Dealer waxed over my Zaino
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Dealer waxed over my Zaino
I have never used wax on my car, when I went to pick it up the dealer had waxed it, do I need to remove the wax ? if so how?
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You don't need to remove the wax if the finish still looks good. However, before you apply another coat of Zaino you will need to strip all the wax off first as Zaino won't bond to wax.
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Originally Posted by awiner
You don't need to remove the wax if the finish still looks good. However, before you apply another coat of Zaino you will need to strip all the wax off first as Zaino won't bond to wax.
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Originally Posted by 2quik
If the car looks good, keep it the way it is, then just apply ur zaino after few weeks. If its not broke, dont fix it
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Awiner- “To strip Zaino you can clay…” clay will not remove Zanio either.
Schell- I’d suggest you leave well alone, when your ready to Z again wash, and then use AIO as a ‘cleaning coat’ then apply the Z system (I think you’ll like the results)
Moa4r- if you’ve seen the surface marring and swirl marks installed for free by dealership ‘detailers’ I’m not so sure you’d want them to polish/wax/wash your car (of course there are a few exceptions, but generally…)
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Awiner- “To strip Zaino you can clay…” clay will not remove Zanio either.
Schell- I’d suggest you leave well alone, when your ready to Z again wash, and then use AIO as a ‘cleaning coat’ then apply the Z system (I think you’ll like the results)
Moa4r- if you’ve seen the surface marring and swirl marks installed for free by dealership ‘detailers’ I’m not so sure you’d want them to polish/wax/wash your car (of course there are a few exceptions, but generally…)
~Hope this helps~
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Originally Posted by awiner
I've stripped many a layer of Zaino with a good claying. 
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Originally Posted by moa4r
exactly...I'd be happy if the dealer waxed my car
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What are these products you are talking about? Zanio, Clay?? I just bought a C230 Kompressor and have only owned old 300D's prior. I proudly went out and waxed my car...yeech should I have?
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Originally Posted by I,Zombie
What are these products you are talking about? Zanio, Clay?? I just bought a C230 Kompressor and have only owned old 300D's prior. I proudly went out and waxed my car...yeech should I have?
Clay, is a clay bar which is used to remove surface imperfections from the surface of your clear-coat. Clay bars are sold by many different manufacturers including Zaino. It's a good idea to clay your car when it's new because microscopic particles can get embedded in your clear-coat during shipping (dust from being on a train, boat, truck, etc.).
You can read more about this and other car care products on the website I provided, or perhaps one of our detailing experts here can explain a little better.
Congrats on the new car.
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If you put a plastic bag over your hand and feel the paint of your car, you can feel the stuff that is stuck to your paint, the clay will remove that, it is hard to believe how much better your car looks after using clay, especially with a black car.
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Originally Posted by I,Zombie
What are these products you are talking about? Zanio, Clay?? I just bought a C230 Kompressor and have only owned old 300D's prior. I proudly went out and waxed my car...yeech should I have?
Boston Al went to A LOT of trouble to prepare those stickies you apparently ignored as the top several threads of this forum.
No shortcuts. RTFF!
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Revstriker & Schell, Thanks alot. Like I said being new to this class of car and to MB world Discussion Forum (or any forum for that matter) I appreciate your help and patience. 
Eldiablo Joe: perhaps you should spend more time interacting with a human being rather than your CPU. I would have gladly checked out the "stickies you apparently ignored as the top several threads of this forum" had I even known what that was, much less a "RTFF!!!!" that you so lovingly noted. As stated earlier, I have never been on a forum before.
Eldiablo Joe: perhaps you should spend more time interacting with a human being rather than your CPU. I would have gladly checked out the "stickies you apparently ignored as the top several threads of this forum" had I even known what that was, much less a "RTFF!!!!" that you so lovingly noted. As stated earlier, I have never been on a forum before.
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Originally Posted by I,Zombie
Revstriker & Schell, Thanks alot. Like I said being new to this class of car and to MB world Discussion Forum (or any forum for that matter) I appreciate your help and patience.
Eldiablo Joe: perhaps you should spend more time interacting with a human being rather than your CPU. I would have gladly checked out the "stickies you apparently ignored as the top several threads of this forum" had I even known what that was, much less a "RTFF!!!!" that you so lovingly noted. As stated earlier, I have never been on a forum before.
Eldiablo Joe: perhaps you should spend more time interacting with a human being rather than your CPU. I would have gladly checked out the "stickies you apparently ignored as the top several threads of this forum" had I even known what that was, much less a "RTFF!!!!" that you so lovingly noted. As stated earlier, I have never been on a forum before.
Originally Posted by I,Zombie
What are these products you are talking about? Zanio, Clay?? I just bought a C230 Kompressor and have only owned old 300D's prior. I proudly went out and waxed my car...yeech should I have?
Now, down to business:
Sorry Zombie, perhaps in the future I should just entirely ignore your posts, and those of any noob (Since you're a noob, I'll explain that "noob" is NEWBIE aka nuub aka nub aka et cetera). Then you would not have learned to check the stickies/FAQs/TOU/etc., your post would have been entirely ignored.
Oh, and BTW, "a lot" is two words, not one. Consider that just another freebie lesson from me to you, kid.
So I point you in the right direction, and you slam me? Talk about biting the hand that feeds you...
Here, you might find this of value (it's a link, click on it with your mouse. The mouse is that palm-sized thing with two buttons on it and a wire leading to the back of your computer):
CLICK HERE ZOMBIE (and turn up the volume on your computer speakers/Control Panel/Settings/Audio).
Cheers, and welcome to MBWorld. Everyone else here is much nicer and far more patient than am I. Stick around, it's a great place
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