Pkskull77

I have been looking for the Towels the Zaino site recommends using. I live in Central Jersey and can’t seem to find them at any of the places I would expect. It’s weird everyone has heard of them, but no one seems to sell them. I would be willing to travel within a reasonable distance. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

Here is the link to the site in case you've never seen it.

http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/...S&Store_Code=Z

expo1

Since Zaino is located in Monmouth County, NJ they might be good ones to ask. It's been a while since I used Zano but I think I got my Towels at a Bed Bath and Beyond.

quack_p

I think Fieldcrest went offshore. So it no longer meets Zaino's requirement that towels be U.S. made.

staticlag

Cannon, Fieldcrest = expensive!!!!

Just buy the most expensive %100 cotton towel you can find (ralph lauren, etc.)

Pkskull77

I just shot Zaino an email and I hope that I can get a strait answer from them. Thanks for the advice. I'm curious if the made in the USA requirement is related to patriotism, or if there is a difference in quality.

After doing a little research I determined that Fieldcrest’s commercial product is called Charisma. I ran across Charisma a couple of times when I was looking around, but I don’t remember the tag actually stating it was made by Fieldcrest. I will post the answer I get from Zaino incase any of you Jersey guys are interested.

mysql101

i much prefer microfiber towels.... give them a try

Pkskull77

I've use Micro-Fiber but they did not dry as well as I would like.

mysql101

Where did you get the towel from? there are several grades of microfiber, the low grade versions actually repel water.

The reason I initially went to microfiber was due to the fact I could rub the cloth on the wet car once, and it would leave it completely dry without need to go over it additional times as the cotton towels required.

Pkskull77

The ones I have are probably not the highest grade, so that could be the issue. I just got back from the store and I got the best of both worlds, Microfiber cotton bath towels. They were expensive as hell, but I think its worth it. I'll let you know how they work out.

mysql101

i've been buying microfiber from walmart. it's like $6 for a large size, or $6 for a pack of 5 small ones. They aren't expensive, but they definately absorbe the water.

I've since bought a leaf blower, and use that to blow the water off my car (if you get one, make sure it's 220 mph or faster), then i use the zaino gloss spray and a microfiber towel to go over it.

truemagellen

hey Jason I've bought microfiber towels from Costco and the are the same or better in quality then the Walmart ones (I've bought those too) plus they are $8 for 10 OR is it 12!

and I agree with you Microfiber is amazing at sucking up water!...absorbs much better then my cotton towels...I only use those to dry the caliper and rotors

one more thing...the Microfiber clean much easier...they don't seem to stain...as for my cotton towels? they look nasty no matter how much I wash them

Pkskull77

How well does the leaf blower work, it's on my Christmas list, and I'm curious?

truemagellen

works great...but an extra step I just use tons of the microfiber towels

mysql101

To be honest, I expected it to blow all the water off really quickly, but it ends up taking as long if not slightly longer than working it with a microfiber towel. But I still use the blower because:

1) less rubbing on the paint. So less chance of some dirt getting on the towel or paint and becoming a scratch or creating swirl marks.

2) nothing to clean up afterwards. I can keep doing this until the blower dies on me with nothing to replace.


The only thing I have to mention is that you shouldn't use the leaf blower in the sun. The water dries on the rear of the car as I work the front of the car, and I ended up with water spots. My solution was to drive the car into the garage and blow it, or do this on cloudy days.

Pkskull77

The only reason I wanted to use the blower is for swirl protections. My car came from the dealership with Swirls, so I can't afford any more. This week the dealerships detailer is going to look at it and see if he can do anything about the marks. I hope the can do something, I can't handle looking at them.

What type of blower did you get, Backpack or the one you hold in your hand?

mysql101

it's an electric walmart special, was around $70. 230 mph. The gas versions isn't recommended as the fumes from it can leave residue on your car's paint.

Look into the zaino polish for swirl marks, you have to apply it about 3 times before it starts working well.

My car doesn't have any swirl marks at all, but even if I did, they aren't going to be easy to see on silver.

Pkskull77

I do have Zano 5, but it did not work for me. I put it on 2 times, but there was really no difference. I will see what happens with the dealership detailer, prehaps he can get them out, and save me the time. I'm a little reluctant to put the work in with the winter quickly approaching. I can deal with the swirls, and any other winter related blemishes, in the Spring.

mysql101

Since I only started using zaino with a brand new rx-8, I can't speak much about it's ability to remove scratches, but I did read about a guy restoring an old 70's car that had a lot of swirls and scratches. They also commented on it not doing anything, but said around the third layer it started to work wonders. The final result picture of the car really looked like it had a brand new coat of paint.

Also make sure you let the zaino cure long enough before you wipe it off. You may want to try washing your car, doing the spray gloss, adding zaino, let it sit over night in your garage, then wipe it off the next day. Repeat this 3 or 4 times and see if you see any improvement. If this is too much of a hassle, just try it on one door panel

6speed8

Costco has some decent microfiber cloths for a good price, however for top quality Microfiber go to

http://properautocare.com/

They sell the softest microfiber cloths, you can feel the difference. The added benefit is for those of us in the Tampa bay area we save S&H as they are on
W. Linbaugh ave. we can go there.

truemagellen

update on Costco Microfiber Towels...they are 9.99 for 16 of them!...this is an amazing deal, only problem I have with them is the tag...I'm worried it may scratch the paint although I think I'm being a little overzealous since they are pretty soft tags I may carefully cut them off carefully removing any remenants of the tag

I have almost 40 microfiber towels now I use in waves...when I'm in a rush I will use almost all of them at once...no water spots though plus they wash up in the washer really nice just DONT overheat them...they'll get crusty after a long time....use a medium *perm press* to low dry *delicates* setting and don't even think about using a fabric sheet

mysql101

i just rip the tags off.

truemagellen

really? damn that will save me a TON of time...thanks Jason