this is one of my favorite waxes. like charles said apply a thin coat to a section (1/2 the hood) buff off. i like to apply a thin coat, spritz some cold , out of the fridge, qd, in my case i use pb's s&g, apply another thin coat on top of that then buff off. this adds a little more slickness and assures better coverage. if you preffer not to do that then just apply, buff and apply a second coat and buuff again. hope this helps.