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Old Jan 3, 2007 | 02:48 PM
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i always wondered about that, could never find many people that have gotten it. i hope more people will post about their experiences w/ it too. its definitely high.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2007 | 03:45 PM
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Clay bar that puppy and then treat it to zaino bros! If you feel like it get a cool Z-Bros T-shirt while you're at it.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2007 | 04:27 PM
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I tried Zaino in the past, and it ain't no 30 bucks. You have to buy like 3 or 4 products, and it's like a 2 stage deal with a gloss enhancer spray. It was fine, but it took forever with all kinds of effort. The Harley Davidson stuff I mentioned here, is one step, and looks excellent. I did a charcoal 04 Silverado when new and did two coats, and a year and a half later when I finally got around to re do it, it still had a deep shine to it. The Zaino I did on a 2000 Accord when new, and it barely, and I mean barely lasted 6 months, and I babied that car way more than my Silverado, the chevy was my all around Hunting/Work truck. Take my advice for what it's worth to you, but you can't go wrong. The Harley stuff out did the Zaino by far in my experience. I believe HD also sells a cleaner, but I only used the wax.
 
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 12:01 AM
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i've a pretty avid waxer as in making it look good and protecting, but i never get the chance to really do the 2-3 stage thing. if its been a while, i use a cleaner wax. if its not been but a shorter period since the cleaner wax, i then use either a polishing protectant/wax or carnuba, but rarely carnuba. a couple of the typical waxes i use contain some carnuba or synthetics for creating that 'hard shell' coating. none of that really lasts more than a couple months. i like to wax at least 4 times/year because it keeps the bugs off in the summer and protected from the salt in the winter. as for zaino, my friend just has 1 bottle of their product, whichever one it may be that is just a wax or polish. he used to clay bar the car and then put zaino on it, wait an hour and wipe it off- he never used any other zaino product. maybe he skipped out on the other steps, but his car's paint looks superb and its been through a lot of driving. i've never bought any expensive wax, the more i thought about it the more i realized that it will look/protect just as good if i wax 4 times/year w/ the regular stuff. never had any problems in the past and i've also got a '93 f150 i've had for 10 yrs now kept waxed.
 
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 12:16 AM
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zymol stuff is good too and not too expensive.

yea that lifetime wax stuff doesnt work i should take a picture of my friends moms lexus suv that had it done at the dealer. it looks worst than when i come off the trail and thats just from the dew mixing with the surface dust overnight.
 
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 10:04 AM
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zymol stuff is good too and not too expensive.

yea that lifetime wax stuff doesnt work i should take a picture of my friends moms lexus suv that had it done at the dealer. it looks worst than when i come off the trail and thats just from the dew mixing with the surface dust overnight.
You want to get the "good" zymol, which is from their website only and not off the shelves of PepGirls or AutoCrack. The good stuff is the $2000 wax from Zymol...i think its called the Vintage or Royale and its applied by hand because the enzymes in the skin activates the caranuba
 
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