Waxed

[Diesel]

Originally posted by waynerd
Black always looks sooooo nice when its clean!

yep, all five minutes...

[Sunday Rider]

Originally posted by Diesel


yep, all five minutes...

Yours must have been in the garage to last that long

[a2Pilot]

Originally posted by Sunday Rider


Yours must have been in the garage to last that long

Most people buy at least one black vehicle in their lifetime. For most people, one is enough!

[jay]

Originally posted by a2Pilot


Most people buy at least one black vehicle in their lifetime. For most people, one is enough!

Amen. I bought a '93 Mercury Sable, my first and last black vehicle, and later bought 4 consecutive white vehicles.

[EXRider]

I with the rest you on the Black vehicle. Yet I have never owned myself, I have had my fair share of touchy colors. Now I drive white, stills has its pitfalls though. Bug splat, road tar in my case, the wonderful AZ dust storm followed by a misting of rain, ahhh the memories of spending 3 hours cleaning to have it all taken away in 10 minutes. I was a good 10 minutes though.


On a side bar to the topic, what kind of cleaning products do you use?

[Diesel]

i've had 2 black vehicles... 1 was the Lancer Evolution, 2 was a Jetta 1.8T... the Jetta was a beater car so i never really worried about keeping the exterior clean...

the Evo...? ugh, what a headache that thing was... you clean it, and the next morning there was a film of dust on it...

I used to use Zymol car wash, but i can no longer find it anywhere... so i'm going to give this rain-x car wash a shot... see how it performs...

[jay]

Originally posted by Diesel
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I used to use Zymol car wash, but i can no longer find it anywhere... so i'm going to give this rain-x car wash a shot... see how it performs...

I'm partial to the Eagle One Wet series of products, others have tried the new Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax with good success, and a good number like the Zaino stuff, but it's a of of work. I get exhausted just reading posts about using Zaino.

[EXRider]

I have not used the Zaino, myself either. I use Meguiares all the time, on mine and when I detail for my friends. I find it very easy to use especially with thier Dual Action Polisher. On my Pilot I have used thier Gold Class liquid wax from day one and my paint is smoother than glass. Brklynprince I read you clay bared yours, was the paint in that bad of condition that you had to go that far already? Or was it just something you felt neccessary? I have considered doing mine but have not had the time yet.

[Bklynprince]

well, i had the car for about a year now , and i thought the pilot went through alot , snow , alot of rain, and all... so i thought it was necessary.

[jay]

Originally posted by EXRider
I have not used the Zaino, myself either. I use Meguiares all the time, on mine and when I detail for my friends. I find it very easy to use especially with thier Dual Action Polisher. On my Pilot I have used thier Gold Class liquid wax from day one and my paint is smoother than glass. Brklynprince I read you clay bared yours, was the paint in that bad of condition that you had to go that far already? Or was it just something you felt neccessary? I have considered doing mine but have not had the time yet.

The first vehicle I'd ever clayed was the Pilot. I was so impressed, that the first chance I could, I clayed the RX 330. It was worth the effort, even on a brand new vehicle, to get the surface properly prepped.

[Diesel]

i agree that Zaino is more hassle than it's worth, unless you live in a climate where it hardly ever rains, and is in the 70's with partly cloudy skys all the time... (San Diego)...

For us here in the Tri-State area, by the time you get it washed and waxed, it's probably starting raining or something...

Zaino = show car wax... not everyday vehicle...

[cook county]

Between my husband and myself we have owned 4 black cars. 89 accord-lxi, 92 accord-ex, 2003 pilot ex-res, and a 2003 acura tl-s. True the black does get dirty fast, but when you wash and shine a black car you can use it as a mirror. I love the black cars and i think i will always stick to black, or maybe i might sway and try red someday.

[Bklynprince]

I just used Eagle Wet One, Wax As You Dry, Excellent Product!! Bought a pair for $8.49 from costco.