Zaino Fusion put to the test (pics inside)

mrdetail · 07-05-05, 02:22

A friend of mine asked me to post this for him since he is unable to post on this forum. I have to admit that I have not tested this product to this extent but my limited experience with Zaino PC has been great and I really like it too. See his post below.

I wanted to put Zaino Fusion to the test so I ask my neighbor if I can use his old pickup for this test and he gladly agreed. The hood on this truck is in horrible condition with water spots all over it and major swirls and scratches from improper
washing techniques, sliding boxes across it and probably even just
wiping dirt off with a dry rag. I wet sanded the hood in 3 spots with
1500, 2000, and 3000 grit paper. The picture of the hood with wet
sanding does not represent how bad of shape this hood was really in
but you get the idea.

First I wanted to find out if it will remove sanding scratches so I set my set my buffer at 1000 and had at it with the Zaino Fusion polish. Zaino removed the 2000 and 3000 scratch marks with no trouble at all (see picture with 1/2 hood done).

Next I tried the 1500 scratches and it seemed to be removing them but was not
as quick as with the 2000 marks. So I wanted to see if you increased the aggressiveness of the pad would it act like a more aggressive polish. So I threw on a red cutting pad with the buffer still set at 1000 rpm's and woola, 1500 sanding scratches were gone in no time and it even came up nice enough that I could go straight to a LSP if I wanted. I decided to throw on the polishing pad anyway and went over it and tried some of the areas that were not sanded with the Zaino Fusion. With just a polishing pad and Zaino Fusion with the buffer speed @1000 it removed major water marks, scratches and swirls. I figured let me compare it to my old favorite so I did an area with Menzerna IP. To my amazement I found that the Zaino Fusion seemed more aggressive and removed more defects faster
than IP. Now I am really impressed. So I gave it a try by hand. I
put an X of product across one of Zaino's applicator pads and did a
spot on the fender that had alot of scratches and water marks and
AGAIN, to my amazement it came out perfect. Needlesstosay that
after I dropped my neighbors truck off he wanted a bottle of Zaino
Fusion (ZPC) for himself.

fatchance · 07-05-05, 03:13

nice write up.

Shiny Lil Detlr · 07-05-05, 03:13

WHOA!! Were those Meg's 6.5" pads you were using? Very impressive results.

SidiousXXX · 07-05-05, 03:19

Which are better for the Rotary the 8 or the 6.5inchers?

hadboosttroy · 07-05-05, 03:21

is this via a rotary?

mrdetail · 07-05-05, 03:39

Yes the work was done with a Rotary and Meguiars 6.5" pads. Most of the work was done with the yellow polishing pad, the red cutting pad was only used to remove the 1500 sanding scratches. I watched him do it and it did not take very long at all.

BlkTac05 · 07-05-05, 03:46

Nice job! Thanks for the info!

JBM · 07-05-05, 03:58

Nice work, and nice review !

I might have to change my original impression of it being just a finishing polish....

wannafbody · 07-05-05, 04:11

any product will tend to act more aggressive with a rotary vs a PC(speed issue) and the rotary does a better job of breaking down the abrasives-good job

Shiny Lil Detlr · 07-05-05, 05:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by hadboosttroy

is this via a rotary?

Yup, in the last pic you can see his Makita 9227c sitting on the grass.

Intermezzo · 07-07-05, 05:42

Very nice review Mr.Detail! I too have been very impressed with ZPC... cuts well and breaks down nice and evenly....better than any other polish I've tried.

Julius_911 · 07-07-05, 08:09

I read and re-read...does this mean that you must use a rotary with ZPC?..or can I apply ZPC by hand?

Thank you.