What paint care routine do you use?

[Emile]

Hi,

I've been doing quite a bit of browsing around on this forum ever since I've signed up and I've been able to gather quite a bit of information so far, but I was curious what paint care routine you all use on your own cars, without any paint correction (as I am aware that a fair amount of members here are professional detailers who have to take a lot more steps with client vehicles than your own). If you could post what system or routine you all use on your own cars and how often, I'd really appreciate that to get a sense of what has worked well for all of you. As I am not very familiar with all the abbreviations yet, I think it would be most helpful to post full product names - for example, Duragloss instead of just "DG".

Personally, every 3,000 miles of driving my vehicles get this routine:
Subaru:
-Regular car wash.
-A Coat of Zaino Z-AIO (All In One)
-Going to top off with a coat of Zaino Z-CS (Clear Seal) for the first time when I hit 9,000 miles on the vehicle - currently have 8,700.
-All applied by hand, and vehicle glass, headlights and tail lights, and chrome get polished with Z-AIO.

Infiniti:
Used to use above system for the G35, just tried this system below:
-Regular car wash
-Meguiar's NXT 2.0 Paste Wax
-Applied by hand, glass and chrome get plished with Z-AIO.
-Note: not yet sure if Meguiar's NXT 2.0 wax will stay strong and shiny for 3,000 miles/3 months though.

I clay bar both vehicles (after the wash) every 24,000 miles or 2 years - whichever comes first.

Thanks,
Emile

[ScottB]

ZAIO offers some light polishing ability and NXT has some very light cleaners. It does look like a formal paint polish with buffer is the only thing most would add to your detailing regimine. I would also clay annually at latest or even twice annually for cars used frequently.

[Emile]

Thanks, Killerwheels. What do you use on your car?

Autogeek has about 50 trillion products available and I figure that most people on this forum order at least some of their stuff from the site so I just want to know what other people use.

[sal329]

My cars when not going for paint correction get
Washed with Optimum No Rinse
Wheels sealed witrh Finish Kare Hi Temp 1000p
Paint cleaned with Duragloss 501
Danase Wet Glaze or FK #2180
Sealed with NXT 2.0, FK 1000p, or DG 105
Topped with Souveran Series II paste, FK Pink Wax, P21s 100% or Souveran (well I am still waiting for this one to come in)