Alright I don't want to turn this into a Zaino argument but I too have been using Zaino products for years now and I have nothing but good things to say about them.
I agree that the difference between say a Meguiars or 3M paste wax and the finished Zaino'd car isn't so much the immediate result but really how long the wax lasts and holds up to bad weather and still protects your car. That to me is what makes spending what some of you consider an insane amount of time washing and waxing your car and the price of Zaino worth while.
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Originally Posted by etf
Zaino is insaino. It takes one all day to wax your car with Zaino!
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And it's well worth taking all day or taking a long time to properly detail your car and protect it with a quality wax which in my experience only needs to be done once or twice a year if it is done properly
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Originally Posted by spear85
it may take all day...because its supposed to take that long when you do the ENTIRE process of prepping the car to be polished. Think about the imperfections you are covering up with wax when you dont claybar the vehicle first. Nothing wrong with Zaino itself...some people dont like to spend a day treating the paint the way its supposed to be.
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I completely agree with this. Zaino isn't the best wax for say Detailer or Body Shop guys where their time is money and spending the extra time to say Zaino a car properly doesn't get them payed anymore than they would if they waxed a car with a paste wax in half the time.
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Originally Posted by RaskyR1
Well I wish I could find the site that show's how much more the zaino costs per application that other waxes but I'm not going to spend all night trying to find it again. I'm not saying Zaino doesn't work great because it does, but when you consder that you have to mix the Z1 with the ZFX accelerator and what ever is left over is waste....I suggest you get good at mixing the exact amount you need. Plus it's anyoying that if you run out of ZFX you have to go and order more even though you have plenty of wax left. Plus it's way too time consuming....having detailed cars for over 17 years now I've become used to working fast and I don't have time to wait for the wax to dry. If you have all day to wax your car and don't mind all the BS that goes along with Zaino that by all means buy it...it does work great! But there are other waxes that require far less work, less $$$ and look just as good. I guarantee that I could wax half my hood with zaino and half with a wax of my choice and nobody will be able to tell the difference....because I've done it!
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I understand everything you say and even agree with you on some things but do you really think that the other waxes you are using hold up and protect the car as well as Zaino does?
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Originally Posted by Sam388
I used to use collinite because it lasted way longer than anything else I ever used. The car would bead these little tiny beads for alot longer than other waxes I have tried. When I read the big wax test in Guru Reports a while back they felt the same way that I did about the collinite. Being that we seemed to have similar opinions and the Zaino rated number one I decided to try it. It is by far the best there is. It takes getting used to I admit, just give it some time. I mix just the right amount every time and you should go thru ONE bottle of ZFX for every two bottles of Z2 Pro. A little goes a long way so put it on thin. It doesn't take me any longer to use Zaino than any other wax and it doesn't have to dry that long either. If it is hot out, by the time you get done waxing the whole car you can start taking it off. You guys are right, all the waxes look good especially on new cars, but Zaino looks noticeably better after a few applications. I'm not talking all at once, just waxing as often as you normally would. None of you seem to go long enough between waxings to ever know how long your wax would last anyways. Those cheap waxes are junk and they always have been. If your not going to wax frequently or your putting that last coat on before winter wouldn't you rather have something that lasts? What's 40 dollars man? You'll spend more than that on junk waxes that you will use once and put on the shelf or just throw away. Big deal, it lasts a long time.
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Well said. I completely agree, and the only bad time to wax a car with Zaino is on a real Humid day where it can take a long time for each coat to dry, but live and learn. Now I know when to do it and when not to.
Bottom line is we all have our favorite car wax's, and we all have our own ideas of what we are willing to spend to get a quality wax. On top of that I think time is obviously a huge factor when it comes to waxing cars, and some people are just lazy. It takes time to properly was and wax a car.
Recently I have started to use Zymol Titanium wax and Zymol Japon Wax which are also both great wax's that I would recommend and go on a lot quicker than Zaino (depending on how many coats you apply).
Sorry for the long post, I am just bored and I hate to see people say negative things about Zaino bros., especially when they have never used it.