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kingsol · 10-27-2004, 06:54 PM

i have a two week old paint job and with the current weather conditions and a couple of hard runs, my car needs a wash. I bought a few zaino products (along with some stupid expensive towels), including the wax and claybar, and i'm not sure how long i should wait to start washing, waxing, and/or claybaring the car. I've heard anything from waiting 3 months to waiting 3 days... you guys have any input?
all this body work stuff kinda makes me miss having a dented up multi-colored 240

-E- · 10-27-2004, 07:41 PM

was the car baked or air dried?

MakotoS13 · 10-27-2004, 07:41 PM

it all depends on where you got your car painted. if they had a baking booth you're prolly golden but waxing it would be stupid right now. at least wait a month before you put swirls in your nice new paint job.

washing is fine just not hard scrubbing... and if you use a brush i'll hunt you down and introduce it to your lower intestine.

kingsol · 10-27-2004, 07:54 PM

yeah, the car was baked. I wanted to wax it and all that jazz, thinking i needed to protect it from the rainy weather we've been having in the bay, but i think i might wait a little longer before waxing/claybaring it; the question is how long? and for those that have used zaino products... any tips?

makatos13: as far as scratching it with a harsh brush or chamois, i'm hoping i won't need to worry about it because of the super good quality, but expensive towels i bought at www.waynestowels.com

FRpilot · 10-27-2004, 08:14 PM

any pictures of your freshly painted car?

MakotoS13 · 10-27-2004, 08:18 PM

IF YOU WAX YOUR CAR YOU WILL PUT SWIRLS IN THE PAINT.

the best way to detail a freshly painted car is to not do anything until it needs it. it won't NEED it for like 3 months so don't mess up a perfectly good paint job with your overzealous bullcrap.

kingsol · 10-27-2004, 08:25 PM

i haven't gotten around to getting any pics yet, but that's mainly due to me not having a camera and not knowing anyone with a digital camera... but i guess i'll wait to wax and just give it a light wash for now. i'm still wanting to hear from a few zaino users though, guess i'll alter the title a bit.

10-27-2004, 06:54 PM	#1
kingsol Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Berkeley/San Francisco Posts: 1,435 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	zaino. detailing new paint i have a two week old paint job and with the current weather conditions and a couple of hard runs, my car needs a wash. I bought a few zaino products (along with some stupid expensive towels), including the wax and claybar, and i'm not sure how long i should wait to start washing, waxing, and/or claybaring the car. I've heard anything from waiting 3 months to waiting 3 days... you guys have any input? all this body work stuff kinda makes me miss having a dented up multi-colored 240 __________________ There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. -Emerson Last edited by kingsol; 10-27-2004 at 08:24 PM..

10-27-2004, 07:54 PM	#4
kingsol Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Berkeley/San Francisco Posts: 1,435 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yeah, the car was baked. I wanted to wax it and all that jazz, thinking i needed to protect it from the rainy weather we've been having in the bay, but i think i might wait a little longer before waxing/claybaring it; the question is how long? and for those that have used zaino products... any tips? makatos13: as far as scratching it with a harsh brush or chamois, i'm hoping i won't need to worry about it because of the super good quality, but expensive towels i bought at www.waynestowels.com __________________ There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. -Emerson

10-27-2004, 08:25 PM	#7
kingsol Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Berkeley/San Francisco Posts: 1,435 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i haven't gotten around to getting any pics yet, but that's mainly due to me not having a camera and not knowing anyone with a digital camera... but i guess i'll wait to wax and just give it a light wash for now. i'm still wanting to hear from a few zaino users though, guess i'll alter the title a bit. __________________ There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. -Emerson

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10-27-2004, 07:41 PM	#2
-E- Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Florida, Americas Wang! Age: 43 Posts: 2,912 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	was the car baked or air dried?

10-27-2004, 07:41 PM	#3
MakotoS13 BANNED Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Texas Age: 42 Posts: 4,205 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	it all depends on where you got your car painted. if they had a baking booth you're prolly golden but waxing it would be stupid right now. at least wait a month before you put swirls in your nice new paint job. washing is fine just not hard scrubbing... and if you use a brush i'll hunt you down and introduce it to your lower intestine.

10-27-2004, 08:18 PM	#6
MakotoS13 BANNED Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Texas Age: 42 Posts: 4,205 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	IF YOU WAX YOUR CAR YOU WILL PUT SWIRLS IN THE PAINT. the best way to detail a freshly painted car is to not do anything until it needs it. it won't NEED it for like 3 months so don't mess up a perfectly good paint job with your overzealous bullcrap.