just curious, but could you use a pre-polish/pre-wax cleaner to strip off the wax instead of using dawn? I'm not sure i wanna use dawn as a lot of dish washing detergents have mild abrasives too. Then again who knows whats in the cleaner and how zaino reacts to it. Anybody willing to experiment?

 

If I recall correctly, the Zainobros website itself said to use Dawn...

either `wget` and `grep` it, or just go look carefully...

 

Dawn will strip the wax off and there are no abrasives in Dawn.

Yes, the Zaino site says use Dawn to strip the wax off a car.

 

Is Dawn the only kind of dish soap you should use?

I have Palmolive. Is that ok?

Thanks

 

Hey, pop for the extra 3 bucks and use Dawn. It is what is recommended.

Why mess around for a couple of bucks?

 

I've used Palmolive for years and it doesn't strip the wax off.

 

Don't you want Palmolive to strip off the wax??

 

Yes you do... the whole point of washing with the dish soap is to strip the wax, then do the whole Zaino process. The reason they recommend Dawn is b/c it's non abrasive, so it won't damage the car. Of course you should only wash with Dawn once a year as stripping the wax and doing the whole entire Zaino process from scratch is not really required after the initial application......

 

Mother's makes a pre-polish prep which strips wax & all other crap from the paint, to be used after washing the car. They say to use it about 1 - 2 times per year. It is labeled as Step 1, (Step 2 is the polish and Step 3 the wax).

 

I have Dawn antibacterial.. does it kill germs off my car also

 

i thought it was easier to just wet my car and use an S.O.S. pad...boy was i wrong!


psych.

i used palmolive and it got the wax off. any kind of non-abrasive dish liquid pretty much will do it as long as it "cuts the grease" (wax is an oil/grease).

 

I used Dawn, as recommended by the Zaino web site . It was a pain getting the car into the kitchen sink though.

seriously, it stripped off all the dealer wax and left a squeaky clean surface to apply the Z1.

 

Yep, use Dawn....don't make this harder than it has to be...

 

hehe bunch of smartasses

 

...palmolive is supposed to much nicer on your hands, leaves them silky soft....

 

..it doesn't kill germs, you need antibacterial..