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It was about $70 for a whole kit (including the swirl mark remover), and judging from what I've done so far, that should last me a few years.
Here's a review that pits Zaino head to head against Zymol and Meguiar's. Zaino lasted the longest, and if I have to wax a car, I want to wax it as little as possible. :-)
(Sat. 01/10/2004)
Here's my first timers zaino report:
First, some qualification: I have not hand washed or waxed a car since I was in high school (mid 1980's). I've always been a "take it to the hand-wash place" kind of guy. I never noticed the swirl marks because I've always had silver cars, or old beaters. I noticed the swirl marks on my red s2000 the day I picked it up from the dealer.
Anyway, that's what made me go to all this trouble and do it myself.
It took me an hour to wash and dry it. I washed with dawn. I didn't use a clay bar or anything because the car is not even 2 weeks old. I was amazed at all the greasy dirt I got off the wheels. Cotton rag to do wheels and tires, microfiber towels to wash and dry and "post dry wipe". (the "post dry wipe" helped a lot with the water spots. San Diego has really hard water).
Used Zaino 5 w/ ZFX. Followed the instructions. At first I didn't think I was putting enough on because I remember being able to see the wax a lot better, way back in the day when I used Turtle Wax. But I remembered the instructions said a little goes a long way, so I relaxed and got on with it. I used just over 1/2 an ounce to do the whole car.
I went and got lunch. It sat for about 30 min in about a 70 degree, non-humid San Diego January day. (eat that northerners!)
Then I buffed it off with a micofiber towel. The towels were small (10 x 16 or so), so I switched to a new towel halfway. It took longer than I thought to buff it, but it was looking good, so I wasn't too bummed.
Then I "Z6'ed" it, following the instructions, and wiping with a clean microfiber towel.
It took me 2 1/2 hours total time to Zaino it, including clean up, etc. The car looks great. The swirl marks are reduced about 50%, I would say. I was planning on doing a second coat today, but I am beat.
Anyway, I hope to do another coat tomorrow, but we'll see what happens. Here's some pics:
Before
After
(Sun. 01/11/2004)
Did a second coat of Zaino "Z5" today. First Z6, then, just as I started putting on the Z5, the sun went away and a mist rolled in (I live 2 1/2 block from the ocean). Bummer. I went ahead and finished putting it on. The mist and air cool-down caused it to take longer for the Z5 to dry. Yesterday, it dried in 30 min. It took 90 min to dry today.
The swirl marks are still there, but lessened considerably. Next weekend, I will put a finish coat of Z2 on. The site says to always finish with Z2 because it it more "optically clear". I'll decide then if I want to do another coat of Z5 first. Probably not, I'm lazy.
So I'll have at least 3 coats of Zaino on my new car, so I should be good for at least 9 months according to the website. That's good, because it's a lot of work, and like I said, I'm lazy. :-)