Does a fresh waxing provide any help in protecting my paint from dust storms or road dirt?
Hardly a bit! Wax is just too soft to provide even the slightest amount of protection from a mid-summer dust storm or a highly polluted area such as those found near heavy-industry or a dry dusty environment. Some areas, particularly in the southwest are particularly vulnerable to this kind of weathering abuse. All wax is extremely soft (though some are less soft than others), while Amazing Glaze’s extremely hard coating greatly reduces the amount of paint damage and degradation caused by hard pollutants in the air such as dust, dirt and sand. The few microns of Amazing Glaze that cover your paint, though crystal clear, imparts a surface so hard that the vast majority of all degradation caused by air-borne pollutants and particulates can be avoided.
