Anyone else ever get mad at Zaino?

Pat, send Sal an e-mail tonight, you might have an answer by morning. Sal is very responsive.

He is a great guy too. He donated several door-prizes for our Tail of the Dragon trip this past May.

Here are all of the contact numbers and e-mails:

http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=Contact

What color is your Boxster?

[Sammy]

After a year or so of listening to people rave about the Zaino products I broke down and bought one of his kits. I did the wash, clay, Z6, Z5 (with ZFX) and Z5 (without ZFX) again. I am thoroughly impressed with the results. It somehow smoothed out a lot of the scratches and the paint almost looks wet. I can see how if you use anything but a thin layer it can be hard to get off. I wasn't all that excited about the ZFX as I got better results when I left the Z5 (without ZFX) on overnight.

One thing I did find out is after using Dawn to clean off the old wax my rotors rusted really bad. After 4 days of sitting it took me about 30 miles of driving and braking to get my braking back without pulsating. There was so much rust it actually covered the inside of my wheels with dust and some got on the outside surface. I will be washing and waxing the entire set of wheels this weekend.

[Pat1USMC]

I just sent off an email. We'll see what he says.
The Boxster is Midnight Blue Metallic. Or whatever that color was in 2003, if it happened to change names over the years.

[djomlas]

zaino worked for me as well, every time, with great results.
i dont know what ure doing wrong.

[mts]

I have also used Zaino with excellent results. Hopefully you'll find out what went wrong.

[Brucelee]

Klasse. Great results, simple and easy to use.

[1JB]

I've got midnight blue but never used the Z-PC. In the right angle under bright sunlight you can see very light swirl marks.

When you apply and remove Zaino don't use a circular motion. Use up and down and side way movements depending on the direction that light will hit the car. Hood from the windshiled to the front and doors straight up and down and left and right.

Be sure not to clean your towels using fabric softene. You'll get a lot of smearing if you use softener. I use heavy weight micro fiber towels. I do not like using the light weight cotton towels they don't remove the Zaino as well

You must live in a very humid place. I have never had to add the accelerator to
Z-5 only the Z-2. The Z-2 is easier to remove than the Z-5.

If your car is hazing you've got too much product on it. If you are spraying on the shine enhancer (Z-10?) be sure to apply it to a very small area and remove it quickly with a heavy micro fiber. If you don't you will get a haze.

Finally, I would think you should rewash the car with the Zaino Car wash and start over with Z-2 or Z-5.

[Perfectlap]

I'm not sure that many pro detailers that I know of turn to Z-PC as a proper swirl remover. For PC or Cyclo use the consensus is that Menzerma or Optimum Compound is the go to goop.
But I think you did the right thing by first trying a less abrasive swirl remover to see if it did the job. You want to avoid going to a tougher product right off the bat because you end up cutting away more clear coat than necessary. Z-PC is probably more a maintenance product for removing micro marring, similar to the Poorboy's SSR's.

[kbrandsma]

To Pat1USMC

I just spent the past three evening using the Zaino products with great results.

Did you add more than 10 drops of the Fx catalyst per 2 oz. of 2 or 5?

You did something wrong.

[KShep]

.... dampen the pad prior to application...seems to help. If you can see the product on the paint you've used too much. One oz. (the bottles are 2 oz. I think) will cover the Boxster twice.