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Originally Posted by GrussGott
- Do a nice wash w/ good technique
- Do a good panel wipe with IPA (50% isopropyl alcohol, 50% de-ionized water)
- Put on a cheap but decent sealant
- Wash your car every 3 weeks or sooner (prevents "contamination")
- put on more protection every 3ish washes
Functionally this is the exact same as $3,000 of professionally applied ceramic coating.
Technique trumps product by a mile. |
GrussGott, I have been following your various threads on this topic and have also watched a bunch of videos. I am new to this, so I am not sure if I have everything down. I tried the following process on a very old vehicle and the results looked reasonable, but not sure I am ready to try it on a newer car.
i. Cleaned the wheels using wheel cleaner and power wash.
ii. Sprayed prewash on the car
iii. Used foam gun with the pressure washer (based on previous threads, I believe I can skip this step) to cover the vehicle with foam.
iv. Waited 5 minutes and rinsed using power wash.
v. Used deionized water and McKee's 37 N-914 to do rinseless wash (one-bucket method). After washing each panel, also applied Turtle wax seal and shine as a drying aid before moving on to the next panel.
Questions:
1. Please let me know if this is a reasonable approach or if I am doing something wrong?
2. I have a battery powered blower. Should I use it at any point in this process, example, between the power wash and rinseless wash, or between the rinseless wash and wax?
3. I have read that you can top Turtle was seal and shine with ICE spray wax. Do I just apply it directly after the drying aid panel by panel or after I have done the whole vehicle?