Drove my car while sealant still on

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BaRoK

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I applied Z5 to my car late in the day and decided to remove it first thing next morning.



Next day, weather turned out to be a wet one and was forced to drive my newly applied car in pouring rain. The forecast for the next couple of days isn't runing out great. I park my car outside open air.



Have I damaged the paint of my car? Is it safe leaving Z5 on paint for a long period of time?



I will definitely remove the wax once the sun come out.



Any suggestions?
 
I don't see how that will harm anything. I would advocate washing the car before buffing off any residue to clean off any grit accumulation from driving in the wet.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
I don't see how that will harm anything. I would advocate washing the car before buffing off any residue to clean off any grit accumulation from driving in the wet.
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I concur with Setec. Cannot imagine any harm by what you have done. Wash, Z-6 and apply what ever Zaino product that you want to apply.
 
I agree with the others. I've left waxes/sealants on for 15hrs+ before, but I've never driven the car during that time. You're probably going to want to wash the car since there's surely some dirt or grit of some sort on the paint.
 
I feel a little relieved that no damage has been done. It looks like we'll get a little bit of sunshine tomorrow.



We get a LOT of snow during winter (btw, I live in Toronto). Would leaving Z5 without buffing be safer? I might have to go to a touchless car wash every week to remove salt stains.



What kind of winter protection do you guys use?
 
No. Don't do that. Leaving a wax/sealant on (including the excess) would just attract heaps of salt/dirt. And it would be held there, adhering to the excess LSP that you left on. I think it would cause a lot of problems.



Oh and to answer your other question, my winter protection combo is listed in my sig. I add a new coat of #16 every month.

And my entire car is also protected by my snow tires :)
 
BaRoK said:
I feel a little relieved that no damage has been done. It looks like we'll get a little bit of sunshine tomorrow.



We get a LOT of snow during winter (btw, I live in Toronto). Would leaving Z5 without buffing be safer? I might have to go to a touchless car wash every week to remove salt stains.



What kind of winter protection do you guys use?
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Zaino is a PITA to get off it gets wet before you remove it. After you wash it, you'll probably have to buff it off with Z6 and a strong MF. My car got rained on once between application & removal and the biggest problem was ghosting. Took about a week to get it all off-I ended up just carrying a towel & Z6 in the car to get spots when they appeared-and they'll tend to appear after it gets wet again. No harm done, though.
 
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