Danspeed1
07-15-2007, 12:36 AM
Hello,
I`m back with more questions. A few weeks ago I detailed my 96 Impala SS with the Zaino System and the results were outstanding. I haven`t used a good Nuba wax in a while so I really have nothing to compare the results with, but in any event I am pleased... for the moment.
Today I was down at the local detail shop shooting the breeze with one of the Pro Detailers. (Heres where the random questions come in). I told him I had used Zaino, a Sealer system with excellent results and he began to shake his head. He told me to stay away from sealers, "they are not good for the paint." This is not the first time I heard this, and when I inquired as to why, he told me because they trap gases from curing paint on newer vehicles and damage the clear and base coats. In my particular case, I highly doubt my 96 Imp applies. How true is the above statement? I am thinking about detailing a newer car, 2005, and I want to know which what the deal is?
With that said, I am planing on detailing the next car with a Nuba wax, probably Collonite. But as far as I remember, the finish breaks down quickly and looks like cra*p within a few weeks, (at least it did when I was using the meguiars system). Would it be smart or even possible for that matter to top the car off with ZCS? And being as how the vehicle is a 2005, would the paint be considered "too new" for a sealer? And whats the dry time on an Nuba anyway?
I have seen a few of these questions mentioned in other threads with no specific answers.
On a last note i just want to mention that after about 3 1/2 weeks the impala still looks as good as the day I detailed it.
Dan
I`m back with more questions. A few weeks ago I detailed my 96 Impala SS with the Zaino System and the results were outstanding. I haven`t used a good Nuba wax in a while so I really have nothing to compare the results with, but in any event I am pleased... for the moment.
Today I was down at the local detail shop shooting the breeze with one of the Pro Detailers. (Heres where the random questions come in). I told him I had used Zaino, a Sealer system with excellent results and he began to shake his head. He told me to stay away from sealers, "they are not good for the paint." This is not the first time I heard this, and when I inquired as to why, he told me because they trap gases from curing paint on newer vehicles and damage the clear and base coats. In my particular case, I highly doubt my 96 Imp applies. How true is the above statement? I am thinking about detailing a newer car, 2005, and I want to know which what the deal is?
With that said, I am planing on detailing the next car with a Nuba wax, probably Collonite. But as far as I remember, the finish breaks down quickly and looks like cra*p within a few weeks, (at least it did when I was using the meguiars system). Would it be smart or even possible for that matter to top the car off with ZCS? And being as how the vehicle is a 2005, would the paint be considered "too new" for a sealer? And whats the dry time on an Nuba anyway?
I have seen a few of these questions mentioned in other threads with no specific answers.
On a last note i just want to mention that after about 3 1/2 weeks the impala still looks as good as the day I detailed it.
Dan