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Old 05-06-2006, 05:42 PM
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Default First time Zaino user - Before & After Photos

Hello everyone! Hope you're enjoying your weekend. I spent the whole day polishing my precious. Below are some photos. The car wasn't that dirty to begin with. I washed it and waxed with Meguiar's Gold Class last Sunday (before I discovered Zaino) so it wasn't too bad, just covered in the usual dust and pollen from sitting out for a week.

Here is the Zaino routine I used today:

1) Washed with Dawn
2) Claybar
3) Washed w/ Zaino car wash
4) Z5 (2 coats)
5) Z2 (one coat)
6) Applied Zaino detailing spray in between coats of polish

Let me know what you think and if you can see an improvement - but please remember, I am a newbie at Zaino and photography.

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Old 05-06-2006, 06:13 PM
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Looking good! That 2nd to last photo really shows the shine
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very nice depth, especially for a silver car!

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woops!!! its a blue car as i can now see- i was using a pretty bad machine to view this when i made the original post above.
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Originally Posted by wanabe,May 6 2006, 11:48 PM
very nice depth, especially for a silver car!
I am pretty sure that car is Suzuka blue....
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Lookin' Good

I've been using just Z2, but my dad has a bottle of Z5 for his black car. Do you think it makes a difference by putting on the Z5 first, then Z2, or do they both look similar in shine & depth?

btw, nice choice of color
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very nice job.
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[QUOTE=Mikes256,May 7 2006, 06:07 AM]Lookin' Good
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lookin good!
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Looks very good. I think the after effects would be much more noticeable if your car wasn't still so new and had such a fresh clear coat on it.
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z5 for depth, z2 for extra gloss is my routine

i always advocate z5 , then z2


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