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I'm zainoing my car and i only have a bottle left.. the others have old z residue. I was thinking of just adding a drop of dawn and some hot water.. shaking it all up then pouring it out... rinse a bunch of times, then let air dry. Anyone have a better method? I'm affraid if i don't get all...

Today i tried a new (to me) detailing product, the toothbrush. To my suprise i found an old one in my bathroom, it was an Oral-B. (sorry for the pic quality) I wasn't sure what to do since it was my first time, so i grabed a white cotton towel, and a bucket. I filled the bucket about 1/3...

I know a lot of people really love these.. but can't seem to find them. I have what is a somewhat constant suply of them (though it might take a little while). And if there is interest, i might be able to get some pads for those who aren't too fortunate. I get them at a very low price, and...

So i took my car in a few days ago, did the dawn, SMR, PPCL and zaino, looks good, but... i've knoticed waterish looking spots just below my windows. The last time i detailed the civic i didn't see them.. pretty sure they weren't there. At that point i did a few coats of souveren, that was...

Tonight is the night i get to finally try out my zaino (i'll post a review on the Z5 i just applied tomorrow). I got some z12 because i had some water spots that my einamans (sp) glass cleaner just wouldn't touch.. not even with all my rubbing. So i put some z12 on my yellow pad (only one i...

Hi, a friend of a friend is buying a dodge viper today, not sure what color but i do know it's relativly new (200ish miles on one he was looking at) Today he informs me that he wants me to detail it for him. I am probably going to go the zaino route (hopeing to first try on my car before the...

anyone done any real tests or anything on this? It seems no matter what you use rubbing any type of fabric over your finish will cause marring. If you push harder and buff off all the residue from z or bf or klasse or wax or what ever, you probably put deeper marring, but if you do more passes...

I have read all over that you shouldn't use BF or Z (with zfx) more than 3 times in one day. I know there is a 1 per day rule with klasse.. but that's because you need to give it time to cure. It seems that even taking the time to let the Z/BF dry and cure a little you could easily do 5 coats...

I've spent about the last 2 hours searching the archives for info on towells (just got my zaino in today.. need some good stuff to use with it). I went to a local Bed Bath and Beyond today and found RVs for about 5 bucks each... no luck with the Charismas though. I also saw the label...

I found a lot of threads on weither MF or 100% cotton (as Sal recomends) was better to remove zaino. Was there ever any conclusion? What are people using now? also for 100% cotton fieldcrest towells, which are best? Or is that like a klasse/zaino debate.. i know the RV are popular, so are...

Some of you might know, a few days ago i had a very very dirty car... And some nasty nasty swirls to get rid of... I got my stuff from CMA and had at it

I know Zaino is like a cult... the people who try it love it. I've seen beatuiful pictures on this board (Redcarguy's camaro comes to mind especially) and i'm very very tempted to give it a shot on my black civic. one quick question before i order though. My car is a 2000, i'm sure it had a...

I first did this when i was trying to wash this I wanted to get the dirt off without grinding it into the paint. So rather than using two buckets I used one and a hose.. just filled the bucket with dawn and water, broke out my MF wash mitt. And scrubed the car... when the pad got filled...

I already did my car with FI-II and the yellow pad, then 2x with the smr and white pad, and 2x bf polish with the white pad in the past week. I came to realize i did something wrong with the BF and tomorrow i'm going to strip it to hopefully get rid of the maring. Is it safe to polish and SMR...

I have a black car, that was in pretty bad shape, so a few days ago i started the full treatment. I dawned it and clayed it untill it was squeaky clean. Then i pulled it into the garage and did a FI-II with the yellow pad, then 2x SMR with the white. I had some deep scratches, but all my...

I just put my first coat of BF polish on my black civic. Before that i did FI-II with the yellow pad, and 2x SMR with the white pad. I would think that would be fairly safe for my car... but i knoticed out of the bottle the bf polish is white... after i got a little bit around my car it...

I have a black car, and on the front 1/3 or so of my hood i have a lot of tiny scratches. The best way to describe them is they look like those little white fibers that some cotton towels leave behind. Infact i first knoticed them after i removed wax using one of those towels. I thought it...

Hi, i'm expiramenting with my PC today on my black car. I have the CMA pad kit. I went over the hood which had some bad swirls (and now what appear to be a lot of small rock chips) with the FI-II and the yellow cutting pad. It did a pretty good job cleaning them up... but there are still a lot...

Sorry for the newbieish question... but this is my 2nd big step in doing the detail thing (first was finding this board). I'm about to place a large order (up to about $500) which is a lot for me. It's for my car and to give me a basis to start building a small client base of cars i can detail...

I know a few people tried this... i'm remembering a super sweet green 'vette that Likecars(i believe) tried it on. anyone have some updates, does the klasse protection seal in the BF shine wash after wash? Is this the solution to make BF last past a wash or two? Or does applying the SG on top...