SgtMajUSMC
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- Sep 20, 2015
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Faithful Zaino user since 2004. For the past several months I have been researching coatings. Pulled the trigger on this when AG had their 25% off sale that was very soon after the release of this new coating. Bought the kit, Uber Compound and WG Finishing Glaze 3.0.
Expected prep work was done...wash, clay, polish (Uber compound with LC 5.5" flat pads then finishing glaze with LC 5.5" white flat pads--Griot's DA), two wipe downs with the supplied prep spray. This is obviously where all the time is and took me roughly 10 hours. Compound step I did in 12x 12 inch sections with between 6-8 section passes for each. I found the Uber Compound to be much easier to work with than M105. Less finicky, very little dust and long working time. I almost didn't use the finishing glaze it looked that good. In the end, I used the glaze.
I followed the supplied directions for the coating. I did however apply heavier than recommended after seeing a post on here. I used half the syringe, or right at 7cc, and only did the paint. No issues at all. Initial "X" on the applicator than a zigzag line for the rest of the panels. I split the hood in half, the rest of the car was one zigzag line on the applicator per panel. Easy to do for someone with no experience with coatings. Had it figured out by the first panel.
Having not used a coating previously, I struggled with the whole "high spot"/ wipedown thing during my research. Personally, I couldn't find very much that actually made it crystal clear to me especially when you have folks that detail for a living talking about getting highspots themselves. Best I could imagine was like ZCS applied too heavy and having to wipe off the unflashed portion. So for those like me who are first time coaters and perhaps struggling with when do you wipe off and what exactly are you wiping off....the coating flashes or dries/ hardens fairly quickly just like a spray on sealant does. There are portions with a coating that overlap over an already dried portion and don't dry (flash) as fast as the rest of the panel you just did. These are what I consider the "high spots" and what you are wiping off. If you don't wipe them off they dry on top of the already flashed portion. After the first panel it is very evident or at least it was to me and I have no high spots. I am sure the "professionals" will rip me apart for that explanation but....
I did not use the supplied towels that came with the kit. I washed them first but when I did the first wipe with the coating there was lint everywhere. I was afraid it would stick so I switched to towels I knew don't lint.
By the time I finished it was raining so no outside in the sun pics but here are a few.....
Still crappy weather here. Below photo from this morning still inside garage.
Sun finally came out. Looked good inside. Outside is beyond anything I expected...
Post rain pics:
Expected prep work was done...wash, clay, polish (Uber compound with LC 5.5" flat pads then finishing glaze with LC 5.5" white flat pads--Griot's DA), two wipe downs with the supplied prep spray. This is obviously where all the time is and took me roughly 10 hours. Compound step I did in 12x 12 inch sections with between 6-8 section passes for each. I found the Uber Compound to be much easier to work with than M105. Less finicky, very little dust and long working time. I almost didn't use the finishing glaze it looked that good. In the end, I used the glaze.
I followed the supplied directions for the coating. I did however apply heavier than recommended after seeing a post on here. I used half the syringe, or right at 7cc, and only did the paint. No issues at all. Initial "X" on the applicator than a zigzag line for the rest of the panels. I split the hood in half, the rest of the car was one zigzag line on the applicator per panel. Easy to do for someone with no experience with coatings. Had it figured out by the first panel.
Having not used a coating previously, I struggled with the whole "high spot"/ wipedown thing during my research. Personally, I couldn't find very much that actually made it crystal clear to me especially when you have folks that detail for a living talking about getting highspots themselves. Best I could imagine was like ZCS applied too heavy and having to wipe off the unflashed portion. So for those like me who are first time coaters and perhaps struggling with when do you wipe off and what exactly are you wiping off....the coating flashes or dries/ hardens fairly quickly just like a spray on sealant does. There are portions with a coating that overlap over an already dried portion and don't dry (flash) as fast as the rest of the panel you just did. These are what I consider the "high spots" and what you are wiping off. If you don't wipe them off they dry on top of the already flashed portion. After the first panel it is very evident or at least it was to me and I have no high spots. I am sure the "professionals" will rip me apart for that explanation but....
I did not use the supplied towels that came with the kit. I washed them first but when I did the first wipe with the coating there was lint everywhere. I was afraid it would stick so I switched to towels I knew don't lint.
By the time I finished it was raining so no outside in the sun pics but here are a few.....
Still crappy weather here. Below photo from this morning still inside garage.
Sun finally came out. Looked good inside. Outside is beyond anything I expected...
Post rain pics:
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