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Originally Posted by rlem00
I've been reading around and looking at getting some better wax/polish for use. I've read about both Adam's and Zaino's products. I have read that the Zaino's products are more durable than Adam's but Adam's provides a better solution to remove swirls and other paint defects.
I'll be honest that I am skeptical that either of these waxes will protect the paint better than the Meguiars I currently use. I'm going to go out on a limb and try one of the two and looking for some input.
I currently work in a very dusty environment and wash my car weekly to keep it clean. There are some micro scratches and swirls which need to be removed. I also have the vinyl stripes on the hood and decklid. I would like a product that will hold up to the environment and the weekly washings. I am looking at either the Zaino's Ultimate Protection Show Car Kit or the Adams Premium Hand Polish & Car Wax kit. If anyone has better suggestions please throw them out there.
Are the polishes contained in these kit's true polishes in that they remove the clear coat and the imperfections or do they fill them. I've always been hesitant on using true polishes on a regular basis because you only have so much clear coat to polish off before you are down to base coat.
thanks in advance
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Well first off, your thinking when it comes to fixing paint is flawed. You say that you have refrained from using a "real polish" because it removes some of the clear coat and you only have so much clear coat to remove. That is only true to a degree. The question I have for you is, "Why would you constantly be removing clear coat when the smart thing to do is to learn how to touch your paint?"
If you constantly damage your paint, then you will have to constantly repair your paint.
However, if you fix your paint ONCE and then properly maintain it from that point forward, you won't have to constantly spend time fixing it over and over.
Paint doesn't get damaged by driving the car down the road. The only time your paint takes a chance at getting damaged is when something touches it. If you presently have damage in your paint, then you're "doing it wrong." What you need to do is study the practices of obtaining and maintaining perfect paint. I have a boatload of videos that address these subjects in detail. The only thing that it will cost you to learn these practices is time. So before you fix your paint, you need to identify the things that you are doing wrong, which is creating the damage in the first place.
As for the two kits that you are looking at. That Zaino kit contains nothing to remove scratches from your paint. Zaino does have a product that will but it is not contained in that kit. That kit has products that will attempt to conceal your scratches by filling them in.
The Adam's kit does contain products that will remove the scratches from your paint, however, if your paint isn't close to showroom perfect right now then you are wasting your time. Any hand kit out there is going to be worthless if your paint is jacked up or has light to medium damage. You need a polisher such as the PC-7424XP and the correct polishes in order to correct that kind of paint damage. There is absolutely no way that you can duplicate the results that you will achieve with a machine when working by hand. Thus, you need to look at a different kit from Adam's that contains the PC.
Let's talk about polishes.
All polishes are not equal, nor are they all similar in cut. For example, the Adam's Fine Machine Polish can be used with a PC on your car everyday for the next 5 years and you'll barely put a dent in your clear coat. That polish is that light. However, the same cannot be said with the Adam's Severe Swirl Remover, Meguiar's M105 or the Zaino AIO. Those products remove a lot more clear coat per application.
That's why you should only have to use them ONCE, and then you should properly maintain your paint from that point forward. That way, you won't have to continually beat your paint up by using some aggressive compound all the time. Those compounds should be a 1 time event in your paint's life, bar some type of accident with your paint. Smart paint maintenance is about being preventive, not reactive.
So although you have been doing some research, you have not been reading all the information you need to be reading in order to choose the proper kit from a quality product line. You need to purchase a kit that addresses the question, "How can I keep from having to constantly fix my paint after I have fixed my paint?" That was the question I had in mind when I assembled
my kit. I wanted to offer the products and equipment that would not only fix the paint, but also address the issue of proper paint maintenance. If you have watched my many video series, one look at my kit will turn on the light bulb for you. If you look at my kit and you don't understand what you're looking at, your learning process
starts here. You have a lot of reading and watching to do because you need "the rest of the story". After spending enough time in my videos, my kit will make perfect sense.
Meguiar's has two different product lines. Their professional "Mirror Glaze" line and then their over the counter consumer stuff. The professional stuff is great. However, I wouldn't allow Halle Barry put that OTC stuff on my car if she was wearing nothing but a thong. So whether or not you need to change product lines depends on which of their product line you are using and whether or not you are satisfied with it. There are quite a few product lines out there that will take you to Shineville, the difference is how they get you there. The one
very important advantage that Adam's has is their 110% money back guarantee. Forget about the fact that their products works as advertised and their customer service is second to none in the industry, the fact that they are willing to totally refund your money plus 10% is a no brainer. That's not only how confident Adam is with his products, that (and my many videos of the product in action), is proof that this ain't your OTC junk being manufactured in China. You have seen the many threads here that tout the success that many folks have had with the product line so there should be no reluctance in your joining the many who have been "unplugged" from the crappy stuff out there shelves today.
The rabbit hole is deep, but there are a whole lot of folks on this forum who have joined Alice in Wonderland and found out just how deep the rabbit hole goes. They ain't going back to Auto Zone.
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Originally Posted by rlem00
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They look at mine.
