Carbon Black Clean-up

[Trav_13]

So I am finally thinking winter has concluded around here and I have begun the process of detailing the truck. Anyway thus far I have polished up all the chrome, cleaned and slicked up the plastic wheel liners, dressed the tires, and cleaned the underhood. The main project I have left is now the paint. In the past on my Summit White truck I always applied the Paint Shield Sealer that comes from the Dealership and it left that truck looking like new at 3 years and 50K miles. I now have a Carbon Black Truck that I have done nothing with but wash it, and I am ready for some spring shine. I have never had a color like this before and was wondering what type of Waxes or Polishes do you recommened? I basically am looking for the type of clean, that when you shine another set of headlights on the side of the truck at night, you don't see any swirls or hazes! I am thinking Z-2 and Z-5 Zaino....does anyone else have any suggestions? I have a garage and time to apply this as the truck doesn't get driven everyday...so if this was a few day process it'd be ok! I'm all ears.....

[RyanbabZ71]

I was a Zaino user (3-4 yrs) then came across poorboys.

 

www.poorboysworld.com

 

For the longest time I would just use the polish and it made my old blue truck look very good. 2 yrs ago I started using the nattys paste wax (see link)

 

http://www.poorboysworld.com/natty-blue.htm

 

This stuff is great. I have had it rain on my silver birch Tahoe and you couldnt even tell. Very easy to apply and remove.

[GasHog369]

turtlewax "ICE" FTW!

 

It's for paint / and platic! No white residue and it smells awesome while putting it on!

[tonygxp]

turtlewax "ICE" FTW!

 

It's for paint / and platic! No white residue and it smells awesome while putting it on!

 

 

Ive been using the Meguiars Nxt spray wax on my last two trucks and i haven't conventionally waxed a vehicle in a couple years now (save for a stain here or there). This spray wax technology Meguiars has leaves no white residue, i guess like turtle wax Ice and it also smells awsome lol.. the shine is great and it feels like glass, takes you 20min to wax an entire truck including roof. Amazing

[2005LT]

Just picked up some Turtle Wax Ice for my Carbon Black sierra yesterday. Came in a 23oz blue spray bottle. Also bought some microfibre towels as per instructions on the wax bottle. Never used a spray-type wax before so we'll see how that goes.

[tonygxp]

Just picked up some Turtle Wax Ice for my Carbon Black sierra yesterday. Came in a 23oz blue spray bottle. Also bought some microfibre towels as per instructions on the wax bottle. Never used a spray-type wax before so we'll see how that goes.

 

 

i was skeptical as well but am now a true believer. You'll be amazed how little work it takes to make the truck "gleam" I know that a good paste or liquid wax aplied convntionally will last longer but i wash my truck 1x every few weeks so for me it's fine. Even after the few weeks went by the water stil beads up. Spray wax it's the best!