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Old 08-12-2003, 02:48 PM   #20
blue-sun
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Originally posted by 2bar04


cool, thanks for the reply. do u wash then wax with the clay bar then polish or just wash then polish?
you do not "wax" with a clay bar. a clay bar is for removing deep, ground in dirt. basically, it cleans EVERYTHING off your car. You want to do this because Zaino is 99.9 % Optically perfect, which means IT WILL NOT HIDE ANY IMPERFECTIONS like a carnuba wax may.

As for the Z1/Z2/Z3 questions,you need either Z1 or ZFX, as Z2/Z3 needs something to bond to on your car. Just dawn/clay is not enough. Z2 is for cars with clear coat and Z3 is for single stage paint jobs (no clear coat). To find out it your car has clear coat, use a mild abrasive (rubbing compound, Meguiers #9, etc) on a not too visble part of the car (door jam, lower panel, trunk) and see if the color of your car runs off onto the cloth. if it does, then you have a single stage paint job and Z3 is needed. if no color shows up, then you have clear coat and get Z2. Most cars in the last 10 years have clear coat (minus lexus's in black-those are single stage-even new ones). if you have a WRX, then get Z2.

Hope this helps. . .

WRXemALL
david
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