I dissolve pad cleaner in a bucket and allow my ceramic towels / applicators soak before I wash them. Helps keep them in good condition and from clogging up.
I like Jimbo's Super Soaper too. He recommends 4 oz in the foam Cannon but that just eats up sooo much product so quickly. I had an uncoated Honda Odyssey van about 5x as dirty as yours and full of bumper & side mirror bugs from our 10hr. roundtrip trip to Canada & back. I used 4oz. in the MJJC cannon like he suggests, with about 30oz water. I got great clinging foam that when rinsed with my green 15deg. Tip, it left the paint spotless. Not even any traffic film. It really was a touch-free wash! I literally said, "holy shit!" Bugs & all were gone. All I had to do was dry it with a drying aid. I think it would be a good product for those times when you don't have a lot of time on your hands to do a full foam-rinse-foam wash. Now if he could just sharpen his pencil & work on getting the cost more reasonable 🧐.
Awesome video man and good observation on the care taken after the vehicles been coated. I see that all the time with customers cars I coat. Ill see it come back months later and I’m like, “ahhhhh doesn’t look like it’s been washed in a while” 🤦♂️ sometimes it’ll surprise you and look decent after a good wash lol
Hey guys. Beautiful job!! I just coated my 10 year old AudiSQ5 with DIY's 3 year graphene coating (because it was inexpensive and Im a beginner - it was my first coating job). I get confused when I see videos like this because if the car still was beading and looking good, why would you top it with anything? Is it possible that you could potentially "clog" the initial coating? I saw a video where the coating I used needed to undergo a partial decon to "unclog" the coating after only 6 months! Maybe I should just start putting good sealants on my car moving forward???? And when that day comes, do I have to use DIY's ceramic gloss or quick beads or can I use whatever topper I want? Thanks you guys - learning so much from your channel!!!!
Hi thanks. Good questions. So clogging a coating doesn’t happen with ceramic sealants or toppers, clogging refers to other contaminants like road film or salts, grime, oils, sap, tar or other things from daily driving. Applying a sealant is just a sacrificial barrier on the base coating. What a lot of detailers mud is the coating manufactures themselves make the products to maintain the coating such as certain soaps or sealants to wash and top the coating with to always keep the base coating fresh and protected. I have learned that it’s all about layers of protection. Unfortunately RUclips and social media has confused many people thinking that a coating should never be topped and should be able to be on its own. That’s not how coatings were intended to be used. The same goes with any surface that needs protection. From glass to plastics. Applying a hardy base layer of protection and then topping it often is always better than just a topper on its own. We have vehicles going past 3 years with Crystal Serum light and the customer admitted that they bring them through car washes all the time and the coating is maintain by us in this way. However we only see the vehicles every six months. So in no way is the topper sealant lasting 6 months through car washes. It’s the base layer coating that is lasting. The topper is taking the hit and allowing the coating to last longer. Many detailers don’t understand the fact that everything needs constant protection to last.
This is the type of reply Ive been looking for. I just want to understand and try to sort out everything Im seeing and reading, including the chemistry, especially since I recently coated one of my cars. So, to be clear, a "topper" or sealant (on a coated car) would be a sacrificial layer on top of the coating applied, and what I would be "unclogging" down the road are contaminants mentioned in your reply, right? And I assume this is going to happen faster/more frequently in neglected cars or those that are not properly maintained. I agree that protection of your paint is the bottom line. So what should I look for before considering a topper or sealant? Water behavior seems to be the overall answer? Then, let's say, you do top it. Do you just keep topping (along with at least 1X month cleaning?) Do I have to use ceramic gloss or Quick Beads since I coated with a DIY product? At what point do I say, ok, the coating is failed and it's time for a new coating? Thank you guys so much!!!!!!
Funny my hood and roof are the first to show signs of ceramic coating failing. Any flat surfaces. Maybe it’s the sun? Maybe it’s the humid coastal environment?
Not sure if your wife gets Kudos but I am giving her one. The silent worker who is in tune with your content!!!! She does get you wet every now and then though especially when it is cold.... LOL
@MirandaDetailing Wish I could get my wife involved to work with me. I tried once, but she doesn't take direction or constructive criticism very well!!😂 So back to solo!
Of course the coating is going to look amazing every three months when the client brings it back in to you. You are adding a topper sealant every three months. One would have zero clue on truly how the coating is holding up because its always topped with a sealant consistently at three month intervals. One can apply a 2-yr coating and sell it as a 20-year coating because the beading and UV protection will occur from the topper sealant every three months. Come on man🤪 Enjoy watching your videos but topping an already ceramic vehicle every three months doesn't show how good a coating is holding up. The coating is being totally masked by the topper. I can sell a lifetime paint protection package and put nothing but a 3 month spray sealant on it and tell the client they have to come in for its maintenance wash every three months No charge wash because its included with the initial cost. Car will bead because im spraying more sealant on it.
Hi. Thanks for sharing. I get how people feel about that. But what many don’t understand is it’s not about letting a coating go on it’s on to see if it will hold up. To not maintain it would actually be too go against the manufacturers recommendations. I have used waxes and sealants on vehicles and maintained them over a few years and they still do not respond like a coating. You’re not really seeing just the sealant on top, that wears away quickly. Sometimes we don’t top it and it still comes back looking awesome. It’s a RUclips and social media stigma to simply let a coating go on it’s on just because one wants to see how it “actually” holds up. I don’t go by what others say, I’ll go by what I have experienced. Thanks!😎👍🏼
@@MirandaDetailing Completely understand sir. I'm not saying to not top a coated vehicle. I'm just saying that if the manufacture requires or recommends a topper be applied on 3 to 4 times a year, that coating screams garage to me. I'm just using that as an example, not saying the coatings you use require that. But lets be honest here sir, because we do the same thing as all the coating installers. We know that 99% of our clients are not washing their vehicles weekly or bi weekly. Its not happening. Clients that come to us on a three-month maintenance schedule, is the only time in those three months its getting washed. 3 to 4,000 miles of road grime are getting put on and left there until the next visit with us. You, me and the other detailers are putting those toppers on because we know the only indication a coatings properties are failing is water behavior. The client can see the water behavior. That's what the clients see. As long as those water drops are beading, the client ain't complaining the coating isn't working Top and send. A coating could of failed but the topper will give the appearance otherwise. That's the real reason of the topper so frequent because we know clients are not taking proper care of their ceramic coated vehicle. Let the topper take the neglect. Top and send sir. 😎🤪
@ You aren't using the right sealants sir because there are sealants that can bead just as good as coatings from a beading standpoint. Besides a client would have no clue, as long as its beading 🤪
I let my coating go for 12 weeks. (DIY Detail) and the hood and roof were flat but came back pretty quick. I was thrilled at the strength of it.
What year coating ?
@punkr6 8 year
@@detailgrandma22I’ve used their 5 year about 20 times and having great results.
Nice video!
Good combination of narration, advice and detailing demonstrating!
Very laid back and chill 😎👍🏾
Much appreciated!
Awesome video Phil. I need to do the exact same thing on my wifes car that I ceramic coated this summer. 🙄
I dissolve pad cleaner in a bucket and allow my ceramic towels / applicators soak before I wash them. Helps keep them in good condition and from clogging up.
David, what brand pad cleaner are you using?
Dude good tip on the towel usage. Happy Holidays.
Thanks man!
This was a cool video I took my 15-minute break it was short and sweet keep up the good work
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
I like Jimbo's Super Soaper too. He recommends 4 oz in the foam Cannon but that just eats up sooo much product so quickly. I had an uncoated Honda Odyssey van about 5x as dirty as yours and full of bumper & side mirror bugs from our 10hr. roundtrip trip to Canada & back. I used 4oz. in the MJJC cannon like he suggests, with about 30oz water. I got great clinging foam that when rinsed with my green 15deg. Tip, it left the paint spotless. Not even any traffic film. It really was a touch-free wash! I literally said, "holy shit!" Bugs & all were gone. All I had to do was dry it with a drying aid.
I think it would be a good product for those times when you don't have a lot of time on your hands to do a full foam-rinse-foam wash. Now if he could just sharpen his pencil & work on getting the cost more reasonable 🧐.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
What is green15deg?
Must mean this amzn.to/4gadF2k
@jeaneebarnes2835 sorry, meant 25deg.
@MirandaDetailing yup. My bad. Thanks for correcting.
Awesome video man and good observation on the care taken after the vehicles been coated. I see that all the time with customers cars I coat. Ill see it come back months later and I’m like, “ahhhhh doesn’t look like it’s been washed in a while” 🤦♂️ sometimes it’ll surprise you and look decent after a good wash lol
Thanks man!
How often should you apply a topper if you are maintaining your vehicle that has been coated? Thanks you guys - great videos!!!!
Hi. For our customers we have a 3 months service or 6 month service. That’s when we wash apply the topper.
Beautiful car. Have a great day Phil and Jess.
Phil your shoes are cool lookin. Also great refresh on that camaro...it looks like a honda when it was fully foamed 😂 dont tell the owner
Thanks! 😄
Very nice! Love that color
Thanks, I do too.
Great video thanks for sharing 😊
Which drying towel is that gray one?
I don't remember exactly, but its like this amzn.to/3VyCdKl
Hey guys. Beautiful job!! I just coated my 10 year old AudiSQ5 with DIY's 3 year graphene coating (because it was inexpensive and Im a beginner - it was my first coating job). I get confused when I see videos like this because if the car still was beading and looking good, why would you top it with anything? Is it possible that you could potentially "clog" the initial coating? I saw a video where the coating I used needed to undergo a partial decon to "unclog" the coating after only 6 months! Maybe I should just start putting good sealants on my car moving forward???? And when that day comes, do I have to use DIY's ceramic gloss or quick beads or can I use whatever topper I want? Thanks you guys - learning so much from your channel!!!!
Hi thanks. Good questions.
So clogging a coating doesn’t happen with ceramic sealants or toppers, clogging refers to other contaminants like road film or salts, grime, oils, sap, tar or other things from daily driving. Applying a sealant is just a sacrificial barrier on the base coating. What a lot of detailers mud is the coating manufactures themselves make the products to maintain the coating such as certain soaps or sealants to wash and top the coating with to always keep the base coating fresh and protected. I have learned that it’s all about layers of protection. Unfortunately RUclips and social media has confused many people thinking that a coating should never be topped and should be able to be on its own. That’s not how coatings were intended to be used. The same goes with any surface that needs protection. From glass to plastics. Applying a hardy base layer of protection and then topping it often is always better than just a topper on its own. We have vehicles going past 3 years with Crystal Serum light and the customer admitted that they bring them through car washes all the time and the coating is maintain by us in this way. However we only see the vehicles every six months. So in no way is the topper sealant lasting 6 months through car washes. It’s the base layer coating that is lasting. The topper is taking the hit and allowing the coating to last longer. Many detailers don’t understand the fact that everything needs constant protection to last.
This is the type of reply Ive been looking for. I just want to understand and try to sort out everything Im seeing and reading, including the chemistry, especially since I recently coated one of my cars. So, to be clear, a "topper" or sealant (on a coated car) would be a sacrificial layer on top of the coating applied, and what I would be "unclogging" down the road are contaminants mentioned in your reply, right? And I assume this is going to happen faster/more frequently in neglected cars or those that are not properly maintained. I agree that protection of your paint is the bottom line. So what should I look for before considering a topper or sealant? Water behavior seems to be the overall answer? Then, let's say, you do top it. Do you just keep topping (along with at least 1X month cleaning?) Do I have to use ceramic gloss or Quick Beads since I coated with a DIY product? At what point do I say, ok, the coating is failed and it's time for a new coating? Thank you guys so much!!!!!!
Good idea with the front grill and trim pieces. Never thought of that. Of course im not that bright either. Lol. Hi wife.
Nice resurrection team 👍💪
Funny my hood and roof are the first to show signs of ceramic coating failing. Any flat surfaces. Maybe it’s the sun? Maybe it’s the humid coastal environment?
Weird. Maybe. Lots of variables.
Does Pans tire dressing sling?
No. Once it’s dry on the tires it won’t sling. Slinging only happens when any dressing is over applied and not allowed to dry completely.
What coating is this ?
It was Gtechniq Exo
Hey Phil, any hats on your website?
Hi. Yeah I have baseball caps on our apparel store. Visit our website and go Shop Products
Hmmm, don’t see any hats
Not sure if your wife gets Kudos but I am giving her one. The silent worker who is in tune with your content!!!! She does get you wet every now and then though especially when it is cold.... LOL
Thanks for noticing, she does a lot behind the scenes, 😎👍🏼
@MirandaDetailing Wish I could get my wife involved to work with me. I tried once, but she doesn't take direction or constructive criticism very well!!😂 So back to solo!
For a ceramic soap that foams real good , most soap that contain ceramic dont
Was this camaro coated by you?
Yup. It was Gtechniq EXO
Nice, I don’t remember seeing this video can u send link would like to watch it , I hv a Camaro myself same color. 🤜🤛
Gosh Phil. The color is so nice. It's too bad the owner doesn't appear to maintain it at all.
Poor maintenance?
First!!!!!
Of course the coating is going to look amazing every three months when the client brings it back in to you. You are adding a topper sealant every three months. One would have zero clue on truly how the coating is holding up because its always topped with a sealant consistently at three month intervals. One can apply a 2-yr coating and sell it as a 20-year coating because the beading and UV protection will occur from the topper sealant every three months. Come on man🤪 Enjoy watching your videos but topping an already ceramic vehicle every three months doesn't show how good a coating is holding up. The coating is being totally masked by the topper. I can sell a lifetime paint protection package and put nothing but a 3 month spray sealant on it and tell the client they have to come in for its maintenance wash every three months No charge wash because its included with the initial cost. Car will bead because im spraying more sealant on it.
Hi. Thanks for sharing. I get how people feel about that. But what many don’t understand is it’s not about letting a coating go on it’s on to see if it will hold up. To not maintain it would actually be too go against the manufacturers recommendations. I have used waxes and sealants on vehicles and maintained them over a few years and they still do not respond like a coating. You’re not really seeing just the sealant on top, that wears away quickly. Sometimes we don’t top it and it still comes back looking awesome. It’s a RUclips and social media stigma to simply let a coating go on it’s on just because one wants to see how it “actually” holds up. I don’t go by what others say, I’ll go by what I have experienced. Thanks!😎👍🏼
@@MirandaDetailing
Completely understand sir. I'm not saying to not top a coated vehicle. I'm just saying that if the manufacture requires or recommends a topper be applied on 3 to 4 times a year, that coating screams garage to me. I'm just using that as an example, not saying the coatings you use require that. But lets be honest here sir, because we do the same thing as all the coating installers. We know that 99% of our clients are not washing their vehicles weekly or bi weekly. Its not happening. Clients that come to us on a three-month maintenance schedule, is the only time in those three months its getting washed. 3 to 4,000 miles of road grime are getting put on and left there until the next visit with us.
You, me and the other detailers are putting those toppers on because we know the only indication a coatings properties are failing is water behavior. The client can see the water behavior. That's what the clients see. As long as those water drops are beading, the client ain't complaining the coating isn't working Top and send. A coating could of failed but the topper will give the appearance otherwise. That's the real reason of the topper so frequent because we know clients are not taking proper care of their ceramic coated vehicle. Let the topper take the neglect. Top and send sir. 😎🤪
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You aren't using the right sealants sir because there are sealants that can bead just as good as coatings from a beading standpoint. Besides a client would have no clue, as long as its beading 🤪
Oh ok…thanks.