Some of the products reported here, is polish...there is a difference. As this thread was started, I had a "smearing" problem with Mequires yellow liquid wax. It seemed to not dry properly, and left a greasy look.
My painter saw my car and said it needed buffed again . I got it today , and also picked up some "Mothers" cleaner-carnuba wax which worked real well. I tried it in a side by side comparison with the Mequires I had. I couldn't tell the difference except that Mothers was a lot less price. Both hazed up as they should , and toweled off easily.
What was my problem?? Beats me unless the compound buffing or the humidity was what made the difference. Yes, the products were well shaken-mixed.....................MO