What do the factory use for paint protection, rust-proofing, etc? That reason I am asking is that they did the 4 protection packages for my vehicle. It smells like gas!! A friend told me he used to use gasoline to make his dirt bike shine. Can that be true? The shop used some gasoline in the last step to make the car shine better?

I left my garage door open this morning to air it out. May be I should go to the wash bay and give it a shower.

Do you think it would be fine if I do the Zaino process? The paint protection stuff was done on Monday. Should I wait a week, or more? I think snow will fall soon.

 

I'm not sure what they use but from everything I've read, Paint protection, undercoating, fabric spray are all unecessary and a great way for additional profit for the dealerships. I guess the smell is another reason to avoid it.

As for gas, I couldn't imagine putting gas on a car. Gas eats paint! Take a look at a few of the 'hoopies' cruzing around, you'll see faded paint from where they've dripping gas. Not only that I've used gas on occation to clean oil based paint brushs. It works really well at that.

Your friends been sniffen too much gas.

 

i think Zaino is your answer...hop on the group deal if it's still going on...

 

I used to work in a Chrysler dealer service department (way back in the day...) I was part of the prep team, and we cleaned all new and used cars that had been purchased. We also did some of the sound-proofing, rust-proofing, paint-protecting and fabric-protecting.

All of those dealer protection packages are pure profit. The rust-proofing compound was nothing more than beeswax with some chemical rust inhibitor. It took us maybe 15 minutes to do the whole car (while we charged the customer a full hour of labor.) The sound-proofing probably was the best service of the bunch. There we used a liquid-rubber spray and did the underbody and wheel wells of the car. This also accomplished some rust-proofing because it sealed some of the bare metal parts.

The paint protection and fabric protection were the biggest rip-offs. Paint protection was the secret 'Chrysler' goop that came out of a small 6-oz container. I swear it was no different than Race Glaze poly sealant that's available in most auto parts stores. And the fabric protection was Scotch Guard. It even said so on the canister we used. We sprayed it on the seats, carpet & floormats. You can do the same with a $5 can from the store.

Now, I don't know what other manufacturers or dealers do, this is just what we did at the one Chrysler dealership. Just want to add that disclaimer. In short, aside from the soundproofing, you can do your own protection group in your driveway some Saturday afternoon.

I don't hear too much about Race Glaze on the boards but I've found it to be very good. It goes on very easily (with a slightly damp sponge), hazes nicely & is relatively easy to buff off. Set it with some distilled water and a terrycloth towel and poof! Once every six months is sufficient for me.

Hope this helps,
TOM