I have purchased the Autoglym Ceramic Coating kit & would like some advice please.

This is the order I intend to do it in, please let me know if it is wrong, something is missing or not needed:

• Prewash with Clean All • Shampoo with UHD shampoo • Tar & Glue • Fallout Removal • Clay Bar • Shampoo Again • Machine Polish with AG RR+ • Ceramic Coat

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

So I’ve got a stub gun for my pressure washer but I can’t for the life of me find a hose that goes from my Macallister PW to the Stub Gun.

Has anyone bought a Macallister to M22 high pressure hose?

We want to see all your pictures from the hard work done over a weekend, that can be anything from a quick maintenance wash to a full on paint correction, and everything in between.

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Any benefit of getting the Foamer instead of the Sprayer?

Edit: thanks I'll get the sprayer and skip the foamer

My car used to be coated with Gtechniq Crystal Serum Ultra which I highly rated, even when I lived in a flat and used a relatively low powered battery powered pressure washer (Greenworks GDC40 @ 70bar), the coating would bead without any major maintenance.

Unfortunately, my car was coated in overspray after needing the offside resprayed after a non-fault accident so it had to be machine polished. I used a different detailer who is accredited with Labocosmetica and had their 4 year SAM coating and HPC top coat.

I've been keeping the car as clean as I usually would with BH Touch-Less, Mystic bubble and FSE for maintenance washes. Then every three months I've decontaminated by adding Purifica and Sidero into the process, and using Perfecta SiO2.

It doesn't seem like the coating comes back to life, especially on the lower panels? I don't know if it's the coating or if Purifica isn't that good? Purifica I'm applying with a foam lance at 1.6% PIR (I read either on the bottle or the Labocosmetica website that final dilution in the lance is 1:60 which is 1.6%), then I'm washing with a mitt with Purifica in the bucket too.

Should I try another acidic shampoo? Either CarPro Descale, Koch Chemie RS or Garage Therapy DMS?

I have never detailed a car and have nothing to do so currently. My question is should I buy the things I'd want (polish, ceramic, etc) or pay someone else to do the work usually £300?

Why is it impossible to find real world reviews (from owners) on this pressure washer? Everything I seem to read is just get a k7/10

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Hi All, new to detailing and looking for some advice.

I bought some turtle wax and dry as a bit of a baby step before getting too adventurous. My question is around polishing before waxing, if I polish first the car will be be dry, but the turtle wax and dry requires a wet car. What is the best way to go about this? Can I use the turtle wax on a dry polished car?

Cheers

Me and my pal are starting a detailing business in the summer of 2025.

We are only both like around the age of 14/15 so we want everything to be as easy as it can be really 😂

We are looking for a supplier to buy products in bulk from that's relatively cheap or even a fair price. (Products like snowfoam, detailing products or windscreen washer fluid etc)

Any suggestions?

I have a Karcher K4 and the hose is badly kinked and keeps popping off at the outlet on the main unit.

Is there a 3rd party hose that's better than the Karcher or should I replace it like for like?

Any tips to get an engine bay on an electric squeaky clean? No plastic covers present or frunk etc.

HV obviously has some protection but wouldn’t blast with a lance myself!

My partner and I vape and so the inside of our car windows(and house windows) have that film on that is difficult to clean off. I have been reading that Isopropyl alcohol will clean it off.

I have a product called Angel Wax Stripped Ease and wonder if it would be suitable for cleaning the windows

Many thanks

Is it good idea to have both turtle wax snow foam + demon machine rapid dirt shifter for pre wash my car? Then I will use meguiars ultimate wash and wax for hand cleaning. Cheers

Any advice on how to effectively dry the car , I used a rinse aid and towel dry but certain areas dried not as effectively like the photo above

Can anyone advise the best way to remove this. Used a pre wash and snow foam. And wash and wax. Followed the dilution on the bottle to the ml. Car wasn’t stood or anything and was dried as soon as it was rinsed. Also rinsed between each application.

Is autoglym all purpose professional ok on Mercedes e class soft top to clean the roof?

Ive got a Greenworks G40 pressure washer however unable to find a suitable short trigger gun or atleast an adapter suitable for it.

Does anyone have a solution?

Is this more for ceramic coated cars or equally as beneficial to non-ceramic cars?

Auto Finesse Lavish Ceramic Foam Spray Sealant

Hello folks,

Thinking about buying the P60 Evolution from Ava, just as a casual car/bike/patio washer. One thing I have seen criticised is the basic snow foam cannon although I saw in a YT vid that Ava was working in an updated version. Did this ever happen?

The beading of water on my car seems to make it look wetter for longer after rain, leave it spotty when it dries, and currently is covered in ice beads. In the dry the wax makes it look great, but when it gets wet I think the wax makes it look worse.

I've used Autoglym UHD wax in summer and I regularly top it up with AquaWax after washing. I last waxed it a month ago.

Is this beading normal, or am I doing something wrong? When I watch tutorial videos they always show the water sliding straight off, but it seems to just clump into beads on my car, even after I've just waxed it.

Any other wax/rain tips are also appreciated. Thanks.

Am I missing something or is there no point other than up-selling when it comes to multi year ceramic coatings? Being as you will need to machine polish every year for perfect paint to remove micro scratches that you can’t avoid regardless what is the actual point in anything longer than a year?

Am I missing something?

Hi,

Was just wondering what ceramic coating or other product (that wont break the bank) would be best to protect my wheels from a lot of brake dust etc and make them easier to clean afterwards. The wheels will be used on my track car so will take quite a bit of abuse and get quite hot.

Ideally could do with something that I can apply myself.

Any advice is much appreciated.