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I've done a few cars and it seems that when it's time to buff off the Zaino, Klasse, or Blackfire, I'm not really buffing anything off because you can't see the dried haze. When I apply the product, it seems to disappear and I'm not quite sure if the product is on the car or back on the applicator. I think I'm applying it too thin.



Can some of you please post pics of dark and light colored cars with the Zaino or Klasse still on the car before buffing it off? I'd like to see how thick your dried haze is before you buff it off.



TIA.
 
I try to do the trick that someone pointed out on cleaning the windows - I alternate front-to-back and side-to-side straight strokes when applying the product. Usually makes it a bit easier to see under difficult lighting conditions.
 
I have Zaino on my silver car and sometimes it is a little difficult to see the haze. You could try going to the site where carguy did his Zaino test. He has a few pictures of hazed Zaino on his car. I don't recommend putting it on as thickly as he did, but you can at least see what it looks like.
 
i've YET to see any haze after i've applied Zaino. to me, it's ALL BLIND. I just memorize the area where I've gone over ( i know i must've missed spots) and then have faith that the thin coat is there.

when it's time to buff off, i can barely see anything but i blindly accept that its there and in the end, it comes out to a beautiful shine .

i guess that's why they say that LOVE IS BLIND :p
 
I use Zaino very thin. 6 coats of Z2 w/ ZFX from 1 oz. # on the 540 and 3 on the vette. Just put it on, its there! Its kind of funny because its very hard to see but the results are outstanding. Just because it goes on/off so easy does not mean that its not working.

Look at these pics from a post I left a few weeks ago:

http://www.autopia-carport.com/forum/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=7418

Thats 3 coats on each car. I know the SLK 230 is small and the Caddy has a cloth roof, but thats with 1 oz. I still had enough left to give the vette one coat.
 
I do remember some amazing before and after pictures with Zaino. I cannot find the pictures or the thread but there is a picture in David B's book under Swirls. Someone else may have more luck than me in finding these pictures.



Steven
 
Not the greatest shot, but it's very hard to capture Zaino on camera since the Z2 film is so thin, especially at night! :p This is a coat of ZFX/Z2:
 
Mike, it looks like you went side to side instead of front to back. Any reason you applied that way?...or am I wrong and seeing things not actually the way it really is?
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by RIC [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>Mike, it looks like you went side to side instead of front to back. Any reason you applied that way?...or am I wrong and seeing things not actually the way it really is? [/b]</blockquote>
Yep, good point. That is my second coat in that shot. My techinque for ZFX is to start the first coat front to back, second coat side to side, and final coat front to back. This ensures that I cover every area and minimizes the possibility that any area might be applied to thin going front to back. Basically I know if I ciss cross coats that I won't have missed any spots along the way. I do the sides the same way. First up/down, then front/back, finally up/down. Don't know if it enhances the look in any way, but it sure looks good in the end!

If I'm using regular Z2 it's always front to back since it's just one coat.




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Most of the time I do front-back on horizontal surfaces and up-down on vertical services but occasionally apply a coat in opposite direction figuring maybe it will cover additional scratches/micro marring that are going in different directions. Don't know if it really makes a difference though.
 
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