painting chips AFTER Zaino'ing
 

yesterday I put on one coat of Z 5 and then 2 coats Z 2 on my chili red. I noticed while I was buffing off the first coat that there were a few very little chips on the bonnet, with the white primer visible, but since there was already that one coat of zaino on, I decided to finish the process and applied the other 2 coats of Zaino. The chips are not visible unless your eyes are a foot from the car, so painting them would be for protection to avoid rust, not for appearance sake.

question 1) will zaino seal out moisture so these little chips will not rust, or at least let me wait until springtime to attend to them?

question 2) to apply paint to the chip, do I need to remove the Zaino in the chip or can I apply the little drop of paint on top of the zaino? how? I'm thinking that since zaino has no silicone then a dot of paint on zaino would be OK

Note: the chips are small, meaning that to hit the chips with paint, I am planning to apply the paint with a point of a toothpick

it's up to you... you can leave it as is and some oxidation will show up
in the dot, but probably won't do much anything else. but if you're anal...

1. if you're in an area where road salt is used, don't wait. fix the chip.

2. you will need to remove all wax before applying touchup... otherwise the
bond is weak.

I would remove the zaino from the area. You want the paint on the car, not the zaino. You can layer back on the zaino to the area after you are done painting.

Mark
:cool:

You can easily spot-remove the wax with some dish soap. Rinse, dry, touch up. Allow to cure for a few days, then re-apply the zaino to the spot. I just did the same last week.

Unless the chip is large or deep, it probably won't rust. Body metal isn't rust-prone like it used to be. Otherwise they wouldn't be able to afford your 12-year rust warranty!

if it goes down to the metal it seems to rust as it will turn orange.
they are treated at the plant before painting though but if it goes
through, it's just metal. :)

Ditto! :)

-Heather

Sal told me to use alcohol to remove Zaino.

Alcohol will work too :)