Zaino vs Poorboy's

Thanks for the welocme guys!

Boss: I got the black / tan...I'm not thrilled with the paint job...this truck had been on the lot for a long time. It had a dime sized chip on the roof and a nice scratch on the hood and rear 1/4 pannel, so I had the dealer repaint those areas. They did a decent job, but the paint needs some work, not to mention all the plastic trim is faded. I wouldn't have bought it if I didn't get a real nice price on it. That and the fact I had been driving a '96 isuzu hombre for the last 4 years, ANYTHING would have seemed like a improvement:)
 
Ummmmmm.......... the black and tan will look great once you get her all cleaned up! :)

Get something on that vinyl trim as soon as you can!
 
Ace: Thanks for the link...Excellent "how to"!!! Hopefully my pads will be here this week and I can put that info to good use. I was wanting to play with the PC, so I used the pad that came with it and some flat top oven glass cleaner and buffed the top of my stove...it worked awesome! It usually takes me 15 - 20 minutes to clean the top by hand and when I'm done, my hand is killing me...with the PC, it took about 5 min and came out perfect.
 
Tassadar said:
Yeah the Z-1 took forever to haze. Plus it smelled like death in a bottle.
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I don't mean to harp on an a side issue here, but you don't need to wait for Z-1 to haze. Just apply Z-1 and then start applying Z polish right on top of it, regardless of whether or not it's dry.

I've done a lot of side by side tests myself with a variety of products and quite honestly, I've almost never been able to tell much of a difference in shine.
 
I agree with Intermezzo. Most of the difference is perceived because you believe there must be a difference somewhere to justify the difference in cost. In the end I think that is where the primary difference is. People have been arguing about S100 and P21S trying to say that P21S looks better because it cost more. What a surprise... they are probably the same wax! lol

I think that some products will really be different when you are comparing apples to oranges. Zaino is going to look different than Gold Class or something like that. I would really like a test car do do with Poorboy's, Zaino, Klasse, and Platinum and just see how many people can tell the difference or be able to name the product. lol
 
I coud not agree with you more FUZZ everyone that I see posting here talks about a certain product giving more shine than others. Where I find that to be true with some most if done side by side would not be able to tell the diffrence.
I've recently applied Crystal Cuard to my Jeep it looks great but then with the PB EX on it it looked great, it even looked that good with the Klasse that I had on it, so go figure.
As fro Zaino if you put enough coats on any color its going to give you a deep shine, I got that with one coat of CG. I'm not endiring any product. One thing here that I do see a lot of is durablity of a product. For me it does nto matter I clean and protect my cars so much acid rain could not break threw the finish
:lmfao But for those that need durabily its good to know that we have some on here resting and reporting there findings

OK I'll get off the soap box now:headbang
 
Well, I don't know if I agree completely with the theory that there is not difference in shine between products. I agree that many products do look very similar, but some side by side testing I've done does show some differences. Like Fuzz said, it's more specificaly, the difference between a vehicle done with a sealant like Zaino, Klasse, UPP, or BlackFire, vs a carnauba like P21S, TS, or Souveran.

Perhaps it's overall "looks" that I'm refering to, rather than shine. Anyhow, I can pretty much spot a car done with a sealant....... same goes for a car done with a fine carnauba. Of course, much of the final look depends on what products were used as prep.

However, that's just my opinion!
 
Shine is only one component of a finish. I think for pure optical clarity, I could tell the difference between Zaino and a good carnuba. When I say optical clarity, I mean the accuracy of the reflections of objects when viewed in the paint. Zaino seems to look virtually like a mirror, but that's not the only criteria for a great finish. There is also, depth and liquidity and in those respects some other products might do better even though the reflections off the paint might be less accurate. But this hobby of detailing is not really about a clean and shiny car, is it? We all know we can achieve that with a $10 bottle of Mothers Cleaner/Wax. This hobby is about the mainia of straining at gnats to find the elusive "perfect finish". That's the whole fun of it, I think.
 
ACE said:
But this hobby of detailing is not really about a clean and shiny car, is it? We all know we can achieve that with a $10 bottle of Mothers Cleaner/Wax. This hobby is about the mainia of straining at gnats to find the elusive "perfect finish". That's the whole fun of it, I think.
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Right on brother!:mohawk
 
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