MONKEYSOCKS Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Anyone used Autoglym rapid ceramic spray? If so, any reviews? My car is black and no matter how much I wax it, a couple of drives in our lovely winter weather and it looks like it's not been washed in 5 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) I have this, it's very good!! Every car in the UK Winter will look trash after a few drives, these spray sealants look to form a barrier from the grime protecting the finish underneath and making the car easier to wash the next time. Between washing if passing, I tend pop to our local BP or Tesco buy time jet wash. Hand pump foam cannon the lower half and jet wash off the entire car. Looks 95% clean which suffice till the next 2 bucket wash. Edited February 15 by davey_83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYSOCKS Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 11 minutes ago, davey_83 said: I have this, it's very good!! Every car in the UK Winter will look trash after a few drives, these spray sealants look to form a barrier from the grime protecting the finish underneath and making the car easier to wash the next time. Between washing if passing, I tend pop to our local BP or Tesco buy time jet wash. Hand pump foam cannon the lower half and jet wash off the entire car. Looks 95% clean which suffice till the next 2 bucket wash. Much appreciated mate, I'll get on to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umster Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I'm a big fan of Gyeon Can Coat - apply this once a year on a fully detailed car, and you can jet wash a lot of the muck off instead of doing a true 2 bucket clean. You can't do much about the rainwater landing and sticking to the car, but you can make it easier to wash off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payco Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 I had my MR2 fully ceramic coated professionally but still use this on top. Very good stuff and popular with car detailers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYSOCKS Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 19 hours ago, Umster said: I'm a big fan of Gyeon Can Coat - apply this once a year on a fully detailed car, and you can jet wash a lot of the muck off instead of doing a true 2 bucket clean. You can't do much about the rainwater landing and sticking to the car, but you can make it easier to wash off. Not heard of that, I'll have a gander 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYSOCKS Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 1 hour ago, Payco said: I had my MR2 fully ceramic coated professionally but still use this on top. Very good stuff and popular with car detailers. Nice motor! Yeah, if I could afford it I'd get full paint correction and ceramic coating but I definitely can't at the moment. I'll give the autoglym stuff a go for now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYSOCKS Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 20 hours ago, davey_83 said: I have this, it's very good!! Every car in the UK Winter will look trash after a few drives, these spray sealants look to form a barrier from the grime protecting the finish underneath and making the car easier to wash the next time. Between washing if passing, I tend pop to our local BP or Tesco buy time jet wash. Hand pump foam cannon the lower half and jet wash off the entire car. Looks 95% clean which suffice till the next 2 bucket wash. Any idea if I can still wax it or will it stop the ceramic coating sticking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Ideally you'd want a nice clean bare surface for the product in mind to help longevity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 14 hours ago, MONKEYSOCKS said: Any idea if I can still wax it or will it stop the ceramic coating sticking? For a ceramic coating, you'll need to apply to clean, bare paint. Once the coating has cured, you can wax on top but by doing so you're basically wasting wax because it won't bond to the coating. AG Ceramic Spray is more sealant than coating though. Ideally, apply it to bare paint and wax on top - it still won't bond particualrly well, but AG Ceramic Spray has poor durability for a ceramic itself so you'll need to top it up every couple of months - there are a good few waxes that will give better durability, in all honesty. If you wax on top of AG Cermic Spray regularly (probably needs fortnightly top ups at least) it should extend that a bit... maybe three or four weeks at a push. Always wax on top of any sealant/coating, not under, for best results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYSOCKS Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 11 hours ago, ilogikal1 said: For a ceramic coating, you'll need to apply to clean, bare paint. Once the coating has cured, you can wax on top but by doing so you're basically wasting wax because it won't bond to the coating. AG Ceramic Spray is more sealant than coating though. Ideally, apply it to bare paint and wax on top - it still won't bond particualrly well, but AG Ceramic Spray has poor durability for a ceramic itself so you'll need to top it up every couple of months - there are a good few waxes that will give better durability, in all honesty. If you wax on top of AG Cermic Spray regularly (probably needs fortnightly top ups at least) it should extend that a bit... maybe three or four weeks at a push. Always wax on top of any sealant/coating, not under, for best results. Cheers mate, haven't got a machine polisher so been waxing by hand every week (it's exhausting 😂) hopefully the ceramic spray will save me a bit of bother as well as still protecting the poor quality Nissan paintwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadmaster Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I've been using Auto Finesse Aqua Coat for the last couple of years. I tend to spray it on to the rinsed and still wet panels every fourth wash. I'm sure there's better, but seems to give good results. I might try the AG one for a change next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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