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Old Mar 11, 2004 | 05:18 PM
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Default Mr. Clean Auto Washing System thing... & 3M wax

Bought it- just to try it out...

It worked great! In 10 minutes my car looked wonderful...

And I didn't have to worry about finding any good/clean towels...

Also switched from Zaino to 3M wax... (It's nice to be able to just buy it down the street).

1 coat of glaze & 1 of wax gives about 95% the same appearance as 20 coats of Zaino. Not AS good- but about 1/10th the total time required...

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Old Mar 11, 2004 | 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by z28hokie
Also switched from Zaino to 3M wax... (It's nice to be able to just buy it down the street).

1 coat of glaze & 1 of wax gives about 95% the same appearance as 20 coats of Zaino. Not AS good- but about 1/10th the total time required...
WORD! I've been saying that for over a year. Welcome to the 3M side..

Hey, if it's good enough for porsche, it's good enough for me!
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Old Mar 11, 2004 | 06:20 PM
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Have you tried this in direct sunlight and if so, how does it work?
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Old Mar 11, 2004 | 06:42 PM
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Damn right, I've used Zaino for the past 2 years...
I'm all about 3M now...
SOOOOOOOOO much easier. No doubt Zaino is a great product, but heck...I'm looking at a total time of 1.5 hours (including washing) vs ...................


As for the Mr. Clean wash- I did both my navy blue Z28 & black Jeep today, direct sunlight about 60 degrees...no problems...
The soap seems to hold the water on the car and keep everything nice and wet until you rinse it off & then do the final spray with the filtered/de-ionized water... So even in warmer temps- I don't expect a problem.

I really regret not using both of these products before...it's cut my "making my car look good" time by about 80%...
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