I bought my 'S' in May...I haven't waxed it yet. Has anybody put a little carnuba and elbow grease to their 2002 yet? How long did you wait before you waxed it? The Service guy told me at least 6-8 months. Just curious...I don't want my "satin-silver" to come off on the towel!


"Remember: Life begins when you Type-S!"

 

If your satin silver comes off on the towel you have bigger issues anyway. Pick up the Zaino package and go to town. You think you see silver now................you just wait.

 

Wow, you haven't waxed it since you bought it? I picked mine up Monday, July 31 and stripped the wax, claybarred and re-waxed the car that Saturday. Since then I have about 12 coats of wax on the car. I personally use Mother's now, but I'm thinking of switching to Zaino since it's supposed to last longer......

 

I took my car to a detailer a month after I bought it. Even after that
I still had extremely rough paint (for being brand new). A month later
I clay barred it and rewaxed it (just with cheap mothers) and it made
a huge difference. For some reason the car came out extremely dirty
with a lot of grime embedded in the paint. Clay bar is a MUST! Atleast,
on my Satin Silver. Now I just keep it up with a bottle of Zaino Z2 and
it stays clean much longer and still feels very smooth. I was really
amazed how much dirt was stuck in the paint though, even after a
machine buffing.

 

The factory paint job needs to cure 30 days prior to waxing. I waxed 45 days later and several times after. Since then I have stripped all the wax off and tried Zaino - I won't be going back to wax!!!

If you don't want to spend the initial time to get Zaino applied (count on a weekend being shot) then go with a good wax like P21S paste wax - easy to put on and take off.

If you don't want to wash you car every 3 days - go with Zaino it doesn't attract the dirt near as much as wax
Wax - wash every 3 days
Zaino - 2 weeks before getting close to 2 days dust build up with wax.