Since I'm prepping the truck for pictures I figured I'd wax it as well but after buffing out the scratches, and I found my wax in the buffer box that I could not find the other day, I noticed and remembered that this stuff leaves white residue on the black trim. I don't want this residue in the pictures and figured if anyone would know if there was a wax that did not do this you guys here would have found it by now, unless it is a new product.
What waxes that you know of do not leave the white residue on black trim?
Obviously I can wait till after the pics to wax it but I still wont want the residue then either.
My college years job was detailer for a well known old timer who did show cars for pebble beach, porsche parade, petersen museum etc...I got to shine up some very expensive paint. I could go into a whole lecture on detailing, but in regards to your specific request, best answer is avoid the trim. Our boss would rip us a new one if we waxed the trim, or cracks.
We used to first apply paste wax but steering way clear of cracks and trim, then go back with liquid wax used sparingly for the edges, nooks and crannies.
Sometimes a little tire shine or formula 2001 will black it out again. Dont use armor all.
Also the wax part of detailing is more so to protect the paint. Things like clay bars and rubbing compounds clean and flatten the paint (and sometimes fix scratches). But its the polishes and glazes that really make the paint look wet and shiny. I called what we did the 7 layer burrito process lol....I narrowed it down though for my own use.... Usually do clay bar, polish, glaze, paste wax, liquid wax.
Wooden bbq skewer sticks help getting in tight spots without scratching.
Never use terrycloth. Microfiber or polishing cloth only (we called em diaper rags lol).
Lastly if you are trying to avoid swirl marks, avoid using a circular pattern. We were forced to learn rubbing in a straight pattern, criss- crossing direction. Swirl marks were the devil around there.
Oh and btw we did everything by hand (and a lot of rags). Be very careful if you are using a buffer, and make sure it is not a cheapo or else swirl marks or worse could happen.