Ok guys maybe I'm been dumb here but I couldn't help but notice this, I waxed the yeti yesterday using auto glymn HD wax.

This morning when I woke up there was a slight ground frost, and all the areas I had waxed had a slight frost on them and areas that I had missed completey were dry, firstly it made me realise what a bad job I did, but shouldn't it be the other way around?

That the areas I had waxed should be the dry areas ( ie the water has beaded off?)

If anyone has any info I'm all ears.

Thanks guys

Ok guys maybe I'm been dumb here but I couldn't help but notice this, I waxed the yeti yesterday using auto glymn HD wax.

This morning when I woke up there was a slight ground frost, and all the areas I had waxed had a slight frost on them and areas that I had missed completey were dry, firstly it made me realise what a bad job I did, but shouldn't it be the other way around?

That the areas I had waxed should be the dry areas ( ie the water has beaded off?)

If anyone has any info I'm all ears.

Thanks guys

Moisture on the waxed area, as you say, will bead. In this case it no doubt arrived there via condensation as temperatures fell towards zero and the ability of the air to hold moisture reduced. If the droplets are tiny, they won't run off. Beaded drops, being half-spherical, expose less surface area than the same amount of water lying flat in a continuous film. Hence they evaporate more slowly, so they are still there to freeze while the thin film of condensation on the unpolished paint can evaporate more easily (or sublimate if the temperature has gone below freezing).

Moisture on the waxed area, as you say, will bead. In this case it no doubt arrived there via condensation as temperatures fell towards zero and the ability of the air to hold moisture reduced. If the droplets are tiny, they won't run off. Beaded drops, being half-spherical, expose less surface area than the same amount of water lying flat in a continuous film. Hence they evaporate more slowly, so they are still there to freeze while the thin film of condensation on the unpolished paint can evaporate more easily (or sublimate if the temperature has gone below freezing).

Thanks that makes sense.