| nicksan |
Hi folks,
I finally found some time this past weekend to take the Zaino plunge, for real!
I have the ZFX, Z2, Z5, Z6, Z7, and the clay bar.
First I washed the X with Dawn. Then I started to clay bar it...my goodness that took a long time but I stuck to it...it's easy to stick to it since the results are fantastic.
Then I washed the car again with Z7.
Mixed ZFX with Z2 then waxed.
After 30 minutes buffed it up and finished it off with Z6.
Holy cr*p!!! The surface is so slick now. I have never seen my X look this good!!!!!!
Yesterday I started working on my 99 3.2 TL. But after clay baring the front and the back (very tough things on my car), I got tired so I will do the rest this week. I'm looking forward to seeing how Zaino will do with this white car that is slightly older than my X.
The clay bar is a miracle bar! I had what I thought was a scuff mark left by some idiot driver on my front right bumper. I worked on it with the clay bar for 5 to ten minites and now it's gone.
You wanna hear something painful though? After leaving the pristine looking X overnite in front of my garage, I needed to use the X Sunday morning. So I was backing it up. I have a very narrow driveway and my stupid neighbors put up a brick divider with black metal fencing on their side of the property so it's really narrow now. As I was backing up I hear a crunching noise. I figure it was my tires or whatever...but it turned out to be my passenger side mirror! Major scuff mark to the black plastic...no way to clay bar that out. OUCH!@#$
So I had a touchup pen handy so I touched it up but you guys know that it just doesn't look that good with the touchup.
I hate my neighbors :D
Anybody can give me a suggestion as to how to better the crappy touchup of my side mirror?
Maybe I should get a replacement? But where??? |
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| rjmitche |
:needpics:
Not really but, I've been waiting for an opportunity to use the new smilie! You could post some pics of your newly Zaino'd MDX. |
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| Captain MDX |
| Sorry to hear about the mirror, how about some pics :D |
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| paul123 |
Great stuff!!!
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| mdxxxx |
quote:
Originally posted by rjmitche
:needpics:
Not really but, I've been waiting for an opportunity to use the new smilie! You could post some pics of your newly Zaino'd MDX.
Quite right rjmitche, I've been waiting to use the new smilie myself. Thanks to crmsnidol, I get to use this picture...
:2: LOL Lets get those pics, nicksan !! |
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| Captain MDX |
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Originally posted by mdxxxx
Quite right rjmitche, I've been waiting to use the new smilie myself. Thanks to crmsnidol, I get to use this picture...
:2: LOL Lets get those pics, nicksan !!
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| nicksan |
You guys are funny.
Darth, you are scaring me with your Jedi mind tricks.
I plan on putting a coat of Z5, then another Z2 very soon...maybe by that time I will have my new 4.1 Mega Pixel Digi Cam.
Until then...SORRY
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| kudo |
Got my Zaino kit over the weekend, did Dawn -> Claybar -> Z7 Wash -> Z5+ZFX -> Z6 -> Z5+ZFX -> Z6 so far.
Question is do I need to wash my X again before I put on Z2+ZFX? (X is kept indoor) I've read here that some of us Zainoed 6 coats? (combo of Z5 and Z2) |
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| Fabvsix |
| Yes, wash with the Z wash soap, NOT Dawn.......Washing with Zaino stuff is soft and gentle, keep applying coats. The more the better ! |
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| m2pc |
| Will multiple coats last through the winter season? This is my first year using it and 3 months easily to keep beading. |
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| lester123 |
I too plan on treating my "baby" to its first treatment in the next week. I am sure it will look real great, from all that I have read on this board.
My question - if I do it now, how long will the treatment last before it needs to be redone? I plan on being in southern Florida for the winter and would prefer taking as little "extra stuff" with me. Which specific items would I have to bring with me? |
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| pelucidor |
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Originally posted by kudo
Got my Zaino kit over the weekend, did Dawn -> Claybar -> Z7 Wash -> Z5+ZFX -> Z6 -> Z5+ZFX -> Z6 so far.
Question is do I need to wash my X again before I put on Z2+ZFX? (X is kept indoor) I've read here that some of us Zainoed 6 coats? (combo of Z5 and Z2)
I have an answer for you if you have an answer for me:
Yes you should wash with Z7 before another coat of Z2/ZFX (I usually do two coats of Z2/ZFX with Z6 in between and also after).
My question:
I did a full Zaino Initial Process (ZIP) on my brand new tiny Mazda RX-8. The steps were similar to yours:
Dawn wash -> Claybar -> Z7 wash -> Z6 -> Z5/ZFX -> Z6 -> Z2/ZFX -> Z6
It took me over 8 hours! I am too scared to attempt anything on the MDX which has 5 times the surface area. How long did it take you?
BTW I use Z5/ZFX on my red RX-8 first because Sal recommends it instead of Z2/ZFX on black/blue/red cars (or cars with scratches/swirl marks) prior to a final coat of Z2/ZFX.
A few weeks later I did a standard Zaino session on my RX-8:
Z7 wash -> Z6 -> Z5/ZFX -> Z6 -> Z2/ZFX ->Z6
which only took 3 hours - perhaps this will scale to 6 hours for the MDX at my slow pace... |
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