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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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My first pet Zaino (warning: large pics)

So, I spent the weekend making use of the Zaino kit I got for my birthday (a fitting present if ever there was one)... 6 hours over two days. Wash, clay, wash, Z5, Z5, Z2 (with Z6 as appropriate). Am thinking about 2-3 more coats of Z2 next weekend too... And rims..

Anyway, enough talk, here are the pics:







Please see here for the rest: http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/...re/tags/zaino/
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 07:40 PM
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looks good.
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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eek!
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 11:43 PM
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Nice And Chiney!
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Old Aug 9, 2007 | 02:01 AM
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Nice. You Zaino converts are nuts. Nuts I tell you!

6 hours?
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Old Aug 9, 2007 | 04:05 AM
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Nice, how many coats?
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 11:37 PM
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Thanks for the kudos :-D The above was after 3 coats (2 of Z5, 1 of Z2, with a pass of Z6 after each).

Today I put on two more coats of Z2 and I can still see a very noticeable improvement. I was wondering ... when do people who use Zaino start to see "diminishing returns"? I assume that after a point you just won't see that much of a difference anymore. But what is that point? 5 coats? 10? 20?

Heh.. wonder who has the board record for most coats...
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 09:23 AM
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i love the look of zaino....but I just don't ever have the time to use it properly.
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 09:26 AM
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What?!?!?!?!

Where's Jedi? I thought he'd reply on here by now....
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 04:06 PM
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What?!?!?!?!

Where's Jedi? I thought he'd reply on here by now....
Exactly! I thought for sure he would have been all over this thread telling his Zaino masteries(?)!

Last edited by RazzyBRX-8; Aug 30, 2007 at 04:07 PM. Reason: I think I made up the word "masteries"
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 02:52 PM
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zaino is the ****! the first time i used it I was hooked. Its hard though to justify the cost at first but after you use it, you'll never go back
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 07:14 PM
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holy crap at the orange peel on your trunk!!! i would almost take that back to mazda.... i would be wet sanding the hell outa that clear.... otherwise car looks great!
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 06:56 PM
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Nicely done Cnn. What did you think of the zaino process? how many drops of zfx did you use?
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 07:21 PM
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Organe peel isn't as bad in person.. I think I might have exaggerated it a little bit in post-processing the photo..

The Zaino process rocks! My arm is dead after three coats (since you gotta go over the entire car 9 times), but it's real easy to do and the results are great... I used the full dosage whatever that is (5 drops per ounce??).

Gonna give her some more tomorrow, see if it goes any shinier
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Old Sep 19, 2007 | 04:10 PM
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Wet sand that orange peel away
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Old Sep 19, 2007 | 04:20 PM
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seeing your pictures makes me want to zaino mine again.
One can never have too much Zaino, right??
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Old Sep 19, 2007 | 05:59 PM
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You have to Jedi.........................

You are the Zanio Master..............
Must stop the dark side.....
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Old Sep 20, 2007 | 12:31 AM
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Well I'm probably not going to do any more this year seeing as it's starting to get colder... The current coat should give it decent protection through the winter months.

I can't wait to redo the whole thing from claybar on up next season, with the experience I now have! Should be glorious

Willicuddy: wet sand won't hurt the clear coat?
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Old Sep 20, 2007 | 12:48 PM
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need to get 1, need to get 1 need to get 1 need to get 1 need to get 1 need to get 1
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Old Sep 20, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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looks good!
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 03:50 PM
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Nice, really looks good. Hard labor hours really make your 8 shine!
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