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    Ditto what Tone said.

    I understand what you mean by the uneven aging, but it's just that, aging. The only real way to take care of a matte finish is to keep it well cleaned. Believe it or not, adding polishes and silicones to matte finishes is bad and will help it age faster. Matte paint needs to breathe. By coating it, you are keeping oxidants in tghe finish and these oxidants slowly expand and can cause cracking, crows feet, and the discoloration. The discoloration (areas will seem lighter and darker, giving a zebra look) is actually where some some areas were able to breathe better than others.

    In all, matte finishes are totally a thing of the past and ISUZU used it anyways. Their intentions were good, but the care as to how it aged was not. Hate to say it, but if its discolored or cracked, your best bet is to get it refinished. All polishing will do at this point is speed up the breakdown of the finish.

    Sorry, more tech talk from an old automobile painter.
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    Regarding the Rhino treatment, I think it looks fairly nice, but I've seen pics in the gallery of a VX (Grandpa Bob's?) done in Line-X, and I thought it went on more nicely (more fine, less texture) and looked better and closer to the original look. Not knocking Rhino, but just tossing out another option for folks to consider.

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    Has anyone here done Rhino? I know we have talked about it many times but I can only remember several owners doing Line-X.
    Anita
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    Hmmm... I think you're right Anita. I think I was confusing pictures of Line-X as being Rhino. But I know Rhino is more coarse and textured, and of the two VX's I'm thinking of with Line-X, one looked a lot more fine and less "clumpy" than the other, which is what got me confused.

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    Originally posted by johnnyapollo
    Zaino Bros polish
    At least I'm not the ONLY one using Zaino! Gotta love that stuff... does an INCREDIBLE job and you don't have to worry about it baking on and becoming hard to remove... gets better with EVERY application (very addictive)... and it smells good enough to eat! lol Man I wish my VX wasn't stuck in the garage! Damn I need a welder right now! Ugh!

    Coach... I mean Randy (I often forget who I really am)

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    ............

    um...I'm sorry...polish what????

    I got something you can polish!!!!;Dp;

    jk...

    JUST PAINT IT!!!...I did and love it.
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