Identify Wax Bleed with Visuals & Water Test

the paint, causing the paint to darken. Now the issue with this is these wax hydrocarbons are basically like a candle. If you try to paint a candle, the paint is not going to stick because it's wax, it's a waxy surface. These dark areas are basically a candle. A waxy surface caused by these wax hydrocarbons coming to the surface. And one of the tail tile signs, when I see a house like this, immediately I'm thinking wax bleed, but that's not always the condition or what it actually is. There's other things that could be. But when you start power washing it, this is when you'll see the next tail tile sign of wax hydrocarbons or the condition wax bleed. When you start power washing it, those dark areas of the house will actually beat up like an automobile, like a freshly waxed or painted automobile. The water will just beat on it and just run right off. If the water is beating on it like that, a water based paint is basically going to do the same thing, not to that extent, but it's not going to want to bite and bond to that surface. It will actually coat it all. It's not going to fish out or anything, but what will happen is down the road. If you put masking tape on it and peel the masking tape off, it will take the paint right off. You could literally get your finger underneath it, start pulling the paint off in sheets where it won't stick to those surface areas that have wax hydrocarbons on them. You have to treat it properly. But as a professional