awesome pkg. two quesitons though:

1. next time you do a wash/detail, can you take a picture of how much soap you put in the bucket?

2. do you recommend washing with Dawn detergent to strip the old wax buildup?

 

You want about 1oz of soap for every 1-2 gallons of water when it comes to zymol. How much soap you'll need depends on quality of water and the strength of the spray you're shooting into the bucket. For me, 2 oz of auto wash, or 1oz of Zymol Clear, goes into a 5-gallon bucket. I then have the cr water and the nozzle on "cone" setting. This will yield me a full 5-gallon bucket of soap with about 1 gallon of actual water. I like more foam than water.

Second, DO NOT USE DISH DETERGENT TO WASH YOUR CAR!!!!!! It will strip wax AND the oils in the paint. Instead, use P21S Total Auto Wash or zymol Strik. Stripping wax safely is one of the things these products do best.

 

TOTALLY AGREE! DO not use dish soap, first, it doesn't remove wax, it just removes all the gloss enhancers & oils from the paint. I also believe it helps oxidize the paint faster, or at least dry's it out faster.

If you want to strip the wax, in a semi safe fast way, just use a auto car wash, they are great at stripping everything off the car.

But a good polish, will remove everything, really unless you are using a silicone based product, you don't need to strip it first.

 

Well said...by the time you've clayed and polished, most of anything you've ever put on will be removed. As mentioned, there are products available that are DESIGNED to remove old wax, silicone, etc. P21S Total Auto Wash comes to mind.

 

Yea, I agree, after a good prep of washing, claying, polish, there is nothing left! But if you got cheap silicone, or major filler products, it does add to the polishing step & can gum up your pad.

Weirdly, I have had a few cases where washing with P21S did not remove all the wax!

 

You used Total Auto Wash or the soap?

 

TAW, I got a 5l jug of it.