AdvonspaanDC5
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Quick backstory: Haven't posted in this forum in YEARS. Haven't detailed cars like I used to back in the day when I had my RSX. But now the I've been bitten by a detail bug yet again. So here I am trying to rediscover my old found love of making my cars look beautiful as well as protecting it.
It came down to Zaino Z2, Z5, and Optimum Poli Seal. I've never used zaino before, but man everywhere I read about how it cures cancer and makes god's clouds shinier than mirrors, especially on black cars. So I decided to try it out.
So I hit my fiance's black '08 impreza outback with the following process (Sorry there are no pics, I don't have a camera at the moment, and even if I did the car's already a bit dusty and dirty.):
- Wash
- Clay Bar
- PC'd speed 6 Opt. Poli Seal w/green pad
- Zaino Z5 1x
- Zaino Z2 2x
And wow... It's shiny, but it's not what I was expecting. It's nowhere near the photos of zaino'd black cars that I've seen. Some of those shots really do look like a mirror. And to add salt to the wounds, the car lacked clarity or depth that I'm used to. I usually use NXT 1.0 (back in the days on certain cars, black, blue, etc.) and *gasp* I think it looked better than zaino. (Don't flame me)
So I'm a bit disappointed that I spent $40-50 including shipping on the zaino products and it just wasn't all that amazing to me. What's worse is that I spent 3 separate days work on it, amounting to maybe 8-9 hours of total work.
Maybe it's just me. Maybe I overhyped myself? Maybe I'm just not doing something right? Is it the poli seal as a base? Should I use the Zaino AIO for a base? Did I apply it TOO thin?
I've read in places of people having up to 60 coats of zaino and how supposedly each coats makes it look better. Give me a break, I'm not spending 1-2 months adding coat after coat.
*breathes* Ok, any thoughts or tips?
:nixweiss
It came down to Zaino Z2, Z5, and Optimum Poli Seal. I've never used zaino before, but man everywhere I read about how it cures cancer and makes god's clouds shinier than mirrors, especially on black cars. So I decided to try it out.
So I hit my fiance's black '08 impreza outback with the following process (Sorry there are no pics, I don't have a camera at the moment, and even if I did the car's already a bit dusty and dirty.):
- Wash
- Clay Bar
- PC'd speed 6 Opt. Poli Seal w/green pad
- Zaino Z5 1x
- Zaino Z2 2x
And wow... It's shiny, but it's not what I was expecting. It's nowhere near the photos of zaino'd black cars that I've seen. Some of those shots really do look like a mirror. And to add salt to the wounds, the car lacked clarity or depth that I'm used to. I usually use NXT 1.0 (back in the days on certain cars, black, blue, etc.) and *gasp* I think it looked better than zaino. (Don't flame me)
So I'm a bit disappointed that I spent $40-50 including shipping on the zaino products and it just wasn't all that amazing to me. What's worse is that I spent 3 separate days work on it, amounting to maybe 8-9 hours of total work.
Maybe it's just me. Maybe I overhyped myself? Maybe I'm just not doing something right? Is it the poli seal as a base? Should I use the Zaino AIO for a base? Did I apply it TOO thin?
I've read in places of people having up to 60 coats of zaino and how supposedly each coats makes it look better. Give me a break, I'm not spending 1-2 months adding coat after coat.
*breathes* Ok, any thoughts or tips?
:nixweiss