What if paint loses its shine?
12-13-2007, 12:39 AM
#1
F-14 on afterburners
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Screwston, TX
Posts: 136
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
What if paint loses its shine?
hey guys,
no way around this cause this is my daily.
BUT i look at other cars on the road and notice how dull the paint is. u can't see nothing but dull reflections on their paints, as if they were painted with flat colors!
Right now my RX is very clean, the reflections are almost a mirror, but thats cause its new. My question is if i wanted to keep my paint shiny and new for a long time, should I wax it every other week? I go out o town sometimes and use a car cover, but other than that it sees rain and sun (no snow in houston) constantly. I want to keep the mirror like finish.
thanks guys!
no way around this cause this is my daily.
BUT i look at other cars on the road and notice how dull the paint is. u can't see nothing but dull reflections on their paints, as if they were painted with flat colors!
Right now my RX is very clean, the reflections are almost a mirror, but thats cause its new. My question is if i wanted to keep my paint shiny and new for a long time, should I wax it every other week? I go out o town sometimes and use a car cover, but other than that it sees rain and sun (no snow in houston) constantly. I want to keep the mirror like finish.
thanks guys!
12-13-2007, 04:06 PM
#5
Administrator
iTrader: (7)
clay bar to get any contaminents off and then ZAINO! 
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-show-shine-26/super-sunday-%3D-zaino-day-108887/
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-show-shine-26/super-sunday-%3D-zaino-day-108887/
12-13-2007, 06:47 PM
#7
Club Marbles Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: DFW, TX
Posts: 3,252
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
hey guys,
no way around this cause this is my daily.
BUT i look at other cars on the road and notice how dull the paint is. u can't see nothing but dull reflections on their paints, as if they were painted with flat colors!
Right now my RX is very clean, the reflections are almost a mirror, but thats cause its new. My question is if i wanted to keep my paint shiny and new for a long time, should I wax it every other week? I go out o town sometimes and use a car cover, but other than that it sees rain and sun (no snow in houston) constantly. I want to keep the mirror like finish.
thanks guys!
no way around this cause this is my daily.
BUT i look at other cars on the road and notice how dull the paint is. u can't see nothing but dull reflections on their paints, as if they were painted with flat colors!
Right now my RX is very clean, the reflections are almost a mirror, but thats cause its new. My question is if i wanted to keep my paint shiny and new for a long time, should I wax it every other week? I go out o town sometimes and use a car cover, but other than that it sees rain and sun (no snow in houston) constantly. I want to keep the mirror like finish.
thanks guys!
12-13-2007, 07:52 PM
#8
Administrator
iTrader: (7)
12-14-2007, 11:28 AM
#10
Administrator
iTrader: (7)
12-14-2007, 11:34 AM
#11
DGAF
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 1,953
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
clay bar to get any contaminents off and then ZAINO!
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=108887
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=108887
12-17-2007, 01:23 AM
#14
Administrator
iTrader: (7)
no, he's not.
12-17-2007, 11:25 PM
#15
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 572
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
ZAINO IT - and it will look new, actually BETTER than new for a long time and NO, Zaino will not remove the paint as it has no abrasives in it . ( I don't have stock in Zaino)
12-18-2007, 04:06 PM
#16
Eccentric Shafting
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 4,649
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
You must be seeing a lot of dirty or dusty cars lately. That'll make anything look dull, otherwise even with only regular washes your clearcoat is not going to fade that fast.
12-26-2007, 04:47 PM
#19
Administrator
iTrader: (7)
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Shankapotamus3
Series I Trouble Shooting
28
03-14-2021 03:53 PM
duworm
Series I Wheels, Tires, Brakes & Suspension
1
10-01-2015 04:57 PM