Okay a couple of questions to provoke some thought:

I know that when you wax your car the wax leaves a very thing layer of protection and Zaino does the same. When it comes to Zaino you can add layers of protection per each additional application. Is the same possible with wax?

Also, as far as thickness goes I've heard that this layer of protection is only a couple of molecules in thickness for wax, is this correct? If not and it is actually thicker, is there an actual physical measurment for the thickness of the protective layer left by a good wax?

Back to the layering of Zaino: After many successive layers of Zaino would it be possible to achive enough layers that it would actually provide some physical protection? I'm not talking "stopping a speeding bullet" - type of protection, more like "if some sand were to be caught in the wind and blown over the surface of the car" - type of protection.

 

I don't have any scientific proof but I you would have to think that after enough layers were applied, a minor superficial scratch would only get through the Zaino and spare the paint.

At least that is what I am hoping!

32 layers and rising!

 

You're not going to get wax to build up protection, mainly because it is too soft (go scratch a candle - see how it resists scratches? )

I have personal experience with how Zaino protects. I had about 10 coats of Z-5 on my black Viper. Our hockey team made the playoffs, so they asked me to drive the mascot around the ice between periods. He had a t-shirt cannon and was shooting t-shirts into the crowd. They asked me to do some wild donuts on the ice (Zamboni guy hated that). I didn't notice the air hose for the cannon was hanging out the passenger door. After a couple of sessions of wild donuts, the door took a lot of abuse from that air hose, and it looked NASTY. Scratches all over the place. I stripped the Zaino, and I couldn't see ANY damage to the paint underneath. I re-applied a few coats of Z-5 to the door, and never gave it another thought. I doubt wax would have helped that much.

 

Just curious; how did you strip the Zaino?

 

You can use Dawn and a claybar I would think.

 

you THINK? what kinda doctor are you?

hehe I read somewhere that 40coats was equal to a layer of clear coat. take it or leave it, I really donno where I read it, and I know it wasnt a reliable source. but whatever, might be true anyway.

 

I use 3M PerfectIt (39009) to strip Zaino. I use this stuff to deep-clean any non-new car that I'm going to detail. I could have used Isopropyl alcohol to strip the Zaino, but since I was expecting paint damage, I went right for the 3M. I have a whole line of 3M compounds so I can deal with heavy scratches, swirl marks or other nasties that people bring to me.