Brad B
03-14-2002, 10:00 AM
The question has come up lately on what difference it makes to QD with Z6 after every wash and what difference it makes to use Z7 with every wash. Here are my findings:
I must admit that I am not a big shampoo user. (No body odor jokes, guys!) Many shampoos are harsh. For my cars, which are usually meticulously clean most of the time, even through the winter, to shampoo weekly is over kill and rough on the wax finish. A weekly shampoo of my Carnuba covered cars would just strip the wax. I usually shampoo every two or three weeks.
As a test I chose two of my cars which have a Zaino finish. <strong class=`bbc`>Car One[/b], I chose to shampoo weekly with Z7. I QD`d with Z6 the front of the car afterwords. The rear of the car I left alone. I usually QD the whole car during the week as maintainence. <strong class=`bbc`>Car Two[/b] I washed with water and did a whole car QD as maintenence during the week.
After 3 months the results of my un-scientific <strong class=`bbc`>visual[/b] test were inconclusive. Both cars still looked great. The front and back of <strong class=`bbc`>Car One[/b] look the same. The <strong class=`bbc`>feel[/b] test was another story. There was a noticable difference between the two cars. <strong class=`bbc`>Car One[/b] was much smoother and more slippery feeling. It makes sense, right. It had more QD on it. But, even the REAR of <strong class=`bbc`>Car One[/b] felt better than <strong class=`bbc`>Car Two[/b]. Remember, this was the half without the extra QD but did have the Z7 shampoo used on it. This proves to me that the shampoo is doing it`s job and is improving the finish on the car. It made it smoother and slicker. Even my wife, who thinks all this silliness is going to my head, was impressed with the difference.:xyxthumbs
So, I guess the moral of the story is, for me anyway, that Z7 wash and QD afterwords really does work and I will stick with it!
I must admit that I am not a big shampoo user. (No body odor jokes, guys!) Many shampoos are harsh. For my cars, which are usually meticulously clean most of the time, even through the winter, to shampoo weekly is over kill and rough on the wax finish. A weekly shampoo of my Carnuba covered cars would just strip the wax. I usually shampoo every two or three weeks.
As a test I chose two of my cars which have a Zaino finish. <strong class=`bbc`>Car One[/b], I chose to shampoo weekly with Z7. I QD`d with Z6 the front of the car afterwords. The rear of the car I left alone. I usually QD the whole car during the week as maintainence. <strong class=`bbc`>Car Two[/b] I washed with water and did a whole car QD as maintenence during the week.
After 3 months the results of my un-scientific <strong class=`bbc`>visual[/b] test were inconclusive. Both cars still looked great. The front and back of <strong class=`bbc`>Car One[/b] look the same. The <strong class=`bbc`>feel[/b] test was another story. There was a noticable difference between the two cars. <strong class=`bbc`>Car One[/b] was much smoother and more slippery feeling. It makes sense, right. It had more QD on it. But, even the REAR of <strong class=`bbc`>Car One[/b] felt better than <strong class=`bbc`>Car Two[/b]. Remember, this was the half without the extra QD but did have the Z7 shampoo used on it. This proves to me that the shampoo is doing it`s job and is improving the finish on the car. It made it smoother and slicker. Even my wife, who thinks all this silliness is going to my head, was impressed with the difference.:xyxthumbs
So, I guess the moral of the story is, for me anyway, that Z7 wash and QD afterwords really does work and I will stick with it!