My Zymol Line-up:
1. Clear.
2. Cleaner/Wax (Try it on a SS cooktop. Beats metal cleaners hands down!)
3. HD-Cleanse. Smells like chocolate and leaves the paint smoooth.
4. Zymol's Atlantique glaze. Can be left on for up to five minutes before wiping. Have yet to try that though.
5&6. Cheescloths for buffing off Cleaner/Wax and HD-Cleanse respectively.
7&8. Dedicated Terry covered sponges for applying Cleaner/Wax and HD-Cleanse respectively.
9. Waffle weave micro-fiber towel.
10. Standard Micro-fiber towel to lay out the glaze instead of trying to remove it.

Quite literally, you apply this glaze by hand. If you missed a spot during the surface prep, you'll know. I've used this one jar for the last 2.5 years. A little goes a loong way. I don't turn my wipe off towel either. The point is to leave a protective barrier not rub/buff it off. Think of the towel as a very forginvng spatula to evenly spread the glaze.

I always wash and wax in the shade, which means during summer I have to start earlier and earlier. Just as I finished the sun struck the rear passenger side panel. This shot angle really shows the mica in the paint.

I prefer depth to shine and here you can see it. If you decide to try this expensive wax, get it in a Zymol sampler kit: you'll get Destiny, Atlantique, and Vintage. IMHO, Destiny is all shine and in Vintage I perceived a milkiness which would better suit a light colored or metallic paint. Obviously, I chose Atlantique. I have tried the recommended Japon wax (which is their Carbon wash with extra dryers.) I wasn't too crazy about the results. If I were to recommend a starter wax in the Zymol line, I'd go straight to the Titanium glaze.

Here they are-the two specialty items I didn't show before: 1. Blue ClayMagic Clay Bar. 2. Zymol's detail wax for the exterior plastics. This wax formulation lasts a surprisingly long time

My favorite mixture for all the weather-stripping and external plastics: 303 + Vinyl + Seal. The Vinyl cuts the shine of the 303 to a nice satin and the Seal helps keep this normally watery mixture from creeping while enriching. Applied with a piece from a cotton ball.

This is a very soft goat's hair brush I use for dusting the HT and each door's window weather stripping before putting on the cock-pit cover .

CRI cockpit cover. Fits in the trunk and really keeps the interior cooler. I'm convinced those mylar sunshadeds trap heat rather than reflect it, so I've stopped using it almost entirely.

The last and most recent element is Vinylex for the tires. It isn't glossy and it has an SPF60 rating but, to my nose, it smells odd so it stays outside.

Thanks for stopping by.
-RAF