[Dan in Pasadena]

My '55 isn't the done yet but I will follow what I have always done except it will never be washed with a garden hose and bucket like a modern car.

My Dad always said, "You wax a car to protect the paint from the Sun. Sure, it makes it look shiny and better but if you don't give the Sun something to eat it WILL eat your paint" Shiny is a side benefit.

Every time I wash my black '14 I wax a panel. I default to waxing the roof & hood most often since they're most directly exposed to the Sun. I clay bar it periodically because I live near a freeway and there's "crap" in the air that contaminates the paint. I do that after washing. I make a new bucket of clean soap then clay bar with it using the clean soap instead of using the little spray bottle of lube they give you.