boyce89976

Was planning to hit the links today, but woke up to a steady rain... so... decided to pull the wife's brand new 2012 MDX in Grigio Metallic out into the rain to give her a bath! We have REALLY hard water here in TN, so the rain eliminated the chance of any of the panels developing water spots before I could get to drying the car.

So, here's what I did over about 7.5 hours today:

1. Wash with Dawn detergent, then rewash with Z7
2. Dried, then buffed with a lite coat of Z6 to make sure all water spots were gone
3. Hand buffed with ZPC to remove a few paint imperfections from the dealer prep
4. Lite coat of Z6 after the buffing
5. AIO entire vehicle, let dry for 30 mins, then buffed
6. Lite coat of Z6
7. Z5 entire vehicle, let dry for 30 mins, then buffed
8. Lite coat of Z6
9. One coat of Clear Seal for good measure, let dry for 1 hour
10. Lite coat of Z6
11. Buffed the hood and roof with a lite coat of Z8
12. Dress the tires with Zaino tire dressing

I'm very pleased with how it turned out. It's taken several attempts over the past year to get the right applicator for Zaino. The cotton one's they supply suck... I always put on too much product with those, which makes it a PITA to remove. I've found that the sponges they provide (they're 3 layers - white, blue, black) do a MUCH better job at spreading and evening out the product, which makes removal a breeze! I just prime the black side of the sponge with a couple squirts of Z6, then add the Z5 very sparingly. Had to apply very little pressure while buffing to remove the haze! However, after 7.5 hours of "wax on/wax off" I doubt I'll be able to lift my arms tomorrow!

I'm a new member, so I can't add photos yet, but will update this post when I can.

potmilkz

pics?

boyce89976

Here are some pics. Thanks for looking, and enjoy!

Steven Bell

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Nice job, Boyce-it really looks good.

Jesstzn

Looks good .. did you use the ZFX with the Z5?

boyce89976

Thanks guys!

Yes. The zfx its pretty amazing. Even with the high humidity, it allowed the z5 to dry in 30 minutes.