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Posted by 35thAnivSS (Member # 1917) on :

Installing vinyl, do I have to strip Zaino off?
Searching the archives, it says to strip wax.
But, what about Zaino. Is polish a different
scenario?

Posted by chrisL (Member # 97) on :

yup. use a little rubbing alcohol to take any polish off where you will be applying the stickers.

if you want to be sure, you can email Sal.
support@zainobros.com

Posted by Hawkeye (Member # 88) on :

Ditto Chris - will adhere better if you remove
the Zaino first. Rubbing Alcohol is the key!

Posted by Flamin' bird (Member # 786) on :

Steve and I installed my stripe kit on my Formula and it was pretty easy. We also used the rubbing alchohol like Chris and the Canadian said [Cool]

Posted by JohnS (Member # 1073) on :

One more vote for alcohol (of the rubbing variety). It works great. We used it to remove the many layers of Zaino from my SS before painting on the stripes.

Posted by SS 891 (Member # 1968) on :

.....oooooooooh... Rubbing alcohol... I used Coors to clean before I put my stripes on... [Eek!]

Posted by Matt B (Member # 1651) on :

If you don't remove the Zaino your stripe will eventually lift as it will adhere to the Zaino, not your paint.

I did it on my windshield banner, and once there was water on there it started to lift.

Matt

Posted by MOO4340 (Member # 471) on :

If Zanio is like most polymers, ie;RACE GLAZE, you will only have one coat, not many. And to get the stuff off to apply any kind of decal, you must use their cleaner not alcohol. With the RACE GLAZE polish, the decals that I applied just fell off in the floor. Only after using their Leveling Compound did I get them to stay on. Of course, I had to purchase another set of decals from SLP.
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M004340
Be sure to reapply your polish once the decals are installed.

quote:
Originally posted by 35thAnivSS:
Installing vinyl, do I have to strip Zaino off?
Searching the archives, it says to strip wax.
But, what about Zaino. Is polish a different
scenario?

Posted by 35thAnivSS (Member # 1917) on :

So, do I dilute the rubbing alcohol with water?
Any details would be great...don't want to screw up the paint. Hate taking Zaino off, 30+ coats at this point [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Kevin V 2002 SS (Member # 1025) on :

quote:
Originally posted by MOO4340:
If Zanio is like most polymers, ie;RACE GLAZE, you will only have one coat, not many.

Actually Zaino does stack, each coat adheres to the previous coat.

Posted by Matt B (Member # 1651) on :

quote:
Originally posted by 35thAnivSS:
So, do I dilute the rubbing alcohol with water?
Any details would be great...don't want to screw up the paint. Hate taking Zaino off, 30+ coats at this point

Just plain rubbing alcohol will work fine, no dilution is necessary. [Smile]

Posted by MOO4340 (Member # 471) on :

Actually, Zanio is also a ploymer, and it does not stack. Polymers have jewelers rudge, it acts like a cleaner to remove successive coats. Race Glaze is formulated that way and it too is a polymer product. They do not stack like a wax product.
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Posted by Doug 97SS #1499 (Member # 100) on :

quote:
Originally posted by MOO4340:
Actually, Zanio is also a ploymer, and it does not stack. Polymers have jewelers rudge, it acts like a cleaner to remove successive coats. Race Glaze is formulated that way and it too is a polymer product. They do not stack like a wax product.
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Thats not what Sal Zaino told me. He told me that Zaino stacks. The more you apply the deeper the shine. Perhaps we need to get the polish guru here for better clarification.

Posted by KenC (Member # 189) on :

zaino layers. it contains no solvents. the more layers....the deepr and wetter the shine.

anybody that disbelieves that....just email me private. i have a ton of pics...cause i have over 100 coats on the firehawk....and over 150 on the compta. the stripe on the compta looks like its painted on because of the layers.

race glaze has solvents. you only have one coat....when you apply it..it removes the previously applied coat. zaino does not do that. thats why u use zfx with each coat or z1 polish lock every ten coats, to tighten the polish bed and draw the exisiting coats tighter.....

i have the proof. both of them are in the garage...covered up. 97's....that look better than show room.

Posted by Doug 97SS #1499 (Member # 100) on :

Ahh KenC replied. No need for Sal to make presence now. Thanks for the clarification Frog man! [Smile]

Or is that wolfman now? Oh you know what i mean! [Wink]

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