Advice on wax
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Zaino is a sealant and not a wax. Sealants will give off a reflectivity with no depth. Wax will have a warmer deeper glow. Zymol Vintage if you are willing to spend the 1900+ is from what I have seen an amazing product. Swissol is also great for less buck. Pinnacle Souveran is good as well. If you want to stick to sealants Ultima is a great product and so simple to use. It is all about preference. If you want to ask more specific questions regarding Zymol or Swissol You have two great guys on here to ask. Moe or Phil @ DetailersDomain.
Ask ten different guys and you'll get 10-20 different answers 
In all seriousness, if that's a word, go with what you see and like. As steelth has mentioned, zaino isn't really a wax, but a sealant. The look you'll get from a natural carnauba is a warm one where as synthetics will have more shine. To the purist, shine takes away from depth and jetness of colour. I prefer a natural carnauba and am happy with zymol; it's what I use on my clients' cars and on my own. I have, however, expanded my product line to a synthetic called einszett. I think certain paints work better with synthetics. For example, a MINI responds better to einszett than zymol. This is my observation. So I use einszett because it gets me the "look" i'm after. On porsches, I like Zymol Destiny or Vintage. For the consumer, I'd recommend Zymol Concours. Zymol makes an excellent Smart Kit that includes the polish, pads, soap, leather conditioner, and a jar of Concours for $244. The jar of concours last at least 50 applications and you apply it 2-3 times per year. Hope this guides you in the right direction.
In all seriousness, if that's a word, go with what you see and like. As steelth has mentioned, zaino isn't really a wax, but a sealant. The look you'll get from a natural carnauba is a warm one where as synthetics will have more shine. To the purist, shine takes away from depth and jetness of colour. I prefer a natural carnauba and am happy with zymol; it's what I use on my clients' cars and on my own. I have, however, expanded my product line to a synthetic called einszett. I think certain paints work better with synthetics. For example, a MINI responds better to einszett than zymol. This is my observation. So I use einszett because it gets me the "look" i'm after. On porsches, I like Zymol Destiny or Vintage. For the consumer, I'd recommend Zymol Concours. Zymol makes an excellent Smart Kit that includes the polish, pads, soap, leather conditioner, and a jar of Concours for $244. The jar of concours last at least 50 applications and you apply it 2-3 times per year. Hope this guides you in the right direction.
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I would ask what do you want out of your wax/sealent?
I have about 30 separate waxes/sealents in the garage. They all have a place somewhere for something.
Some are easy to use, some last a long time, some have a deep brilliant shine..
Zymol, one of the best shines, one of the hardest to apply, last the least amount of time. I have them all, from carbon, to Vintage, can go on every part of the car.
Megs, easy to apply, easy off, ok shine, ok lasting, very cheap
Menzerna, many people love it, kind of cheap, last a long time, easy to apply. Steral shine. APO-60 seams to have much more deep of gloss over FMJ, but not as easy to apply. THe AIO is good for rims, or cheap cars
Pinnacle, kind of a Zymol rip-off, of carbon
P21s, also kind of like Zymol, but easier on/off, not quite as deep of shine
1Z, MY NEW FAV! Glantz, last a long time, easy on, easy off, good balance of depth & shine, cheap. The AIO is actually a good AIO, that will fix a care for car in one step.
There are some others, I would say, find out what you want from the wax, what kind of shine & what you want to pay, you will have your answers......
I have about 30 separate waxes/sealents in the garage. They all have a place somewhere for something.
Some are easy to use, some last a long time, some have a deep brilliant shine..
Zymol, one of the best shines, one of the hardest to apply, last the least amount of time. I have them all, from carbon, to Vintage, can go on every part of the car.
Megs, easy to apply, easy off, ok shine, ok lasting, very cheap
Menzerna, many people love it, kind of cheap, last a long time, easy to apply. Steral shine. APO-60 seams to have much more deep of gloss over FMJ, but not as easy to apply. THe AIO is good for rims, or cheap cars
Pinnacle, kind of a Zymol rip-off, of carbon
P21s, also kind of like Zymol, but easier on/off, not quite as deep of shine
1Z, MY NEW FAV! Glantz, last a long time, easy on, easy off, good balance of depth & shine, cheap. The AIO is actually a good AIO, that will fix a care for car in one step.
There are some others, I would say, find out what you want from the wax, what kind of shine & what you want to pay, you will have your answers......
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