I had a last minute cancellation yesterday, so since my car looked like crap from the rain on Monday and desperately needed some deep polishing, I figured that was as good a time as any.
I had some minor cobwebbing, marring from people rubbing against my car, etc. What you'd expect from a black daily driver used for business every day.
Optimum Polish and Vanilla Moose, both with Meguiars polishing pads, starting with the speed on 5 and then bumping up to 6 for several slow passes. Then went with Red Machine Glaze using a blue Propel finishing pad (speed 4.5) and finished with Carnauba Moose using a Meguiars finishing pad with the speed on 3.5.
Took several pics over the past two days trying to get the best light. I wanted to get a few sun shots but with trying to work and the 20 mph wind covering my car with dust, I'll have to do it when I wash it again.
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2002 BMW X5. Weekly wash customer. Last waxed in early June with the new version of Poorboy's EX w/carnauba. After washing with Optimum's QEW (should be out this month?), the paint was decently slick and looked pretty good. I figured I'd try Zaino Z8 (the sealant spray) on it to see how it worked on other sealants and because I've heard some say it streaks on black paint. Worked like a charm! Not a single streak, noticable improvement on already slick paint! Looking from untreated to treated panel, it looked like Z8 was trading a little 'carnauba' depth for a more sealant clear reflection. Not worse, not better, but different.
I had some minor cobwebbing, marring from people rubbing against my car, etc. What you'd expect from a black daily driver used for business every day.
Optimum Polish and Vanilla Moose, both with Meguiars polishing pads, starting with the speed on 5 and then bumping up to 6 for several slow passes. Then went with Red Machine Glaze using a blue Propel finishing pad (speed 4.5) and finished with Carnauba Moose using a Meguiars finishing pad with the speed on 3.5.
Took several pics over the past two days trying to get the best light. I wanted to get a few sun shots but with trying to work and the 20 mph wind covering my car with dust, I'll have to do it when I wash it again.
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2002 BMW X5. Weekly wash customer. Last waxed in early June with the new version of Poorboy's EX w/carnauba. After washing with Optimum's QEW (should be out this month?), the paint was decently slick and looked pretty good. I figured I'd try Zaino Z8 (the sealant spray) on it to see how it worked on other sealants and because I've heard some say it streaks on black paint. Worked like a charm! Not a single streak, noticable improvement on already slick paint! Looking from untreated to treated panel, it looked like Z8 was trading a little 'carnauba' depth for a more sealant clear reflection. Not worse, not better, but different.
Anyway, given that the M Coupe is small and has a soft top, it maybe took 5 minutes to cover the car and it seemed I barely used any product. I cleaned the wheels so it (the Z5) could haze and when I was done, the excess wiped off with no problem at all. I then went over the whole car with Z8...which seemed to add clarity to the paint (good since it is metallic even if the pics don't show it) and a slight increase in slickness. 
J/K Looks great!
