WhiteShadow89

Welcome!

Welcome to the forum!

^Great work!

Only thing that comes to mind is a WW or RW, which would have to be done frequently and have towels specifically for wheel/tire use.

A quality ceramic shouldn’t look that way after a rain storm, unless there was something else in the air or the car itself was filthy.  That being said, any ceramic can have water spotting from rain.  

Good video content

Welcome to the forum! I am personally a fan of owning a pressure washer (electric).  They are not a 100% need, but if you have the budget they are nice to have and useful outside of detailing.  The detailing use is the ability to safely remove more loose gunk prior to touching the car with your mitts.  Tesla's have very soft paint so removing loose gunk that could causing marring is important.  You have a good selection of products, I would add in adams wheel and tire cleaner as well as some very paint safe towels. 

As others have stated you can use graphene products over PPF just fine.  For GCS3, less is more with application.  

^That is just awesome lol.  Future goals

Prep for taking it off and re-applying should be:
1. Strip Wash

2. Iron Spray

3. Clay

4. Prep - Includes correcting anything that may need it and surface prep. Only for paint work.  For plastics you will just use something like Adam's eco all purpose cleaner and surface prep for the final bit

5. Re-apply your coating.

Great looking photos of that GT350 R and love that garage.  WW, RW, WW+RW, 2 bucket wash...they have their place in this world.  A proper wash with correct technique will always be king.  

^Solid info above!

Welcome back to the world of detailing, can be a slippery slope lol.

3 hours ago, Mantis said:

It seems like more and more people have some issues with the Graphene products on the market. I wonder if it was rushed out before deep testing. CS3 is a perfect product as it is, I don't really see the need to improve on it. But improving on a excellent product is intriguing and I'm gonna have to grab a single bottle of GCS3 to see if this is in fact an issue. I don't want CS3 to get messed up.

There have been some reports that GCS3 can streak, but there are many variables that can cause a product like that to streak outside of the product itself.  No risk to trying it out, worse case scenario is you return it.  Curious to read your feedback.

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum nick!

Welcome to the forum and great choice!

1 hour ago, clg82 said:

Looks like i opened a can of ceramic worms haha i was just looking at add some shine to the already ceramic coated car, now i'm having to do a 10 step process to keep it fresh lol, may just have it removed and go back to the age old wash and waxing...

Chirs, my apologies for any confusion.  My lengthy post was addressing your comment to have your ceramic coated car clayed and polished.  That would be inadvisable imo.  I was giving an alternative to claying/polishing a ceramic coated vehicle if you felt the need to do something like that, not ontop of.  Removing a ceramic that is good still could be opening up a can of warms lol.  My best advice is to enjoy the many benefits of owning a ceramic coated vehicle, once you live with one it is hard to go back.  I would add in graphene DS, but that is it.  

To be clear the 6 steps I provided are recommended (IMO) as part of regular car care, whether ceramic coated or not.  The only changes for a non ceramic coated car would be adding in claying and polishing to everything else. 1-2 times a year.  Obviously not all avg joe's do this, but they really should.  

3 hours ago, clg82 said:

Everything I use is Adams, I use Adams shampoo with a foam gun, and Detail spray as a drying aid....am i hindering the shine of the ceramic with those two products?

You shouldn't be, no.  Their regular shampoo is safe for a ceramic vehicle.   The regular detail spray I would probably swap out for the Graphene DS.

3 hours ago, clg82 said:

So a good clay with some old school Adams polish with my rotary polisher should bring some pop back and then a topper of graphene detail spray? Does that sound about correct?

I am not a fan of claying and polishing a ceramic.  The reason why is that you are introducing the chance to mar the surface.  Marring will require correction to fix, which isn't ideal for a ceramic.  If it were me I would do a ceramic decon wash.  I would take adams shampoo (regular ph neutral) and adams iron spray.  The iron spray will dissolve the contaminants that are in the microscopic cracks of your body work.  
 

EDIT:  Process for a ceramic decon - should be done 1-2 times a year pending where you live clime wise.  
1.  Adam's Mega foam - Pre wash to break down grime prior to touching the car with shampoo and mitts.  It also acts as a lubricant to reduce marring on body work.  
2. Adam's Shampoo- Ideally with the foam still there to act as lubrication begin to clean the car with your mitts.

3. Rinse
4. Adam's Iron Srpay- Spray the car, let dwell but not dry at any capacity, to eat away at contaminants.  Unless you have heavy over cast, canaopy or a garage you should work in sections to ensure it doesn't dry.

5. Rinse very thoroughly.  Stuff can require you to go around the car 2 to 3 times.  

6. Graphene DS and dry

7 minutes ago, clg82 said:

Wouldn't that remove the already existing ceramic coating? Sorry for my ignorance here, i am new to ceramic coatings and what works with them and what doesn't.

No, you should be fine on this.  All but one of my cars is ceramic coated and I top them with a little something something.  You just want to make sure that you are using products intended/safe for ceramic coating use.  I will second what some other people are saying, Graphene detail spray is a good choice.  

Since you are new to this, you may want to ensure that your shampoo and other cleaning products are ceramic safe.

1 hour ago, mc2hill said:

Welcome Sean.  I really like both your rides!

Thanks man! I enjoy them both, polar opposites and both fun!

4 hours ago, kaj41354 said:

Welcome Sean

 

Thank you!

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome!

Hello Everyone,

My name is Sean.  I am new to the Adam's forums, but not to detailing. I have always been passionate about it and I do some side work (time permitting).  Outside of detailing I am a car guy and enjoy most things that go fast lol.  Looking forward to learning more and hopefully helping some people out with questions!

Couple photos of my cars:

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum! These places are a great way to learn new skills!