I don't like rankling the died in the wool Zaino guys and haven't for a long time, but.........I've been using a product called Liquid Lustre for a few years now on both the Viper and our other vehicles. Below is what the ad says are the active ingredients.
Aliphatic Distillates, Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Amine
Vipers are probably the most pampered car, from a 'protecting the finish' standpoint, many of us will ever own. They will very seldom see harsh conditions and are garaged and/or covered much of the time they are idle. Heck, many Vipers are garage queens and hardly ever used. Pity! I have seen many Zainoed cars and can't really tell the difference between the Zaino product and what I'm using. I get about 9,000 miles a season on our car and wax it maybe 4 times over the course of the summer. Something I will relate as regards protection with this product. Our daily winter driver is a '95 Cadillac ETC. This car is driven in salt daily and washed weekly. In my 36 years of owning cars, I have yet to see a wax last as long as it does on this Cadillac in the winter time. I wax it once a year..in the spring before I put it away till the following November. The water still beads after a winter of punishing snow and salt. The shine lasts like no other wax I've ever used. That's what protection is about---Not a Viper that typically only sees good weather, garages, and covers. The point here being that as this and other threads on this subject indicate..there's a lot of other good products out there that don't require nearly the work to produce a comparable result. I don't believe any wax or polish, sold at retail today,(whether silicone or not)will degrade my paint surface to the degree that I'd just have to sue them..........just kidding.
There .. I said it. Flame away Zaino guys.
Steve
