Todays Detail: Stratasphere Mica 4Runner

[General Lee]

This is the wifes 4runner we purchased back in Febuary. Back then it received SSR2.5 and Natty's. Well, when I was washing it yesterday I noticed I had no beading or sheeting left. So I figured it was time to give it the works.



Process:

Wash w/ Gold Class Shampoo

Clayed during the wash

Menzerna's Final Poilsh II via PC and a polishing pad. Some area got SSR2.5 and a polishing pad as well.

Rinsed to remove polish dust



Zaino Z2 Pro w/ZFX x 2

Everytime I use Zaino *I* feel its more work than its worth. Its always a PITA to remove. I had about 3/4 oz left out of 2 oz from doing 2 coats so I feel I used it sparingly Anyways thats another subject

More to come...

 

[General Lee]

In this pic I tried to show how much ZXF I had left but the sun drowned it out

 

[General Lee]

One more

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Very NICE!!!!



Paint looks swirl free! I also detailed a 4 Runner today. (Gold one)

 

[SilverLexus]

:bow Very wet looking!!!



Love the color.

 

[stilez]

Wow those swirl free shots > all the rest .





Very nice work, sorry to hear the Z is a pain for ya. I'm sure some ZPro's will chime in.

 

[tkr128]

Looks awesome! I still love that color! :xyxthumbs



I'm thinking about giving Z2 Pro a try, it looks great on dark colors. I don't know about removing it, I've never had trouble with Z2 or Z5 before.

 

[General Lee]

Thanks for the kind words It may just be me, but like I said Zaino is kinda a bear to remove. I may be doing something wrong who knows:nixweiss Some say that if you can't see it then your applying it thin enough, but its not very convincing when your actually applying IMO.



This paint scratches and marrs very easily. Thats why I had to use SSR2.5 in some areas for the marring that occured over the past few months.



BTW, Vroom's tire dressing on the tires. I tried it for the first time.... eh :down

 

[TRD-22]

Great Work! Love the reflections



BTW, just a minor one, it's StratOsphere Mica. My mom wanted that color on the Sienna but it was taking ages for it to appear for allocation. So we stuck with a ligther blue.

 

[imported_series1]

Good job. Even though you said zaino was hard to buff off it paid off

 

[General Lee]

Great Work! Love the reflections



BTW, just a minor one, it's StratOsphere Mica. My mom wanted that color on the Sienna but it was taking ages for it to appear for allocation. So we stuck with a ligther blue.

Your absolutely right! I knew it didn't look right. How in the world do you get blue out of *Stratosphere Mica*:nixweiss

 

[TRD-22]

With all honesty, I don't know how Toyota got that one. It's an odd name for a dark blue.