Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:17:12 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

sherwindu wrote:
My experience with waxes are the easier they apply, the less
protection. I only use
waxes with Carbona. It isn't easy to apply, but it lasts a whole
season.

Sherwin

Sherwin,
That was my opinion for 25 years, and is the reason I always used
Carnauba Wax also and didn't even bother to try the new finishes
available at the auto store. I tried Zaino after someone recommended
it in rec.boats and I did a Google Search and found it was considered
the best finish and protectant by all of the car clubs and auto
enthusiast. The first year I tried Zaino Bros, (I think it was 4 yrs
ago). I did an A/B experiment with my wife's car and my car. I did a
complete detail on both cars, including using detail clay and the
complete Meguiar's Car Care 3 step Carnauba Wax Program and the Zaino
Bros. 3 step Polish. After I finished both cars were as slick as
glass. While the Zaino Bros looked better initially, what I was
really interested is how well it would last after 6 months, since I
would always wax my car in the spring and fall. In the fall, the
Zaino still had large beads of water on the car, and when I clayed
the car, their was no pollution residual common off on the clay. The
Mequiars car was still water beading, but the beads were smaller, and
it the finish definitely had rough feel. When I clayed the car, I
could see where the air pollution had pitted the finish, and I was
getting the pollution residual on the clay. I also noticed that the
Zaino car actually looked better the 2nd time i applied the finish.

At this point, I gave alway the rest of the Meguiars to a neighbor
and in the Spring time used Zaino on my boat and cars.

I doubt you will try the Zaino, but I went through this explanation
because I really believe in the product and hope that some other
people will try it. It is truly amazing. What I thought was amusing
is the owner Sal Zaino is the guy who answers the phone when you call
up with a question. He has that gruff New York City voice. I think
he is semi retired, but is the "answer line" for people who have
technical questions about the product. It really does apply
differently than most waxes and polishes. Since the Caranuba wax
obviously isn't working on your water line gunk, why don't you try it
after you clean off it with "Off and On"? If you do, you will need
to let us know next fall if it did any good.

Why do I feel like I am doing a late night infomercial?


Because it was still dark outside?

Nah, it is because it sounded just like their spiel. The only other
product I have tried that exceeded my expecations as well as Zaino is
OxyClean. When that was new, I told everyone how great it was to get
rid of mildew on the boat, to clean the carpet and used at home in the
laundry. I wanted to make sure it stayed on the market.


I wonder if JimH is going to say Bull**** about me giving away the
Mequiars?