as I can stand it? Tomorrow looks to be the warmest day out of the next 10 days...high of 45.

 

[kkreit01]

It depends on the wax/sealant. Do you have a garage? For spray-on waxes, you may be OK to do down to freezing. For wipe-on/wipe-off, the colder it is, the longer it will take to haze. 45 is probably the lower limit on some. It won't hurt to try.

 

[WhiteExpress]

I've never heard of a real specified absolute minimum, but I don't know that they'd perform the same at such low temperatures. It'd wait till it was as warm as possible.

 

[smykowski]

most waxes they want the surface temperature to be between 45-90*. Some will go as low as 40*, haven't seen any below that.

 

[AdamsPolishes]

Once you get below ~50* the material will become more difficult to spread and probably more importantly, more difficult to remove.

Since this thread is a few days old, did you get a change to try it out?

 

[Nubster]

No. The warm day we had it rained and it's been in the 30's since. Next week I think it's supposed to touch 50 degrees so I might try it then.

 

[Chewy]

This is where Adams Quick Sealant comes in handy dandy! Lasts an ungodly long time, and it can be applied on colder surfaces. Above freezing of course.

 

[Slidder]

Cold weather

most waxes they want the surface temperature to be between 45-90*. Some will go as low as 40*, haven't seen any below that.

For a long time I have been curious as to how cold it can get before one could apply a sealant and wax. So three weeks ago I bought a brand new Rubicon jeep.

No heat in my garage so I parked it there. I put very thin layers of the sealant and wax on. The outside temp was 38 degrees. Yes, I had to wait longer for it to haze over and it took just a little more pressure with a M/Fiber towel to wipe it off. However, it worked which amazed me. I kept both bottles of products inside my heavy coat so they wouldn't thicken up on me.

Would I do it again? Nope, not in my garage but for sure in my heated shop.

 

[wifflesniffle]

If it is below 50, you are wasting the product and your time.