ZviZZer Allround Shampoo Car Shampoo 3000ml

Wash the paint without stripping wax and sealant

What is the ZviZZer Allround Shampoo? A pH-friendly car shampoo for regular hand washing that foams hard and lays down a slick film, so road film, dust and grease come off with minimal scratching while any wax, sealant or ceramic coating stays put. It's not an acidic cleaner for lime and water spots, and not a bug or tar remover.

The ZviZZer Allround Shampoo is a mildly alkaline car shampoo from ZviZZer for your weekly hand wash. With a pH of 9.0 it lifts road film, dust and grease and at the same time builds a strong slick film that lets the wash mitt glide over the paint instead of rubbing dirt in. It's dialled in to clean an existing layer of wax, a sealant or a ceramic coating without attacking the protection.

• One litre is good for about 40 buckets. You dose it at 15 to 30 millilitres per 5 litres of water, so roughly one cap per bucket. That gets you around 40 washes out of the 1-litre bottle with full foam and slip, and no running out mid-job.
• pH 9.0 looks after your protection instead of stripping it. The Allround Shampoo is deliberately only mildly alkaline and cleans wax, sealant and ceramic coating without dissolving them. Wash your coated car with dish soap and you'll lose the beading after a handful of washes; with this shampoo it stays put.
• One bottle for the bucket and the foam cannon. At 15 to 30 millilitres per 5 litres it's your wash-bucket shampoo; at about 15 millilitres per 1 litre it becomes a pre-wash mix for the foam cannon. So you cover the pre-wash and the hand wash with a single product.

Detailing1's tip from the shop: The most common mistake is washing with just one bucket and too little shampoo. If you keep dunking the wash mitt into the same cloudy soup, you rub the loosened grit straight back into the paint and pull fine swirls. Grab two buckets, one with shampoo and one with clean rinse water, and don't be stingy with the dose. On a black 3 Series BMW we saw exactly that: fine wash marks in the sun with one bucket, clean paint with two.

Two buckets full of slick film, and not in the sun

You add the Allround Shampoo at 15 to 30 millilitres per 5 litres of water in the wash bucket and foam it up with a hard jet of water until you've got dense suds with a slip you can feel.

Wash from the top down, because the sills are the dirtiest and go last. Work with a microfibre wash mitt in straight lines and rinse it out in the second bucket after every pass. Then grab the matching microfibre cloth to dry while the paint is still wet.

Never wash on hot paint or in full sun, or the shampoo dries on and leaves streaks. As a pre-wash foam you mix about 15 millilitres per 1 litre and let the foam dwell for a moment before you rinse the heavy dirt off with the pressure washer. You'll find all the wash and cleaning products in the Washing and Cleaning category.

Road film and dust yes, lime and bugs no

The Allround Shampoo reliably lifts the daily road film of dust, exhaust soot and grease, but it's not a specialist cleaner for baked-on or mineral deposits.

Its core job is the regular maintenance wash of a well-kept car that goes through a hand wash every week or two and needs to hold its shine. On a coated daily driver the water still beads off after the wash exactly as before, because the shampoo doesn't strip the protection.

The limits are clear. When lime and water spots sit on the paint, say after drying in the sun in a hard-water region, you need the acidic Sour Shampoo at pH 3.4 to 3.8, which dissolves those mineral residues. Stuck-on bug remains, tar spots and rail dust won't shift with any shampoo; they come off first with a targeted pre-treatment.

For the regular carer, not for the deep clean

The Allround Shampoo is the right call when you wash your car by hand regularly and don't want to rebuild the existing protection every single time.

It's less suited as your only shampoo in two cases. If you want to fully reset a badly neglected paint with lime, tar and old wax in one go, you need acidic and strip-down specialist products. And if you only head through the car wash now and then, you don't need a hand-wash shampoo at all. For the odd freshen-up reach for the acidic Sour Shampoo, for the everyday reach for the Allround.

The one thing hardly anyone clocks is dosing as scratch protection. Most people skimp on the shampoo and then wonder about wash marks, when it's exactly that slick film from a full dose that lets the grit glide over the paint instead of grinding into it. Better a splash more in the bucket than an hour of polishing at the end.

Application of ZviZZer Allround Shampoo

From pre-wash to a low-scratch finish

First, rinse the car with clear water or pre-wash foam to remove coarse dirt before the wash mitt touches the paint. For the foam, dissolve approximately 15 milliliters of Allround Shampoo per 1 liter of water in the foam cannon and let it work briefly, without letting it dry.

For hand washing, add 15 to 30 milliliters to 5 liters of water in the wash bucket and lather vigorously until a dense foam with a noticeable lubricating film is formed. Work with two buckets, one with shampoo and one with clear rinse water, and rinse the wash mitt in the rinse bucket after every pass.

Wash from top to bottom and the dirty rocker panels last, always in straight lines instead of circles. Then rinse with clear water and dry with a microfiber cloth while the paint is still wet. You can find more washing and cleaning products in the Washing and Cleaning category.

Notes: The Allround Shampoo is slightly alkaline with a pH of 9.0 and is gentle on existing wax, sealant, and ceramic coatings. It does not remove limescale and water spots; the acidic Sour Shampoo is intended for that. Never wash on hot paint or in direct sunlight, otherwise streaks will form. Avoid eye and skin contact and wear gloves. Store the container tightly closed, frost-free, and protected from direct sunlight; use within 24 months after opening.