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Others can add to this, but I know my recipe would be once over with your favorite finishing polish and call it good. No need to go too cosmic as spray coating isn’t uber durable anyways. Polish once, surface prep, and then go to town.

Nope. But what do you want to add on top of it?

You say that like you think I’m alone in this club! LOL.

Because it sounds like he has the same disease I have...obsession of having to have the latest and greatest detail products, that’s why.

Agree with what Mike said. In your scenario here, a quick once over with a finishing polish is a must. You'll have to determine if you need a clay or not. *Remember, clay does not prep the surface for any type of LSP. Clay removes contaminants from the very surface and gets it smooth and ready for any polish work or prep work. A quick once over with a finishing polish isn't going to remove the coating that's already down (which isn't necessary anyways), but it'll leave it looking great so that you don't cover up imperfections with your new coating. And yes, don't forget the surface prep step.

How’s the shine/gloss compared to ceramic? if water spots are not a concern (seems to be the big graphine selling point), is graphine still the way to go when depth/shine is my #1 concern?

Daaammnnnniiittttt....it's here before I did my (ceramic) spring cleaning. That means I HAVE to buy it and use it!!! UUUggghhhhh

From a product performance standpoint, the towel makes no difference. What matters is which one works best for you. There is no wrong way.

Same. Now, having said that....using detail spray for the occasional removing a fingerprint or the like is not detrimental to a coating in any manner at all. Sometimes these cross-contamination (and I use that word light heartedly and sarcastically) topics are waaaaayyyy over thought. Remember, the intended purpose of Boos and a Detail Spray are not the same. So to answer your question directly...yes absolutely, you can use detail spray on a ceramic coated car for maintenance. I do it all the time. Guess what? Looks A-Mazing.

I have friends and acquaintances that constantly profess their specialty car will never see water. They do waterless/rinseless washes only. Why? I shall never know. If you drive your car, nothing, and I do mean nothing, beats a good soapy bath. I’m a huge fan of rinseless washing and do them all the time, but when the time calls for it, you can’t beat a good bucket wash. Sorry. If you drive your car, it will get grime and debris in the nooks and crannies, and the pours of the paint that nothing else will quite get clean like soap and water. I have always wished I was a better photographer so that I could capture how this looks to the naked eye. These pics don’t help. Boosted it today too, but it was a little too hot. CS3 might just be THE perfect product. I used it to level the boost in a few streaky spots. Not a complaint against Boost; it was just toooo dang hot today. I don’t think it’s possible to make CS3 streak or leave high spots. I will also NOT be removing (non-ceramic) WW from my arsenal any time soon. WW replaced my glass cleaner a loonnnggg time ago. Today, I thought about using CWW on the glass to remove and level the Boost overspray on the glass. Nope, bad idea. Streak City baby. Went back around with plain WW...perfect! anywho...just my thoughts for the day. Stay safe in this heat.

Boost and CS3 are completely different products. Boost is for the occasional job to bring out the best in the coating. More of a spray wax on crack! CS3 is a detail spray/waterless wash on crack.

I don't know if this is the right approach or not, and thus I'll continue to do homework, but I thought about starting with the fridge and going from there (since initially I'd like everything to match). My favorite fridge so far is a Samsung. They have a bottom freezer set up that has French doors for the fridge AND the freezer, and I love it. May need to do homework on the other Samsung appliances though. I currently have a Samsung fridge that's 15+ years old and the ice maker finally stopped making ice. Other than that....

Ready to re-do the kitchen and replacing all my appliances (fridge, dishwasher, microwave, stove/oven). If it matters, going all stainless. But my question is this...I'd like to stick with one brand, if possible, just so it all matches as best as possible. Is there fan favorite out there, or a good way to go? Any brands to stay away from? Haven't bought appliances decades and I'll take whatever feedback you guys have.

Do a sacrificial test spot on YOUR wheels. There is not a clear, straight answer, period. Just because it worked on a 100 set of other wheels doesn’t mean it’ll work on yours. Not trying to be a negative Nancy, but attached it what happened to my wheels, and yes, I did everything right.

As mentioned, I called the manufacturer. We spoke for a while and they were great to talk with. Very informative. He even mentioned they don’t ship their products until they “age” for 21 days post production to try to avoid occurrences such as this. He had me send in these before and after pics as record/documentation. I’m still gonna give the re-polish and coat a try, but if that doesn’t work, I’ll pursue a refund. I have some carbon fiber mirror caps from a different manufacturer that came delivered clear coated and are utterly immaculate. Albeit this manufacturer is quite a bit more expensive. So, pick your poison I guess.

Yea, that's what I'm gonna try. I also called the manufacturer. They use a marine grade type gelcoat as the final layer to provide protection and UV protection since most people leave carbon unpainted. He said it is possible that since mine had been sitting indoors for so long (no heat or direct sun), that it's still off-gassing from the resins and manufacturing. It easily polishes right back to perfect (I re-did a small test spot), so I'll do that and get it coated. Gonna let it have a few more hot sunny days first. Last thing I'd want to do is clear coat it and then have it fog up under that...ugh...that would suck. See what the ceramic does.

Yup, give it a shot. Is it needed for soup? Meh, probably no better than regular carpet cleaner as far as any cleaning ability. Will it hurt anything? Nope.

Still available.

So I have this carbon fiber wing that was delivered in it's natural resin, as constructed state. Needed a little refining, but it turned out gorgeous. It turned out sooo good, I figured I was going to get away without getting it clear coated. Here's some before and after shots (but in the opposite direction. The before shots are the gorgeously polished, mirror finish. The after shots, are after taking it out in the sun and spending one day driving around. After this one drive, the wing flashed over somehow and developed this haze, fog like appearance. Very odd. Will not hold the perfectly polished appearance. I wonder if ceramic coating will protect it any? Otherwise, IDK.

Mega foam still safe on your wax or coatings? It's not intended to be like a strip wash or anything like that, is it?

Well, I thought this would have been asked, but a quick search didn't find what I was looking for. So what's the diff on mega foam vs ultra foam? Use which one where? When?

Ugghhh...that's my knee jerk reaction too; is that they've changed it to cut corners or reduce costs. I usually kick myself and try to remind me that "not Adam's". They have obviously made some improvements that weren't significant enough for some additional fanfare! LOL. BECAUSE...if they did announce every little improvement or update to a formula, I'm also the type, at least with Adam's products, that I just have to have the lates and greatest...and that induces other problems! Again, LOL!

I would even argue that anything (for the most part) the iron remover would remove, you got off with the polish / paint correction. If you used it, I think you'd find it not doing anything. It's best to use this product before polishing as it gets the contaminants off chemically, and then washed away. That way you're not removing these deposits mechanically with the polisher/pad, which can clog and dirty up your pad and risk light scratches as you continue polishing.

OUCH! It better be good. That hurt just looking at the price, LOL.

I was almost tempted to not even share these pics, because I am the reigning world Champion at forgetting to take Before-and-After shots! But I bought this carbon fiber rear wing from a reputable manufacturer, but when the piece came in, you could immediately tell it was not clear coated. The wing was delivered in it's natural resin finish that they use to manufacture carbon parts. It still looked descent. Not great, but descent. Was reeeaalllyyy leaning towards getting it cleared so that it looked perfect. It had a pretty descent haze about the whole piece (best way I can describe it), and you could even see some pretty good sanding marks still in the resin. Had this level of sanding marks been in something painted, especially a dark color, I would actually call them horrendous. But in the resin on that carbon color, you had to have the right lighting and angle to make them out. Plus the natural haze of the resin itself muted the sanding marks...but I still knew they were there, so that was enough. With the plan of getting it cleared, I figured nothing to loose and a great opportunity to play around with some products/pad combination. After a couple rounds with some Heavy Correcting Compound on the areas with the bad sanding tracks, a once over with the new Compound, and then a real slow once over with the new Polish, here's a couple cool finished shots. There was very minimal difference between the old Heavy Correcting Compound and the new Compound (I think that's a good thing), with a slight nod, IMO, to the old Heavy Correcting Compound on its correction ability. It knocked those sand marks out of the park and left very little to be corrected. I don't think the new Compound tackled it as easy, maybe to say it's just slightly less aggressive with the benefit of being more versatile, maybe. Both still great products. I will also caveat those results are in a resin and not a clear coated surface, so, take it with a grain of salt. Long story short, This sucker no longer needs a $300 clear coat job.