Perma PLate or Zaino?
03-17-2002, 11:15 PM
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Perma PLate or Zaino?
Just bought my Silver 02 yesterday. Should I of bought the plating option or should I just go for the Zaino that everyone here raves about?
03-18-2002, 05:01 AM
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No, you should not waste any money buying a dealer type paint option. It is legal snake oil plan and simple. If it was such a great product and worked as advertised the car manufactures would offer it as an option or as standard on new cars. It is just a high profit gimmick to get your money. If you want a permanent shine and water beading I have just one word: ZAINO 
After 10 coats it is hard to get the water to stay on my car long enough to wash it. 
After 10 coats it is hard to get the water to stay on my car long enough to wash it.
03-18-2002, 07:35 AM
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Example (in Can. $): Dealers used to sell you the "Perma-shine" paint protection for $200.00. The bottle of product they used cost the dealer about $8.00. That bottle treated 5 cars. You do the math. How do I know? I bought 2 bottles of the stuff from the guy who sold it to the dealers. It took me almost 5 years to use up the 2 bottles. I treated all my cars at least twice (yes, you have to re-treat it every couple of years) and the cars of every relative that wanted it. Oh, and once you have this stuff on the car, you cannot put something else over top of it. DEALERS!!!
They have more ways of separating you from your money.
Did they offer you the $10.00 interior Scothgard for a hundred bucks yet?
They have more ways of separating you from your money.Did they offer you the $10.00 interior Scothgard for a hundred bucks yet?
03-18-2002, 02:53 PM
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Yep, plating for the paint, Scotchguard for the interior and something for the top. Total of $900 if you get all three.
guess the concensus is the Zaino!
guess the concensus is the Zaino!
03-18-2002, 07:36 PM
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I have just began to use Zaino on my new sebring silver S2000. So far I have put on 6 coats of Z2. One ounce should get you about 3 coats. So far I do not notice the brilliant shine that everyone is talking about. Maybe because it is a light colored car. The shine on my brothers black car looks great after Zaino. Maybe I will try 6 more coats and see if it gets better.
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03-18-2002, 08:14 PM
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you should get many more coats out of 1 ounce of Z2. Remember what sal says, if you see it haze, that's the zaino you are wasting. You should not see any haze, it all works on a molecular level. Not like wax.
03-19-2002, 05:27 AM
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Originally posted by vapors2k
you should get many more coats out of 1 ounce of Z2. Remember what sal says, if you see it haze, that's the zaino you are wasting. You should not see any haze, it all works on a molecular level. Not like wax.
you should get many more coats out of 1 ounce of Z2. Remember what sal says, if you see it haze, that's the zaino you are wasting. You should not see any haze, it all works on a molecular level. Not like wax.
"...One eight ounce bottle of Z-2 Show Car Polish will yield approximately eight to ten coats on a mid-size car."
03-19-2002, 06:09 AM
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Thin is the way to go with Zaino. 1oz should easily yield 3 coats on a S2K. Use the absolute least amount possible and get the surface covered...as long as you can see the applicator leave a trail across the finish, you have enough on it.
Helped a guy the other week "do" a '48 Chevy Panel Truck street rod. 1oz got him 2 coats...after he left I had just enough left to put a coat on my PT.
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Helped a guy the other week "do" a '48 Chevy Panel Truck street rod. 1oz got him 2 coats...after he left I had just enough left to put a coat on my PT.
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