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Travlinlght

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I must say, what a product! It was my first time using Zaino. I dawn washed, clayed, dawnwashed again. Then applied 3 coats Z5 zfx, with Z6 between coats. It does take a little time to do it all. My car is black and she looks like a mirror. I've never used any type of polish like Zaino before. It's almost like I applied a second clear coat layer. Prep work is extrememly important to a great result. The Z products don't remove anything,(water spots little stains, etc.) The Z wil just seal them in. It takes me a little more time to make sure all the water spots are dryed off completely. Especially on black!

I used 1.5 oz. for the three coats. The first coat went on a bit heavy untill i got used to the product and dampened the applicator a little more. I found the Z came off pretty easy but not real easy. The finish is slick as ice.

I was concerned about some minor swirl markes that I had. The Z5 seemed to hide them pretty well. Yuo have to look real hard to find those minor marks and swirls now. Overall I'm extremely impressed. Z seems like a perfectly clear shell on the car. You can really tell that it does layer itself coat after coat.

I have Z2 that i think I'm might apply tomorrow.

Will the Z2 help the gloss even more on black?

or should I just stay with the Z5?

When i go to apply future coats do I need to use zfx or can i just apply the Z5/2.
 
I like Z5 better than Z2, I use it all the time!

Next, you can apply just Z5 with out the ZFX, it will just take longer to dry/cure







Glad to hear you like the Z stuff!
 
now you'll have to deal with people talking to you bout your car's shine. Soo sad for us zaino users :p



You'll love the results even more



you'll love the compliments you get also.
 
My car is a garage queen, so the dawn wash, claying etc. will probably be a once a year thing. I would like to however apply coats periodically.can you apply too many coats?

Is there a point where you should strip off the coats and start fresh?
 
I agree with the Z5 vs. Z2 difference. I had applied 3 coats of Z2 then 3 coats of Z5. I thought it was looking pretty good but I couldn't resist after washing and qd'ing this morning I applied another coat of Z2.

Imo the Z5 as a final coat looked better on my hood. Every other panel on the car I cannot really tell the diff.

I can't believe I've got 7 coats on already. I think I'll put on one more of Z5 and let her go until the fall.
 
Mags GN said:
My car is a garage queen, so the dawn wash, claying etc. will probably be a once a year thing. I would like to however apply coats periodically.can you apply too many coats?

Is there a point where you should strip off the coats and start fresh?
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you don't need to re-do your dawn wash after first applying Z. As for claying once a year - thats no problem.



No, there is no limit to how many coats you can build up..... I know one guy who has over 100+ coats on his black firebird, and near-to-over 200+ on his silver T/A. He is a Z distributor himself, and was involved in the testing phases of ZFX - I would trust his judgement. :up
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:




you don't need to re-do your dawn wash after first applying Z. As for claying once a year - thats no problem.



No, there is no limit to how many coats you can build up..... I know one guy who has over 100+ coats on his black firebird, and near-to-over 200+ on his silver T/A. He is a Z distributor himself, and was involved in the testing phases of ZFX - I would trust his judgement. :up
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I am a zaino lover myself. Now lets be honest.. Over 200 coats on one and over 100 coats on the other car?? Don't you think that is to much?? Does he REALLY see the difference with 200 coats?
 
I'll have to see if I can find a link to pics of his cars....... honestly, I think there IS something to be gained from that many coats.... :nixweiss:
 
Antonio Wright said:




I am a zaino lover myself. Now lets be honest.. Over 200 coats on one and over 100 coats on the other car?? Don't you think that is to much?? Does he REALLY see the difference with 200 coats?
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I had over 100 coats on the SS..
 
I just my Zaino 3 weeks ago. I only have 5 coats on my RSX. Is 100 or more coats that much better? .....Although, I find myself making excuses to keep applying another coat.
 
Hugh27 said:
I just my Zaino 3 weeks ago. I only have 5 coats on my RSX. Is 100 or more coats that much better? .....Although, I find myself making excuses to keep applying another coat.
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I did a RSX not long ago, this is with 2 coats of Z5/ZFX. I think that you can never have to may coats of Z.. this is just my .02$

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Antonio Wright said:
I am a zaino lover myself. Now lets be honest.. Over 200 coats on one and over 100 coats on the other car?? Don't you think that is to much?? Does he REALLY see the difference with 200 coats?
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I agree... too many coats! But how can you argue with the shine? :D This car had 299 coats when this pic was taken, which has been a while now...maybe almost a year ago. I wonder what how many he's got now?



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NICE!!!!!! I don't see myself putting that many coast on in the near future, unless I guit my job!!!!!

Just before I recieved my Zaino, I did the girlfriends 2002 Escape with "cheapo" wax. Last weekend I washed it and used Z-6 as a test. The Z-6 really brought out the metallic in the paint! I'm definetly hook!!! Any other tips are appreciated.
 
Intermezzo - thats the same WS6 that had all of the hooters girls climbing on the hood in their bikinis, isnt it?? :cool:



lets be honest now, that many coats isnt TOO much of an overkill, I don't think....
 
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