STKLAW

After you have polished and waxed should you put a second coat of wax on?

CLK 320

It should not be necessary. That being said, I always put a second coat of wax on in late Autumn. Living in the Northeast, it is possible that we will have a nice warm day in the Winter. However, it is highly unlikely that the car will get another coat until the Spring. Unfortunately, some waxes will not set up properly below a certain temperature, so the second coat is the best I can do.

MercManiac

I've put three coats of Blackfire on my Black S600 and it does enhance the depth of shine.

STKLAW

MercManiac,

How long do you wait between coats?

MercManiac

I just go from one coat to the next without worrying about how much time has elapsed.

Between waxings. I usually go about eight weeks max. If conditions have been bad...like on a long trip with rain I'll do a full detail regardless of time.

MARK CUMMINS

Every weekend its first wash the cars then a quick couple of coats of Zaino to remove all the swirls.... that STUFF
DOES work!!!

STKLAW

Mark,

Which Zanno product do you use each weekend to remove swirls?

MARK CUMMINS

I use all the ZAINO stuff the wash soap,cleaner, and the final polish,the stuff works im very **** on my cars both black and red the worst to maintain WITH NO SCRATCHES>>>>.

MercManiac

for swirls and scrathes I've found that 3M Swirl and scratch remover for Dark paints does best, then Blackfire polish then wax.

You'l get 100% better results in getting out swirls and scrathes with Portal Cable buffer with foam pads.

STKLAW

Mercmaniac--

I've never used a buffer but hear it's easy to burn your paint. Do you find them easy to use?

MercManiac

Go to this site.....it's the best on the web and read about the Porter Cable buffer with foam pads....you can not damage your clearcoat or paint and the results are 100X better than hand in 1/3 the time.

I've used a professional rotary buffer for 22 years (like in body shops) if you use it wrong you are screwed......but orbitals have always been nice but never really produced much results.....until the Porter Cable came out.

After using the Porter Cable with Blackfire.....the local police will probably stop you for blinding traffic on a sunny day!

http://properautocare.com/index.html

STKLAW

MercManiac-

What pads do you use with the polish and what pads for the wax? The Orbital looks good.