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NEVER use dishwashing liquid on your car!!!!!! always use car wash as the dishwashing detergent is acidic and also the bubbles stay in your door frames for ages and cause rust!

I thought the whole point of using dishwashing liquid is for the acid in it which removes old wax and grease/dirt..

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yeh clay + zaino is definitely the go for the longest lasting shiny finish.. ive been using it for about 2-3 years now and would never use anything else except the P21S

NEVER use dishwashing liquid on your car!!!!!! always use car wash as the dishwashing detergent is acidic and also the bubbles stay in your door frames for ages and cause rust!

the only time I ever use dishwashing liquid is the very 1st time I wash a new car - the alkali gets all the road grime, previous polish, sap etc etc off it and its very diluted.

Plus its getting clayyed and washed and rinsed about 3 times in that same day so there would be no bubbles.. I hear what ya saying though :spoton:

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1.) wash with dishwashing liquid

dude!!!!!!!!!!!

haha mate ive been doing it for 2-3 years with zero probs and if its good enough to be recommened by the Zaino guys its good enough for anyone

http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/mercha...ode=APPLICATION

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I just finished waxing my car...

It looks unbelievable... used Meguires Tech Wax, washed it before hand with Meguires Gold Class Car Wash...

It had been about 5 months since I last did it and I had forgotten just how good the car comes up after it's been waxed... it feels awesome too, just like satin...

Jack :blink:

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Meguires three step is what I use

I like to polish the car around ever 3months but this will vary if there has been a heap of wet weather.

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I just finished waxing my car...

It looks unbelievable... used Meguires Tech Wax, washed it before hand with Meguires Gold Class Car Wash...

It had been about 5 months since I last did it and I had forgotten just how good the car comes up after it's been waxed... it feels awesome too, just like satin...

Jack  :spit:

hey bud next time you give it a wax, try claybarring it first.. you will be surprised the amount of shiit that comes off :laughing:

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What is claybarring?  How do you do it?

Jack  :stirthepot:

hey mate,

well its not a clay bar as such, it just feels like a lump of sort of plasticiny stuff.. anyway, you rub your car down with it with some weak soapy water panel by panel, it kind of aquaplanes across the clear coat but removes anything above or stuck to the clearcoat if that makes sense..

you do a panel at a time, rinsing off the soapy water in between and afterwards if you run your finger across the paint it feels literally like ultra smooth glass, with no bumps or rough parts or anything at all..

when you polish after clayying, the paint has a mirror flat surface for the polish to bond to and gives an awesome reflection..

best thing is, dirt has nothing to stick to properly so next time you clean it, most of the dust etc comes off after the initial hoseoff/rinse!

I personally use Zaino polish with a wolfgang clay kit followed with a P21S carnauba, but they are usually much of a muchness and all polishes will look awesome with a clay beforehand

this is a pic is about 3-4 weeks after a clay and zaino if my memory serves me correctly, and after a quick wash to remove dust..

http://members.iinet.net.au/~armstronghome/zaino_side.JPG

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