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[Vesuvius996]

Advice appreciated - which is the best wax to buy so I can polish my new baby - Vesuvius metallic...?

I am wanting a really nice shine, and best protection to keep my showroom paintwork

Is it Zymol, or should I just buy Porsche stuff?

Ta.


>>> Edited by Vesuvius996 on Thursday 27th January 08:09

[mustard]

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=23&h=&t=119799

Bit of light reading for you!

[Butzi]

The shine depends on the amount of preparation before you put the wax on. If the paint surface is not cleaned and polished well, no matter how much you spend on the wax, the shine will never be as good as it should be.
Zymol is a fantastic wax, and the alternative is Swissol, similar stuff, but may be a bit easier to use. The result is simply amazing. The cost might seam a bit steep but they do last for ages and ages, so it works out no more expensive per application to any other decent wax.
Have a look at some detailing forums such as autopia and autoshineforum.invisionzone.com , plenty of interesting info there, some of it a bit anal but no harm reading it.

[tjdixon911]

I use Swissol, It is so easy to use and the car can be waxed in about 20 minutes if it needs to be done quickly! I have had a tub of Onyx for about a year and not even a quarter of the way through it yet!

[Shed17]

I don't think you will get a definative answer.

I personally like Zaino.

William

[cyberface]

...calling cuneus

Love that old waxing thread. I waxed mine once, I was driving my mate to church to get married... haven't bothered since...

Sorry, this post is devoid of useful content

[Butzi]

How can you look at the great ass of the 993 without smuthering it with the best wax using you bare hand massaging it in
Everytime I do it my neighbours close their curtains and call their kids in

[cyberface]

Butzi said:

How can you look at the great ass of the 993 without smuthering it with the best wax using you bare hand massaging it in Everytime I do it my neighbours close their curtains and call their kids in

Scary freak

Besides, waxing a car *properly* takes hours, especially with the products recommended above... I'd rather be out driving! (I get little enough time in the car as it is) Also, without a garage, the weather needs to be right as well. Ho hum.

[Butzi]

It took me 4 hrs the first time, having to wash, clay bar, polish then wax the buggar. But then after that, it now takes me 1/2 hr to "top up" the wax 'cos the wax just spreads so much easier, and washing it takes less than 10 mins. You should try it, you might just like it.

[cyberface]

aha.... polar silver...

I can see the benefit of really polishing up polar silver, it'd look superb. Mine's 'aventura' green which is more like dark grey with a tint of green. Just a thorough wash leaves the car looking good - it's very stealthy as it doesn't jump out looking shiny and flash, however a closer look reveals the green metallic sparkle.

To be honest I don't have a garage and have to park in a public car park. I don't want it shining like a showroom car with the local scrotes about...

And, most importantly, I'm an extremely lazy bastard

All this is OT of course As far as the original poster is concerned, I'm not sure what Vesuvius looks like and whether it's a polish-essential colour, I will do some net searching...

[paul holroyd]

You can use any good quality wax you want but it's all in the preparation, First off never wax in the sun for best results wax first thing in morning when cool (summertime)2nd clean the car well and rinse with cold water not warm. 3rd let the car dry by itself dont use a cloth, this takes time and will leave water marks but they come out bits of leather or cloth dont. 4th try and do one pannel at a time wax on wax off. 5th dont do too much or you will not be able to lift your pint.Most inportant remove any rings etc etc and use good cloth for polishing the cloth is has inportant has the wax

[mr zymol]

if you can bring your car to specialist cars of malton i will prove zymol is the best by carrying out a simple demo in front of your very eyes.
there will be many opinions on here which will be correct to there experiences with other waxes but if correctly used zymol is the only answer.
kind regards
instructor for zymol detailers
www.carnauba.co.uk

[cuneus]

mr zymol said:

if you can bring your car to specialist cars of malton i will prove zymol is the best by carrying out a simple demo in front of your very eyes. there will be many opinions on here which will be correct to there experiences with other waxes but if correctly used zymol is the only answer. kind regards instructor for zymol detailers www.carnauba.co.uk

Don't tell me it's the zymes

and no it is not the only answer

[mr zymol]

if you can bring your car to specialist cars of malton i will prove zymol is the best by carrying out a simple demo in front of your very eyes.
there will be many opinions on here which will be correct to there experiences with other waxes but if correctly used zymol is the only answer.
kind regards
instructor for zymol detailers
www.carnauba.co.uk

[craigturbo2]

I have always used Autoglym to very good affect,but i am thinking of a change.I have seen Zymol been used and when i purchased my car it had been treated.This probably aided me in a way to keep my cars paintwork
in the condition it is at present.Take a look see what you think.

[roygarth]

Zymol, Swissol and Victoria Wax are all high carnauba content waxes and IMHO are identical. I buy from www.victoriawax.com as they ship to UK free and it works out 30 to 40% less money than Zymol for similar sized tub. Results are incredible!

[johnfm]

Zaino

try advanced car products , the UK distributor.

[johnfm]

Zaino

try advanced car products , the UK distributor.

[shed17]

That is a very expensive outlet for Zaino, compared to the US price.

[roygarth]

shed17 said:

That is a very expensive outlet for Zaino, compared to the US price.

Probably because the US manufacturer is charging UK importer same price he charges US shops. Because US is so big companies there don't need to export so don't know how to. Look at their trade deficit! There's a lot of great product there but impossible to import - great to copy though!