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Originally Posted by jcard71
I plan on doing the same when my car is delivered. What did you have to do since it was brand new before applying the ceramic coat?
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Not having a lot of stamina in my old age nor wishing to shell out $200 for products I'd only use once I paid a mobile detailer $150 to wash, clay and de-iron my X5 in my drive. Car was about 6 months old but he replied when asked that it was best to prep well including a de-iron job. Detailer used the Optimum brand.
Before I applied the CQuartz my wife would wipe down the clean car with a diluted solution of 70% Iso. alcohol changing out small cloths often. This insures any and all "stuff" including any residual petrol products is off your paint.
Work in small areas at a time. Stuff goes on and comes off easily. I spent hours looking at video tests on line and CQuartz beat most if not all with some videos comparing up to 30 products over a long time of weather exposure torture of heat, rain, etc.
2 coatings I'll apply on a new Z4 are CQuartz and a ceramic leather coating on the seats and trim. If you choose to seal the seats make sure and vacuum well first. After research I settled on this one.
https://gyeonquartz.com/product/leather-shield/
Also bought the Gyeon Mild leather cleaner.
No reason to pay a mortgage to a "pro" to prep the car for coating.