Waxing
Senior User
Joined: Nov 2006
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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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Joined: Nov 2003
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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.
Elder User
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: san diego
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.
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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Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Oxford, CT
Originally Posted by blitzen25bm
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.
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.
