If I consistently use a touchless car wash is it safe to wax my car afterwards?

I don't always have time to hand wash my car and I don't want to waste water.If I consistently use a touchless car wash is it safe to wax my car afterwards?
What you need to be careful of is the stuff that doesn't come off by a touchless wash. Tar, bonded contaminants and sap might come off onto your wax applicator pad and get rubbed into the paint causing swirls. The proper thing to do is to clay before waxing for this reason.If I consistently use a touchless car wash is it safe to wax my car afterwards?
It really depends - if you want to just put a protectant layer on and be done with it, yes, its fine.





If you want to ensure that your paint's surface is properly conditioned AND protected, and you want your paint to last, you should really go a few extra yards between the car wash and the wax.





You should thoroughly go over the car and use a proper car-wash liquid and soft cotton towel/cloth to get all of the surface contaminants off. Then, you should use a pre-wax to get the embedded stuff off and remove the prior surface treatments. Then, you should wax.





If you do this at least once, the next couple of times you'll be good with just a regular wash-and-wax in between the car-spa treatment.
Probably. Here's the best way to make sure you're ok to wax-once you are home and it's dry, check the car for left on dirt. You can buy a detailing spray like Meguiar's Quik detailer to remove any dirt, a California car duster for dust (from driving home, like light road dust) and maybe some bug and tar remover for harder to remove things like tar. There's a five step process for a really great shine/finish here http://www.squidoo.com/showcardetailing that will help with all the prep before waxing. You'd be surprised how much dirt you ccan get on your car when you drive, even on what appears to be a clean dry road, so be sure to at least use the car duster then the detailer to clean it up before you wax, even if you don't want to follow the whole process.
its okay to wax your car afterward but It will leave micro scratches in your paint. wash it by hand first with a good soap and micro fiber towel and lots of water. that will get most of the bits of dirt off that the touch less car wash misses. then wax it after you hand wash it.
you can pretty much wax your car anytime you want cleaner the better so after washing it best time to do it and a good wax wil last months buy a dust mop to dust it it between times you wax or wash
As long as it's well-rinsed, there shouldn't be a problem. Just make sure it's well-rinsed.
i dont see why not