I do believe I`m being mocked...

Ha, ha, yup same e-mail this morning. Forgot, I also have a Zaino 5 gallon wash bucket with grit guard and gamma seal lid.
 
Sounds like an attempt to justify the time spent to put 84 layers of Zaino on.....

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
 
House of Wax said:
Sounds like an attempt to justify the time spent to put 84 layers of Zaino on.....

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
Click to expand...

I bet if there are that many layers of Zaino Z2, Z5 on paintwork, it will look like it has that many layers.. :)

Never had the time to do that much - was too busy doing it for others - but the local Zaino Rep`s vehicles I saw Always looked amazing with those zilliion layers on them...
It was like another layer of clearcoat on top of the clearcoat...

Great to see that the company has embraced the power of the Internet to advertise...
Dan F
 
SgtMajUSMC said:
I still have a bottle of Zaino tire dressing in a milk crate on the shelf in my garage. Was my preferred dressing until I started using WETS not too long ago. I also still get emails from them.
Click to expand...

I have some bottles of this also !! Lovely stuff in its time.. It never lasted very long in rainy Bellevue, WA...

Once I bought Tuff-Shine - a long time ago - there has been so much time I gained from not having to mess with the tires anymore..
Dan F
 
The old Z16 is still my fave Tire Slime, we`ll see how long my last bottles last me as I`m only using it up on the good cars, which I haven`t been driving.

On their LSPs, I can appreciate the signature look on colors like white, but otherwise it`s simply not how I want my vehicles to look, and note that I`m fine with the appearance of FK1000P (i.e., I don`t necessarilly mind that "sealanty" look on some paints). Z is about the only LSP I can ID IRL..."hey, nice car, is that Zaino? Yeah...thought so..."
 
Just jumped on the Autogeek 25% off with free shipping deal yesterday.

Picked up the large container of Tufshine, after I ran out of the small one, and other goodies.
 
Marine Clerk said:
Just jumped on the Autogeek 25% off with free shipping deal yesterday.

Picked up the large container of Tufshine, after I ran out of the small one, and other goodies.
Click to expand...

Marine Clerk -
Congrats ! You are going to love TuffShine !
Been using it since it first came out and have never wanted anything else..
Even the sponges they sell are first rate..
Dan F
 
Have three cars on the Tuf Shine diet already.
When I run out of the Z16, I`m using on the Infiniti, I`ll switch that one also.
Picked up their tire cleaner for when that time comes.

Also added some Sonax car shampoo.
 
Marine Clerk said:
When I run out of the Z16, I`m using on the Infiniti, I`ll switch that one also.
Picked up their tire cleaner for when that time comes.
Click to expand...

Set aside some time! Took me forever to get to the clean, white TuffShine cleaner foam when doing Michelins that had been buried in Z16 for 3 years.
 
BudgetPlan1 said:
Set aside some time! Took me forever to get to the clean, white TuffShine cleaner foam when doing Michelins that had been buried in Z16 for 3 years.
Click to expand...

Huh, that`s interesting! I always thought of Z16 as a pretty "clean" Tire Slime. Cleaning off stealership stuff might`ve warped my perspective...(almost refused the MPV because they slimed the tires.."we didn`t wash it, just like you said, so what`s the problem?").
 
I always do a Double scrub on tires I`m switching over.
Thorough the first time, then same thing on the second go around.
I have a bucket of clean water and a sponge to completely clean off any overspray that gets on the rims after I rinse off the tires.
 
BudgetPlan1- Between you and Mary B I`m sure getting a positive impression of that TuffShine Tire Cleaner!

Marine Clerk- Eh, you`ve reminded me that I just pulled the summer wheels/tires off the A8 and the Tahoe and stuck `em in a corner without cleaning them up properly :(

Seems like I always do at least two passes on my tires during each maintenance wash and I still don`t really get `em clean. Too paranoid about stripping LSP from the wheels (the ones that aren`t coated) and surrounding areas I guess, still using that (too) gentle GG Rubber Cleaner for the time being.
 
Accumulator said:
BudgetPlan1- Between you and Mary B I`m sure getting a positive impression of that TuffShine Tire Cleaner!
Click to expand...

Although the prep and initial application are a little more involved, it sure holds up. When it starts to fade after numerous months, just hit it with some of the cleaner and brush, dry and put some more on. I think I`ve applied it twice to our 7500 mile a year Corvette (driven in rain all the time but never winter) since July of 2016 (Michelin Pilot Sport tires) and it just keeps on keepin` on. Can control the level of gloss by how many coats ya do. It does seem to behave slightly differently (gloss) on different brands of tires but have not run into anything that would make me stop using it. Nice not to have to worry about nasty tire dressing applicators and slingin` dressings anymore.
 
BudgetPlan1- That Gloss Factor always gives me pause as I`m extremely picky and what I have now gives exactly what I want. Since SgtMajUSMC sent me his remaining Z16 it`ll be many years before I need to buy something, might have enough for this lifetime between the Griot`s, Pinnacle, and Z.

EDIT: Sling.. I *still* can`t recall ever having sling from a dressing that I applied. Not once and I was using the v1.0 Armor All back in the mid-70s so that`s a whole lotta tire sliming.
 
Accumulator said:
EDIT: Sling.. I *still* can`t recall ever having sling from a dressing that I applied. Not once and I was using the v1.0 Armor All back in the mid-70s so that`s a whole lotta tire sliming.
Click to expand...

When I got my first set of white letter tires, Goodrich Radial T/A`s in 1979, I thought Armor All was magical. Scrub the letters with SOS pad, clean `em up start laying down the shiny goodness. Heck, we`d wipe everything down...seats, dashboard, interior panels.

A bucket, a bath towel, dishwashing soap, sponge and Armor All. Wash done.
 
BudgetPlan1- Once I figured out to cut it with a little water it wasn`t all that awful-shiny, well...OK...yeah, it was a *LOT* moreso than I`d want now, but hey...for back then it was the [stuff]. And just FWIW, I *never* experienced any of the damage people ascribed to the v1.0.

Heh heh, I tried a set of Radial T/As too, white letters showing and all :o Hey, as the song goes "I was just a dumb kid".
 
This was me in highschool to a T

I sorta wish I could go back to those days - little zipwax soap in a bucket, scrub the paint till it shined. interior wipe down with armor all wipe, and windex and paper towels on the glass. Feeling frisky? rub on some turtle wax with an old t-shirt.

:)

BudgetPlan1 said:
When I got my first set of white letter tires, Goodrich Radial T/A`s in 1979, I thought Armor All was magical. Scrub the letters with SOS pad, clean `em up start laying down the shiny goodness. Heck, we`d wipe everything down...seats, dashboard, interior panels.

A bucket, a bath towel, dishwashing soap, sponge and Armor All. Wash done.
Click to expand...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top