Zymol paste waxes?

MS22

MS22

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Has anyone ever used the Zymol line of paste waxes? I am specifically looking at the Ital for a Maserati I will be working on in two weeks. I have used their cleaner wax and its OK but I have no experiance with any of their pastes? Any forms of advice/reviews would be great. Thanks.
 
I haven't used much on the Zymol line, but what I have used hasn't overly impressed me. I haven't found the advantage to paying those kinds of prices for a wax. I have Zymol Vintage which is arguably the most expesive jar of wax that you can get. I don't know if the price tag of $1500 bucks a jar is because you get lifetime refills (one per year) or if its because it is high quality stuff. I've found that I prefer the look of Pinnacle Signature or P21S instead of Vintage. I was lucky and someone gave me most of the contents of their Vintage jar because they weren't happy with it either. Perhaps some of their lower end waxes are better. I just am not pleased with the amount of dust attraction and lack of any real durability that I got out of Vintage. I'm much happier with my much more affordable Pinnacle waxes and P21S/S100.
 
The Zymol ITAL I was looking to buy is exactly the same price at Souveran; A guy I know paid 70 for it and offered it for 50 - composition is 90% yellow brazilian carnauba, 10% white brazilian carnauba. I would never even consider paying anything more than 100 for a jar of paste, the rest of the Zymol line is rediculous.
 
To sum it up in a nutshell some of there products work real well but ITS JUST NOT WORTH THE MONEY.Can you justify paying that much money for a wax?
 
ms22: I seriously have doubts about the "%of carnauba content" claims that Zymol makes about their Estate waxes.

I don't have the exact percentages, but Poorboy has said that most carnauba products have less than 20% ACTUAL carnauba content.

Carnauba in it's natural state is hard as a brick so petroleum distillates & other stuff is added to make it useable.

It may be the highest quality but the claims are ridiculous.

But if it gives you the "look" you're after & you're happy with the price then use the wax & use it often.
 
My secretary's husband swears by Zymol. He loves it on his red M Roadster and his White 525. They always look good when ever I see them. Not sure he uses it as much as he talks about it though. He's always just ran out whenever we talk about swapping samples so I can try it! :lmfao :rofl
 
He probably always runs out because the crap doesn't last very long and he has to wax his car every other day. I've heard there are serious durability issues. People who spend that kind of money on a product that doesn't last very long are the same type of people who drive BMWs just for the fact that its a BMW and someone told them that it was the best. They have no other basis of comparison and they just do and use what people tell them to do. baaaaaaaaaaaa!
 
Its not the Zymol you find at AutoZone but the ITAL, the red canister featured on the link above. It runs ~65, and is suppsoed to be formulated for Italian cars, hence my inquiring about buying some for a Maserati I have scheduled for next Sun.
 
I have never quite understood how a wax is specifically formulated for Italian or Japanese cars. In theory I guess its a good idea, but I cant see that the paint/clearcoat composition will differ that radically that it will require a specific wax, I mean there are just not that many different OEM automotive paint manufacturers/suppliers. Unless its radically different from the norm ( like Mercedes ceramiclear ) then it just kinda baffles me how they tailor it to the "nationality" of the car?!?

But to answer the question, I personally wouldnt go out to buy a jar of "Italian" wax just specifically cos its an Italian made car. Just use a good quality wax that you already have and have had good experience with. You dont really wanna be "experimenting" on a Maserati. I know its only wax, but Id be more comfortable in sticking with what I know........
 
6cyl's_of_fury said:
I have never quite understood how a wax is specifically formulated for Italian or Japanese cars. In theory I guess its a good idea, but I cant see that the paint/clearcoat composition will differ that radically that it will require a specific wax, I mean there are just not that many different OEM automotive paint manufacturers/suppliers. Unless its radically different from the norm ( like Mercedes ceramiclear ) then it just kinda baffles me how they tailor it to the "nationality" of the car?!?

But to answer the question, I personally wouldnt go out to buy a jar of "Italian" wax just specifically cos its an Italian made car. Just use a good quality wax that you already have and have had good experience with. You dont really wanna be "experimenting" on a Maserati. I know its only wax, but Id be more comfortable in sticking with what I know........
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Turtle Wax or Simonize it :hah
 
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