Thank you for the great and honest review! I love seeing these tests in the real world as we do not have labs to do testing and claims like the big dogs do and we prefer real world testing anyways! Keep up the great work and videos.

Chelsea! One of the best real time , real world discussion and great advice. This is an extreme case with one year without contact wash. Wow! The coating did well. The “clogging” phenomenon is real and many people blame the coatings. Love it. I’m now a subscriber !

Testimony to the skeptics that ceramic coatings are not snake oil. Without the coating, that car would have been hammered!!!

In the end that's about giving the customer what they want, and despite the odds you brought this coating back to life. Well done Chelsea!! ✅️

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I wish coating manufacturers would step up and explain these coatings don't last if they aren't "topped" or maintained, and they don't really repel anything if they get any sort of mineral buildup. They are advertised as some kind of amazing shield. Average people aren't gonna have acid washes or water spot remover or understand why. The entire industry does itself a disservice by marketing "7 year" coatings that will never live up to the expectations set.

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Stay tuned for my next video where we go into this very issue

Clay towel with iron would of been gold

Great Job Chelsea: I can't imagine not washing my cars for over a year. I don't know what people are thinking.

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

She did wash it (in her way) as water alone blasted off the dirt it just added more issues with water spots than helped in removing the dirt. Her intentions were good in trying to prevent scratches but after our conversation she learned safer ways to wash and knows moving forward she needs to wash it every few months at least or at minimum go through a touchless wash and use soap to help clean.

@gregsullivan7408

9 ай бұрын

Perhaps she had heard that "water and dirt don't stick to ceramic coatings, and will rinse straight off" 😉 (I know Chelsea wouldn't have said that)

Awesome job, Your customer should be extremely excited to see the turnaround you preformed.

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

She was very happy

That before and after 🙌🏼 Well done Chels

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

It was super satisfying

Great job bringing it back to life.

It’s ALIVE! Nice work. Very well done.

Learn something new every day. I didnt know you could use an iron remover on a vehicle that already had a ceramic coating. Good info.

Awesome video, thanks Chelsea 👍😁

It looks awesome Chelsea

Really, really informative and helpful video. Awesome procedure: it took my Fusion's 6-month-old prosumer coating (Turtle Wax's anniversary graphene paste wax) and literally made it perform like day 1. I'd done a lot more maintenance than your customer, for sure. But it had endured a cross-country trip through huge stretches of desert sands and 110+° days, and it was clogged to the point that I assumed I'd need to recoat it. Thank you for saving me the hassle and labor, and showing an amazing and gentle procedure for saving these coatings. You're awesome! 👍♥️

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Glad it could help!

Great Job Chelsea!! You really know your stuff, how to layer by layer fix, cure and rejuvenate a vehicle under just about any condition. Thank you for the learning experience.

Wowsers! That looked good Chelsea! Great video!

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Thank you 😋

Amazing work, Chelsea!

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Amazing! Way to go, Chelsea!

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Nice work Chelsea. Quick heads up re FSE. It works great on limescale but Koch Chemie doesn't recommend using it on ceramic coatings, it will deplete it over time

If it wasn't washed the coating won't go anywhere unless removed by birds dropping or insects. I would do a vary strong presoak or 2 then contact wash going over everything with a good 3 passed rinse and use a good water spot remover and feel the paint for contamination if it's present then use a clay towel with a dedicated clay lube or heavy soap mixture if the paint won't bead like new after that then I'd do a acid wash but usually they come right back.

Nice bring back Chelsea, your knowledge help you out on this one 👍

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Thanks

Looking forward to it! I just got done reviving mine with some diy detail water spot remover 👍

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Nice 👍

Great job! 👍

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Thanks

Chelsea... one trick I have used when doing chemical decontamination is to spray the iron remover onto the vehicle, then use my foam cannon to foam the vehicle to "seal in" the iron remover and really allow it to work (I like a thick foam to do this). The foam that drips from the vehicle is a lovely shade of pink! I then rinse and do a contact wash to remove any residues.

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

The chemical decon still needs agitation to break the bond the rail dust has with the vehicle so while it may bleed pink it may not fully be removing the fallout without actually agitating or massaging it off the vehicle. Have you ever respray er decon to see if it still bleeds purple?

The 50/50 on the hood was a great shot...

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

If this customer gets her detailers once a year, she should start using contactless car washes. Nothing touches the car, and her ceramic coating is chemical resistant. That would help with maintenance.

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Definitely better than just water alone and not drying it

@gregsullivan7408

9 ай бұрын

I have an interesting idea for a video - "how many times must a very dirty car be passed through a commercial contactless wash to get it as clean as a contact wash?" Could get expensive (and in any case, in my experience, there will always be stubborn soapy runs to remove with a contact process)

Phenomenal job and work as usual! It looks amazing. Have you tried Brian's Blue Collar 3 Xtreme gloss detail spray? I'm thinking of getting a bottle after he showed triple digit gloss numbers on his meter. 😎

@attention2detailswchelsea

4 ай бұрын

I’ve used it and it’s a good product I just have to be careful in application to avoid streaking. I prefer Titan personally as it gives the gloss and slickness

Carpro lift, descale & gyeon restart wash, are excellent for this kind of clogged coating!

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Yes GYEON restart is another good one

The Honda really came out GREAT !!! I was interested in trying that water spot remover and it seemed great at $22 a bottle. Too bad they wanted another $18 to ship it to Carolina. I’ll have to pass…

@attention2detailswchelsea

4 ай бұрын

Are you a member of CSW Detailwise pro program? They get free shipping and a ton of other benefits

Thanks for the video.very instructive. Quick question. Could someone use a perforated decon towel like the DIY Detail along with rinseless wash and some iron remover be a good alternnative to do ceramic coating maintenance?

@attention2detailswchelsea

4 ай бұрын

Yes as long as you don’t use any pressure when doing the clay towel. The diy one is the only one I know of safe to do a clay towel on a coated vehicle

Getting ready to a ceramic coating on my new vehicle thinking about using the DIY 3 year coating what’s your thoughts?

Just found you and I am enjoying it. Do you discard your applicators and or towels after ceramic coatings. Thanks you do a great job.

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

No I reuse them. Soak in apc immediately after use for at minimum 15 minutes as the surfactants help prevent the coating from cross linking and curing then launder with rags to riches and add white vinegar to replenish hydrophobics. I normally do an extra rinse and dry on low and get several uses out if my towels. Applicators may get a little crusty and if they do I just use them for trim and tires dressings

@veegroove

9 ай бұрын

@@attention2detailswchelsea thank you that helps a lot and as usual you pay attention to detail

Great save on the coating. No tire dressing, I couldn't tell?

@attention2detailswchelsea

4 ай бұрын

It was applied after the video was over

Fantastic work what a difference in the before and after WOW. I think the customer would be wise to bring the car back to you every 2 months so it can be cleaned right. I know it is hard for people to understand what might be needed and they may not have the place to wash the car let alone buy buckets and soaps and wash mitts.

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

She definitely learned some better ways to maintain it after bringing it in.

Great job Chelsea! Would you rather use c2v3 like you did here or maybe spray something like wet coat , to help hydrophobics given the situation ?

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

I prefer a strong dilution with application vs a wet application to replenish the coating since it was already weakened from neglect. Sets the customer up for better chance

@Detailpops

9 ай бұрын

@@attention2detailswchelsea oh no I meant something like Gyeon Wet coat. Or mckees graphene ceramic that gives ya “up to” 6 months hydrophobics. Meaning the c2v3 to add gloss (which it came out nice in your video !) or something like Gyeon wet coat that adds instant hydrophobics. ☺️

Would have been a great experiment if a panel or two had been left uncoated. We could have observed the following: - did the owner find that the coated panels responded better to the contactless hosing off? - did the coated panels look any better than the uncoated panels when the car was brought in for this detail, before work began? - were the coated panels any easier to clean & decon, during this detail? - after this detail, did the coated panels look any different to the uncoated panels? I.e - were they "protected" from anything?

Asking a pre watching of this video question… All you need to do is take a, “clay towel” w/ iron remover and decontaminate the pores of this ceramic coating right? Doesn’t seem too complicated 🤷.

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

This was mainly clogged by water spots or mineral deposits from the customer spraying it with water and not drying it off so a clay towel wouldn’t have made that big of a difference. The water spot remover was the magic ticket

@massformationpsychosis7681

9 ай бұрын

@@attention2detailswchelsea water spot remover would be next in my order of operations… Looking forward to watching the video tonight.

Maybe time to have a once or twice a year wash clinic for a group of customers. Shown them how to wash and care for it. A few hours and then maybe not afraid to wash. But reality is that some may have good intentions but life gets in the way. I tell people at very least do a quick rinse-less wash to get pollen off as soon as possible. 20-30 minutes and better than nothing.

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

I give each customer an instructional sheet on how to wash with step by step instructions as well as recommended products and also do these videos for my customers but alas some don’t watch or read. But I’ll never stop trying to educate

@kevincampbell8298

9 ай бұрын

@@attention2detailswchelsea that’s all you can do then. Washing a car now a days it not like the 60’s. yet some still think it is. So much crap in the air and on the roads. I am currently fighting the urge to go clean the community mail box. LOL Its under s tree and the top is black. And the doors are starting to look awful.

What do you think about using “Reload” on non car pro coatings? I have some that I never used because I changed my mind and went with Adams coating. Thanks

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

You can use that for any coating to “top” or refresh the hydrophobics. Basically interchange that with c2v3

Car looks great! After a year of no washing, the paint didn’t feel bumpy or contaminated? Yvan told me the perforated synthetic clay media is safe to use on coated vehicles.

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Oh it was gritty hence why I did so many chemical prewashes to soften and loosen before doing the contact wash. I didn’t want to go the route of clay toweling it if I didn’t need to. Fortunately after washing paint was silky smooth

@orthodox1717

9 ай бұрын

@@attention2detailswchelsea awesome.

Nice, Chelsea!!! I'm looking for an drying aid like FSE. How much did you used for a car? . I'm trying to do the numbers price vs cars per bottle 😅

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

I use about 1-2 sprays per panel. I’ve had the same bottle of fse for several months now a little goes a LONG way but not sure how much I used in oz

Chelsea, was this coating more of a sheeter than a beader when it was first applied also?

@atomicsupplyco.8902

9 ай бұрын

It is hydrophobic which beads. Over time the beading with die down (usually 2-3 years when properly maintained) but that doesn’t mean the protection is not there. It is still doing its job of protecting the paint and making maintenance a breeze.

Honestly I did not know bees poop. Very informative video though! ❤

@ilikechickensausages2075

9 ай бұрын

It's excess pollen 🐝

Have you used Avalon Shield Pro ceramic coating? Thoughts on it?

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

I haven’t yet. I have the Avalon king XL but haven’t used it as I wasn’t impressed with durability when I did a torture test. So still on the fence about putting it on a customers car

👍😎

Sorry, where would the water spot remover step come in to the process? After the contact wash?

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Yes

@GoTMLGo1967

9 ай бұрын

Any experience with Optimum MDR (mineral deposit remover)? @@attention2detailswchelsea

Hey Chelsea. That final spray from Koch chemie , the ph is 1.5 I think. Won’t that affect the ceramic coating? I asked KC but they never got back to me. I was excited to have a quick detailed with water spot remover but that low ph made me wonder. I think someone made a video on KZread about it , still trying to find it

@attention2detailswchelsea

6 ай бұрын

They recommend only using it when necessary to remove water spots but not every wash but it shouldn’t be needed every wash.

@Detailpops

6 ай бұрын

@@attention2detailswchelsea ah cool thank you ! 🙏

Do you think that you could of got the same results with just Carpro Descale Carpro reset And KC.

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Possible if I had used descale which is a diluted form of the spot rinse but there’s no way to really know

Still has the dealership sticker even after a ceramic coating?

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Customer didn’t ask for it to be removed so it stays

How come you don’t use the canopy?

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

It was early in the day and I didn’t need it. Plus this was back in spring where temps were cooler

@ilikechickensausages2075

9 ай бұрын

Footage was 4 months old

Good job mam and the Honda looks better than new!

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Clay Towel is nonabrasive it doesn’t scratch the surface and it doesn’t remove any protection you have on your surface so if you have your vehicle protected with Ceramic coating, it’s not going to remove it or scratch. Traditional clay bar , yes you risk removing your coating. -Yvan Lacroix

@attention2detailswchelsea

9 ай бұрын

Agreed but I didn’t need to do a clay towel as the wash removed all the dirt and pollen and paint was silky smooth after

@gregsullivan7408

9 ай бұрын

I simply don't believe him. If there are physical contaminants on the surface, I simply don't believe it's possible that they will be magically drawn up into the clay towel immediately, and then kept completely away from the surface as it is dragged across

Bee poop😅😅😅

Ready to roll

Dirt, polen, and salt oh my