I waxed my car today... Couple pics...
09-27-2010, 06:51 PM
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very nice. Im surprised at the greasy comment on z5pro. thats all i use. its not greasy at all. im thinking you put it on too thin or too soon after you did the all in one polish.... if your surf "wolfdogs zaino" you will see lots of pics of my z5pro coated black car... it does a super job.
your car looks great. i'd give it a few days, next chance you get, try z5 again, very very thin coat. let it sit for a long time, hour or more in ambients over 70 with low humidity.. the higher the humidity, the longer the cure time... then buff it off. if you get streaks, distilled water in a fine spray bottle with diminish them
your car looks great. i'd give it a few days, next chance you get, try z5 again, very very thin coat. let it sit for a long time, hour or more in ambients over 70 with low humidity.. the higher the humidity, the longer the cure time... then buff it off. if you get streaks, distilled water in a fine spray bottle with diminish them
09-27-2010, 08:22 PM
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Wolfdogs: its COLD here! Our high this week is 52F (Upper Peninsula Michigan). I'm sure that doesn't help, but I've never had much luck with the Zaino 5 pro; it smears and the smears NEVER come off, ever, even if I buff it over and over again with fresh towels and quick detailer. I know the reason why this is happening is because I am applying too much, but the product is transparent so I have no way of telling how much is going in there.
Maybe I just suck at waxing cars; I know I hate doing it, but the Z5Pro is *THE* worse product I've ever used in terms of ease of use and being able to remove all the residue; I never have this smearing problem with anything else (McGuiars NXT 2 is a good example as is their ultimate black). I can't wait for the bottle to be over; I hate smears...
Also, let me illustrate: this picture was taken 2 days ago, after I finished washing the car. I washed the car twice, the first time with Down Dish detergent, so it doesn't have a single drop of wax on it, anywhere. From up close the paint looks really bad; lots of scratches, swirl marks, etc. The buffing removed some of it, hid a lot more, but left greasy smears everywhere... As this photo shows; it doesn't look good because of the wax, but maybe despite of it:
Last edited by PowerLabs; 09-27-2010 at 09:02 PM.
