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Best Car Wax On The Market? Consumer Reports Tested Them
Is there such a thing as the "Best Wax"?
So you just purchased a vehicle and want to keep the shine lasting for weeks and years to come? What products really work, and what products just don't perform like they should? Consumer reports in their July 2006 Magazine decided to test car wax for themselves and see which ones worked the best. 3 pages of their testing and results. The final page shows the outcome if you really want to just jump to it. I think it's worth the whole read personally. It explains why some don't work well on plastics etc. Happy Cleaning |
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Great article. Seems perhaps I should just use the wax while you dry stuff. No need to get some super protectant stuff.
If I use that method would that protect my paint just fine? If I did it say once every other week? |
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You have to remember that it's consumers reading this magazine. Not car enthusiats only, or people who know a lot about detailing cars. |
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Is a bottle of Zaino wax $6?
Even if it is the same price as other waxes it could be the fact that their testing products that can be commonly found at walmart, autozone, advance auto, etc etc. Not waxes you have to buy online. There's a lot of speciality waxes. But i think they were just testing a general, most commonly known, cheap and easy to use waxes. |
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Well I wish I could find the site that show's how much more the zaino costs per application that other waxes but I'm not going to spend all night trying to find it again. I'm not saying Zaino doesn't work great because it does, but when you consder that you have to mix the Z1 with the ZFX accelerator and what ever is left over is waste....I suggest you get good at mixing the exact amount you need. Plus it's anyoying that if you run out of ZFX you have to go and order more even though you have plenty of wax left. Plus it's way too time consuming....having detailed cars for over 17 years now I've become used to working fast and I don't have time to wait for the wax to dry. If you have all day to wax your car and don't mind all the BS that goes along with Zaino that by all means buy it...it does work great! But there are other waxes that require far less work, less $$$ and look just as good. I guarantee that I could wax half my hood with zaino and half with a wax of my choice and nobody will be able to tell the difference....because I've done it!
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