Thank you for the detailed reply, Afshin. A few more questions. I have water spots on my hood and some oxidation on my roof. Do I need to do anything other than what you have listed to take care of these things? My car is not metallic, so I guess I don't have to worry about that when deciding on a wax. One of the things that seems better about the Zaino...is that they make a wax specifically for non-clearcoat paint and one for clearcoat. Mine does not have clearcoat...so maybe a more specialized wax like Zaino is better?

As far as shine, would you say that Zaino is almost as good as Carnauba...esp. for a non metallic paint?

With the swirl remover...the #9 does not work with Zaino, but a more abrasive one will? My paint as decent swirling, so this does need to be taken care of. I don't want Zaino to limit me on this.

I guess you could say that I am leaning towards Zaino because of its durability and I'm confident that the shine will be just fine for my mono paint... it is expensive though!!

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