My Guide: Wash Polish Wax with Zaino

threepointo

does zaino make a similar product like meguiars?

You use the Z6 as a quick detailer between washes. I use the Z6 and the Z8 between washes...

NYBladeZ

The dish soap wash is key before using the clay bar and it'll really washing any and every spot off. Awesome write up I'll be referring to it many times over.

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matt2112

when my Z is finally delivered, i plan on washing it at a touchless car wash (instead of by hand using dish soap) before claying and waxing... is this a bad idea?

Forrest

Going to say its a bad choice for multiple reasons.

I assume a touchless car wash is some place where you drive and they squirt water and chemicals on your car at high tempature or high pressure, then your going to drive home and retrap all the debris on your car making the wash totaly worthless?

I suspect they want you to use dawn becuase its strong enough to strip any normal waxes off. Who knows what they would be using at this place.

So me peronaly i would follow the wash with dawn method.

miguez

Great guide, Forrest, thank you.

arcticreaver

i have like 3 towels, one is soaked in hot water, to use to clean off the bird poop and the other 2 is to wipe off the uqd and a final wipe

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arcticreaver

yeah which is why i use the california duster before anything else. personally i think it's impossible to keep a car perfect but at least i can do thing to help maintain it. with the duster i remove most of the dust. i've actually had a thread on the meguiars online forum about the ultimate quick detailer. the uqd states that it is safe to remove dust but exactly how much dust? no one really knows. so i was suggested that i use the duster to get rid of most of the visible dust before using the spray so that i minimize the chance of scratching the paint with dust and dirt.

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Forrest

i think the real key to how much dust you are removing is not UQD but how thick the towel you are using is. A really thick cotton towel can probably hold more debri than a thin micro fiber towel. I dont know what type of micro fiber towel you are using but i would rather use a thick one that is less likely to press dirt apon the car than a thin towel.

Sandra Dee

watch the video Junkman put out on this forum-it is about using California duster before using a quick detail product. He actually quick details a vette w/o dusting it first-you can see the paint gets damaged-before and after video shots with a ?halogen light. It convinced me...

sensi09

Nice writeup, though I'm not a big fan of zaino. You list the two buckets, but just to mention it, having a bucket of plain water to rinse and another bucket of car wash soap can help minimize swirling.

Forrest

Yeah you dont have to use zaino at all, i am almost positive you can use what ever product you want, it will use the same steps.

I forgot to add the two bucket system, but yes thats why i had two buckets and i like to toss my extra towels into another bucket too lately lol

LiquidZ

Regarding your personal experience, how effective has Zaino been when removing minor scratches and blemishes?

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Forrest

Honestly i coudlnt tell you. I allways had a white car. This is my first black car.

I ended up putting like 5 few layers of z2 on the car. I then wanted to try to use z5 aka swirl/scratch remover to see if i can hide the angel hair or angel lace, what ever you wanna call the super fine scratches that i can only see in direct sunlight.

Sal Zaino told me ZAIO (zaino all in one) will remove the layer so i could start from scratch. But honestly i dont think he realizes how strong zaino is becuase i dont think zaio removed the layers, i tryed removing it then applying z-5 and it didnt work.


Hopfully some one with more z-5 experience than my self can help you.

LiquidZ

Sorry, thread resurrection.

Does it have to be Liquid Dawn or could it be any unscented dish soap?

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Forrest

I suspect any unscented dish soap works becuase they are all strong.
But honestly i dont know.

At safeway it cost me 1.99 for a small bottle (original scent) i think thats fine the original scent becuase it doesnt add any thing.