There are several steps to follow in order to complete the Zaino process.
1. Wash the car with Dawn liquid dish detergent. The boys at Zaino recommend using Dawn due to it's high alkaline content. The akaline is responsible for stripping any wax, grease and residue from the finish of the car.
2. Claybar your ride. A claybar is able to remove contaminates from the surface of the paint -- i.e. tree sap, tar, water spots, bug guts and any other thing that may be on your paint. Zaino recommends pouring one capful of Zaino carwash detergent for every 24 ounces of water. I poured the ingredients into a spray bottle and shook it up for 30 seconds. After making the soapy concoction I began to spray dow a 2'x3' area and then rub the claybar back and forth over the area. Once I claybar'd the area, I sprayed the soap solution on it again, and then wiped the suds down with a dry cotton towel. No water spots appear ... at all!
You can claybar anything and everything on the car, just make sure to use plenty of lubricating soap solution. I claybar'd the windows to remove water stains. Works like a charm!
3. Wash your ride with Zaino carwash detergent. This removes all of the clay residue and the soapy solution that you had previously wiped off with the cotton towel.
4. Zaino your ride. I used the ZFX wax system made by Zaino. In order to make a fresh batch of the the ZFX soution add 10 drops of activator (blue stuff in the tiny vial) to a two ounce bottle supplied with the kit. Next, top off the bottle with the Z2 car polish. Put the cap on the bottle and shake it for two minutes.
Wipe the car down either all at once or section by section using a cotton towel or one of the cotton applicator pads Zaino includes in the kit.
Zaino recommends only using a dime-size of wax at a time, but I thought it was easier to use a quarter-size at a time. Make sure to wipe back and forth, not in a circular motion, Daniel-san.
5. Get your buff on. Wait 30-minutes, then wipe down the whole thing with a cotton towel and buff the hell out of it. Your car's paint will turn into a mirror.
You can keep waxing and buffing as much as you want. I only had time to do one coat of wax, but the results were amazing.
It's hard to tell in this photo, but there is a layer of the Zaino wax on the car. As you let it sit and cure, the wax will begin to haze.
The result of buffing is a mirrored shine. Yummy.
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