Fuck Zymol

[ryanman]

I tried a little bit on my passenger side fornt fender and now it looks like I wet sanded it. Car was perfectly clean, brand new terry cloth, waxed it like I've waxed every other car I've done, and now it looks like shit. DAMNIT

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[BluByU]

You must have only spent 5 minutes. Spend another 5 and look at what you get.
http://www.highaltitudeimports.com/showthread.php?t=17827

[DrJones]

so many angles I could take... but which one......

Zymol is the daihatsu of waxes..... except it costs what a bmw does...

Some zymol waxes contain WAY to much carnauba. That stuff is harder than concrete in it's natural state... doesn't exactly come off easy. Luckily it has a relativly low melting point... so a little bit of light heat would liquify it.

New terry cloth towels aren't the best either... they tend to lint a lot... which combined with a natural wax can cause a mess of small cotton particles on your paint... Microfiber is the only way to go.

Part of it is probably also that your technique is a little off. Everyone that comes to me for a detail leaves with knowing how to wax properly.

[JustDSM]

I used to use Zymol exclusively, but I now use Meguiars #7 (Show car glaze) followed up by #26 (Hi-tech yellow wax). Amazing results on both my old WRX and my EVO.

Which Zymol were you using? The cleaner/wax? That stuff worked pretty good on my '93 Talon but it had pretty bad paint with hard water spots. The abrasives in the cleaner wax did a pretty good job of cleaning up the paint and putting some luster back in, but for a newer/cleaner car I'd stay away from cleaner/wax's.

[Deltron_3030]

i never touch any zymol or turtle waxes

[Bedlam]

Well..I've had pretty decent luck with the stuff myself..I dont use it anymore, but its really not terrible when used properly. Can leave a pretty decent shine too.. :)

-Bedlam

[ryanman]

Ok I figured out what happened and why it dulled the surface. I had all my terry cloths sitting in a bag and my little asshole of a son decided to take my half gallon of Mineral Spirits and dump it into the bag without me knowing. Well it all got soaked up and I just happen to use one of them and I'm guessing that the mineral spirits completely cleaned EVERYTHING off of my right front fender.


FAWK

[Nayr1983]

You guys every try liquid Glass? it's a Synth. Polish it does a hell of a job ...

http://www.liquidglass.com/ (http://www.liquidglass.com/lgpolish.htm)

[Deltron_3030]

yeah, that thing has been on the market for a long time, but i think theres more better polish out there

[TheJackal]

Ok I figured out what happened and why it dulled the surface. I had all my terry cloths sitting in a bag and my little asshole of a son decided to take my half gallon of Mineral Spirits and dump it into the bag without me knowing. Well it all got soaked up and I just happen to use one of them and I'm guessing that the mineral spirits completely cleaned EVERYTHING off of my right front fender.


FAWK


lmao i dunno whats funnier, the fact that you have a kid or the fact that he did that!

[ryanman]

I got 2 kids.