I gathered a lot of information from Autopia to use Zaino system with PC 7424 or 7336 and thought it will be useful to Acuraziners. Here is the whole process.

Resulting pictures of my NBP in Photograph Gallery HERE.

I did prepping the car on Friday evening and then polishing on Saturday morning.

The products and tools

- Porter Cable 7424 dual action (random-orbit) polisher (PC)

- Sonus DAS Pads and bonnet
--- Green foam pad to remove minor swirl marks (light cutting pad used with Z-PC) and
--- Blue foam pad for polishing (to apply Z2) and
--- Buffing Bonnet to remove polish

- Zaino product line
--- Z-PC Fusion Dual Action Paint Cleaner Swirl Remover
--- Z18 Clay Bar,
--- ZFX Flash Cure Accelerator Additive
--- Z-2 Show Car Polish for Clear Coated Car Finishes
--- Z-6 Ultra Clean Gloss Enhancer Spray
--- Z-8 Grand Finale Spray Seal
--- Z-12 Clear-View Glass Polish
--- Z-16 Perfect Tire Gloss

- Dawn dish washer soap, if you are using Z-PC, then dawn wash is not needed and your regular car shampoo can be used.
- 3M masking tape
- Stoner Tarminator
- Never Dull to polish exhaust tips.

Washing Accessories:
- Two 5 gallon buckets; one for wheels and one for paint surface, wheel and tire brushes,
- 100% cotton towels
--- small one for washing
--- small one for buffing in between coats with Z6 and Z8 at the end
--- beach size for drying
--- California WaterBlade

Procedure

Wash, clean, clay and dry
- Rinse and use bug and tar remover (Tarminator) to get rid of bugs, tar and sap.
- Wash with dawn and water and rinse. DO NOT dry car as yet.
- Mix water with Z7 (or any lubricator came with your clay bar system) in a spray bottle and then spray on 6" x 6" area and clay bar to lubricate and move clay bar on it till all the contamination are picked up and the area is as slick as it can be. You will know this when the clay moves smoothly on the surface. Do all the car with this process checking for cleanliness of clay bar in between. If the clay is dirty knead it in a ball and flatten it again to get a clean surface.
- Wash car again with water and dawn. You can use any car washing soap you want which goes with your polishing system.

Note: Dawn is not good for every wash. I've used dawn only three times in two years before I do full detail.

- use waterblade to get most of the water off the car
- Dry with the leaf blower and bloat with cotton towel. It helps with leaf blower to blow water from out of behind mirror, license plates, grill, trunk and doors. Use 100% white cotton towels to dry remaining water left behind. Do not let water evaporate at all since it will leave water marks.
- I store car in garage after this process to dry fully.

Cutting Polish to remove swirls
- move around the car to see for problem areas with minor scratches and swirls
- put a green light cutting (orange if more swirls and oxidation is spotted) pad on the PC backing plate
- apply Z-PC in a circular ring 1" from the outside edge or in star shape up to the edge
- dab on the paint surface at the various spots in 2' X 2' area
- put the PC on the surface and start with 4K RPM
- apply very little or no pressure just to control the PC
- move with a swift motion all over the selected area with 50% overlapping the previous pass do this till you work the product you applied on the pad. Do all the pass back and forth and up and down. This is needed to get rid of swirls. and this motion can only be done with the dual action polisher not with hand.

Polishing
- prepare z2 or z5 with ZFX and shake well for 3 mins then keep aside till you get your pad / PC
- shake polish again and apply Z2 or (Z5 your choice) to pad and apply evenly. I applied one coat with the Blue buffing pad and applied evenly on the paint surface with PC.
- wait 30 mins
- buff with towel or MF bonnet on PC
- spray Z6 and wipe with cotton towel folding in between wipes
- do the polishing process again

I applied one coat with PC and then applied one with hand to get in between tight areas. I will apply another coat tomorrow morning so it will be ready for winter rains.


Tips:

- never let your hose brush on the paint surface
- I rinse my wash towel every time with jet nozzle before I dip it back in soapy water to get any dirt off of it rather the bucket.
- I never rotate my towels while wiping on surface. ONLY back and forth on hood, top, trunk and up and down on sides
- while using WaterBlade keep a beach size dry towel on shoulder and wipe blade on it after every stroke on the paint
- Dry fully before applying any polish wax. I use leaf blower to get the water out of all nooks and crannies and blot with beach size 100% cotton towel and garage it overnight to dry before I start polishing/waxing in the morning.
- while working with electric equipment, make sure that you do not let wire rub or touch on the car surface put it around your hand and shoulder.
- never start the PC unless it's touching fully to the paint surface
- always start with low RPMs till the product is applied evenly to the surface and then increase the speed to work the product in
- only use one product with one pad and put it in Ziploc bag, no washing is necessary unless it is very dirty. The caked product on the pad can be brushed with a soft brush.