Definitely sounds like someone needs there valium!

LOL

 

Well, I bet it is one hell of a truck, one day I hope to get a look at it and perhaps a ride...

 

We should be able to do that, even splurge on the dollar menu at Wendy's. That way I can see if Zaino might be for me and you can see if an F-250 CC LB is for you.

 

You guys ever hear of this stuff???


http://www.malms.com/home.html

 

I use Meguairs Swirl remover and Yellow #26 Wax and the truck looks great. I have thought of ordering some Z or even Cherry Wet Wax but the Meguairs seems to do a great job for me.

 

A few people I know use Zaino's and true it does look pretty good, but I doubt anyone could tell that I don't use Zaino's ( I use Meguires) if we all lined our truck's up. It's good that people can get of hold of something they like and use it with success, but in my opinion Zaino's is like a lot of other products out there: Oakley, Rolex, Alpine, Im not saying that these aren't good products by any means, what my point is, is that as long as there is something more expensive some will consider it superior and it will be bought and glamorized and hailed, over other items. like Maybach, it's over kill, JMO though. oh and I was on meguire's web site and copied this:

Are multiple coats of wax beneficial?

Environmental conditions today do demand more frequent waxing to prevent costly damage to the outer layers of paint. However we don't recommend applying two or three coats of wax at one time. While there is some slight incremental protection with each application, you'll gain greater benefits by spreading the same number of applications over a longer period.

For more information call our Customer Care Center at 1-800-347-5700, and talk with a surface care specialist. Or, use the convenience of e-mail

 

That may be true about wax, but not about synthetic polish. For Zaino it is the opposite, more coats equal better protection and a better more rich shine. As far as Zaino being more expensive it is not compared to how long it last compared to a good quality wax. Zaino will usually outlast wax 2-1 or 3-1 so that is how you would have to compare the price.

 

how long does a coat of Zaino last you? I really doubt its 2-3 times longer than my stuff, but Ive been wrong before.

 

I put on Meguiars Gold Class in September, right before winter, and right before it went into a raggedy 100 yr old parking garage in Philly. It got lime and lye all over the paint for days on end, and they "fixed" it by using lime away, or CLR followed by water from a bottle to rinse it off. This crap sat on the paint until I would pick the truck up, about once a week. It was in the garage about two months. The truck then went on to Toledo, with snow and salt, and every other winter thing you can think of, for four weeks(one wash, at 0*) lol!. After that it was a week or two in Lansing Michigan, where it hardly got above 26 the whole time I was there. FINALLY I drove it home from Lansing to houston, stopping once in MO to get the dried on cakey layer of salt spray and ash from the trip off. I was certain the paint was a goner after all that abuse, but it suffered no ill effects from the salt, lime, lye, and whatever else was on the paint until I got safely home to Houston. That's ALL the protection I would ask from a wax, and Meguiars delivered....,,,,98

 

I have my doubts too slappy. Being an avid Meguiars #9 & #26 (or PPP) user, I've found a procedure and a set of products that yeild the results that I demand with minimal work. Heck, I wouldn't care if it was 10X the work. I love rubbing on my truck thus, putting a coat of #26 on per month or every other month isn't an issue for me.

RP

 

Good call 98, thats livin it right there, how much better can it get???

 

I can tell you from my personal experience. Last winter here in New Hampshire it was one of the worst we have had in some time. A lot of snow, and just about always below 30 degrees F. so in other words, in my case, no way could I wash my truck myself at home, no polish, no nothing. It was all car washes and the touch-less ones at that.

They have the pre-soak with just about strips everything, I would imagine it would strip a coat of regular wax.

I put on 3 coats in October. I was not able to polish it again till April. So that is 6 months. However here is the thing that impressed me. It wasn’t just 6 months where you have an opportunity to wash by hand and maybe use a quick detailer spray to keep up some protection. It was 6 months of a lot of snow, which means A LOT of road salt and grime. I would say it saw between 24 – 30 of the touch-less car washes with the pre-soak to get the road grime and salt off (I must say the pre-soak worked awesome). Now this pre-soak is a green color and it sits on the vehicle for about 45-60 seconds after the first pace, then it has a second pace with the pre-soak and that sits for about 30 seconds before the actual car wash itself with the soap.

I did not use the car wash wax, just simple the pre-soak, car wash soap, rinse and air blow dry. It still beaded water like it did right after I first applied the Zaino. Some friends at work swore I was polishing it somehow in my garage. My garage is to small to polish inside of and it was not heated.

So basically there you go, six longs months with a lot of salt, a lot of pre-washes that would have took off ordinary wax the first few times. So for me the cost of Zaino is extremely cheap for the protection it provides.

Prior to last winter I like Zaino a lot because of the shine it gave me without having to use a buffer. The durability really wasn’t an issue at first because most of our winters are not so cold. There is usually some decent days every month or so and I was figuring I would be able to polish then. That didn’t happen. After the winter we had and how well Zaino held up I was very impressed.

 

01,

Interesting post there. I gotta say, I don't think my wax faired as well this past winter. And it was a helluva winter here in PA this year as well.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM what do do????

Jag

 

Jaguar:

You know that wouldn’t be a bad test for someone to do. Take their hood and put one product on one side and another product on the other and take it to a car wash that has that pre-soak I was talking about. Maybe leave the two products on for a month or longer and just wash it at the car wash and see which one last the longest.

I ain’t doing it, finally found a product I really like that gives me a shine I really like and one way or the other I would screw something up and the hood would look weird.

 

Why bother?