Hello

After washing the car yesterday I noticed the paintwork was covered with some residue....most likely it was tree sap.

I did not want to do the clay bar thing as it is hard work. My car had previousely been clay bared and Zainoed. I have applied several layers and it looks great.

I remembeed that the dealer telling me that it is Ok to clean the paint with kerosine. This worked beautifully.

After applying kerosine to the whole body I then removed it with the Zaino quick detailer. The shine was fantastic.

What effect does Kerosine have on Zaino. I imagine I would have removed a few coats of the Zaino.

My plan was to apply more Z5 after the next wash. What do you think?

skc

 

What?? Kerosene, safe for the paint? That doesn't sound right. I may be wrong, but I've always been told that even getting gasoline/petrol on your car is terribly bad for the paint. If it was just tree sap, why didn't you just soap wash?!?

I otherwise don't have an answer to your question, as I have never used Zaino before...

 

The car was soap washed. It seemed like the little spots were glued on.

skc

 

Had a friend that lived up north and he would clean with kerosene twice a year. Then follow uo with a couple coats of megiuires yellow wax. Man, did his car shine!

 

Don't see how that's any less work than clay bar. Claying is not that big a deal.

 

I was thinking the same thing.

skc: If you've already done your kerosene cleaning, I suppose you can determine its effect on your Zaino through a water test--pour some water on the paint and see how well it beads. If the water pools up, then it's time to re-wax.

 

I love to claybar. Such a reward whn your done and you add that wax. Be one with your car

 

The kerosine was really easy to apply....far less work then clay bar. It ws all done in 1/2 an hour.

I was also hoping that I will not have to go through the whole re polishing again. So far it seems to have worked. after applying quick detailer I had a very good shine as and the paint felt really smooth to touch.

skc

 

At work we'll use JetA which is basically kerosene to remove exhaust crap off of aircraft and the fuel trucks. Aircraft have a different paint layering process, but im not sure if its bad or not. Just look at the rinse water though.....

 

You guys are kidding right?
No way I'm putting kerosene on my clearcoat!

 

kerosine is exactly the same as the np. 7 tar and bug remover...no harm done to the clear coat what so ever...used it ro take off sap and and some left over adhesive after de-badging my bros tsx..so it even has not effect on pearl finish...it's really awesome stuff

 

whatsoever = 1 word...

 

Well, I wouldn't make a habit out of applying kerosene to the entire car (and if you do, remember not to smoke!).

Washing with car wash soap should be plenty for most situations (note to Zaino fans: Autopia recommends against using Dawn, even for the first application!). There are products designed to remove sap and tar from the paint, like this one. It only needs to be applied to the affected area (not the entire car), and the treated area needs to be rewaxed. I suspect kerosene is strong enough to strip your Zaino completely, so you should probably assume you're starting from zero.

Also, Z-5 is intended for paint with swirls and fine scratches (and I've found it's not especially effective against the latter). Z-2 is the polish you should be using.