Tripple - Cleaner Wax (All In One Car Polish)

As with many processes in detailing, it all depends on the situation. Tripple All-in-One Polish has been developed using advanced fine diminishing abrasives which are designed to be extremely easy to break down by hand. Unlike a traditional machine polish or a compound that requires a machine polisher to fully work through the abrasives until they're broken down all the way, Tripple allows this process to be completed by hand quickly and simply using a Microfibre Applicator, Polish Pad or Microfibre Spot Pad (and Handi Puck Applicator), and you'll always get great results. That said, for a quick and easy way to get a consistent, professional finish over a whole vehicle, using a DA machine, like our DPX or MPX Dual Action Polishers, takes away most of the elbow grease. Generally speaking, machine polishers don't get tired, won't be tempted to cut corners on the last panels and will apply the same mechanical action to every panel for the best constancy. They're also fast and you can tailor the pad you use depending on the severity of any light defects you're trying to remove. In most cases we'd recommend using a soft Revitalise No:3 Pad (or the equivalent Revitalise Spot Pad) with Tripple for the best refinement and finish during enhancement details, but you can utilise slightly more aggressive combo, by using a medium Revitalise No:2 Pad, for maximum polishing performance on slightly heavier defects. It is worth noting however, that there are also many situations where Tripple can enhance your detail on painted areas that can only be accessed by hand with an applicator or microfibre Work Cloth. Or on other areas where a machine polisher simply won't be effective because they're not flat, too small, or have other parts blocking the action of the machine. You should never be without a bottle of Tripple in your kit for tackling awkward areas like engine bays, inner door, shuts, under door handles and a multitude of other parts of the vehicle. To give you a few ideas, see our article: Push Your Detail To The Next Level With Tripple.

Tripple is and All-in-One designed to clean, polish and protect in a single application, it contains T1 grade carnauba to leave a wax protection layer with a durability of around a month. So, with this in mind you don't have to apply a wax over the top because you already have a great protection layer on exterior surfaces, although there's a few reasons why we'd always recommend doing so. The first is adding durability, the hard waxes in our Signature Collection offer more durability, up to 8-months in some cases and, as the wax in Tripple makes such a great base layer for these to bond to, using a separate hard wax means that you don?t have to reapply protection quite so often. Simply follow a safe maintenance routine using wash stage products that won't degrade protection layers (such as Citrus Power Bug & Grime Remover, Avalanche Snow Foam and Lather Car Shampoo) to keep these layers in tip top condition over a for longer period. The second reason is that you can layer hard waxes (leaving around 3 hours between coats) to increase the barrier layer, making it more resilient to abrasion and the elements; the only thing better than having great paint protection is having more protection, right? Last, but by no means least, is adding even more gloss. Waxes work by levelling the optical finish of your paint, basically this means they smooth out the top layer filling in the microscopic ruts and recesses and leaving behind a level surface. This is important because the wax layer allows light to pass through to the paint and bounce back to your eye unobstructed and uniformly, making the paintwork appear deeper and glossier. An extra coat or two of hard wax over the top of your Tripple layer compounds the effect and, although you're physically thickening the layer very slightly, the visual effect is that it looks proportionally deeper. So, the answer is that you don't have to use a wax over Tripple, but you'll get even more out of your detail if you do.

No. Tripple has been developed as an all-in-one polish and intended to clean, enhance and protect paintwork in a single application. For this reason, it not only contains advanced abrasives, but the formula is also made up of a certain proportion of glazing oils and carnauba wax. Silica-based (SiO2) ceramic coatings, like those that you'll find in our Caramics Paintwork Protection Kit, and other products such as Aqua Coat Hydrophobic Rinse Aid, Ceramic Spray Wax and Lavish Ceramic Foam are used to add hardy protection via a glass-like barrier to the elements. To do this effectively they must be allowed to chemically bond to top of the paintwork/lacquer layer to essentially become part of that layer, making them particularly difficult to remove and giving the maximum possible durability in terms of protection. A wax however physically bonds, which means that it clings to the top surface as a separate, smooth layer, and this wax layer will block the chemical bonding of any ceramic layer applied over the top. You can however add a wax layer over the top of a fully cured ceramic coating because it will already be a part of the paintwork, and this is useful if you prefer the trademark warm glow offered by a hard wax. So, to remove swirl marks and other paint defects before application of any ceramic coating, we recommend polishing compounds that do not contain waxes or glazes, that will give a true paint finish. Our Revitalise System V2 Compounds, and One Step All-in-One Compound are suitable for this task. For more on all polishes, how they work and which are best for use with different types of protection, see our full article ? A Guide to Car Polish.