...... "Chamois don't encapsulate the sand and dirt like a microfiber towel." Those are your words. You hit it right on the head- if there's sand and dirt getting in your drying towels.... you obviously don't know how to wash a vehicle in the first place!.. and yes people do still use wax, when water stops beading as well as it does after being waxed it gets rewaxed. End of story I wax all my vehicles once a year, hand wax. If you're using that bullshit ceramic coating you're a fool seperated from good money.. You might as well just be spraying Rain-X all over your car at a much cheaper cost... some people go so far as believing the title "ceramic coating" is a hard finish that actually prevents their car from scratches and then take their vehicles off-road and are surprise when they still get pinstriped!. I use a good quality paste wax once a year,even though it is still protected,end of story. you do what you want,I'll do what I want but you're wrong about microfiber towels they are crap and I've tried different brands. They DO NOT totally drive your vehicle like a Chamois cloth. End of story. I would Also guess that you're probably someone who is only in their twenties and think you know everything.

 

LOL, okay boomer. Live in 1985 all you want.

 

better a boomer with a good retirement than a gen zier who's going to be broke spending all his money on stupid **** like ceramic Coatings and vinyl wrap for 5 to $10,000 Etc

 

Im 44 and I have more than enough money to spend it on whatever I want lol.

Keep trying, you’re very amusing.

 

Okay boomer lol!

You only wax once a year? That's it? Not monthly to actually allow it to have some level of protection? Ceramic is leagues stronger if you use a real one, issue is that costs a lot of money to even just buy some and the process to apply is a pain and requires humidity control.

Let me blow your mind, I can totally dry my cars in 3 minutes without touching them AT ALL because the hard coats are so slick the water doesn't stick to them in the first place.

 

Ha! We said the same thing lol!

 

I’m sure they were devastated, it would have to be a pretty special car for me to spend that kinda money for a shoe shine of sorts.

 

Cmon guys knock it off. Stick to the topic and enough with the jabs at others.

 

The cost of paying a detailer to do a ceramic coating is in the polishing beforehand. Can't speak for the dealer, who likely is terrible, when you pay a professional detailer $1,500 to do a ceramic coating they are compounding and polishing the paint beforehand to get it as perfect as reasonably possible before doing the coating. The coating is the easy part. I have always installed coatings myself and the coating is $70-$130 depending on the coating and its no harder really than waxing a car. Detailers have access to professional level coatings that are more durable...but you can get a good 3 year coating and install it yourself if you're willing to do the prepwork beforehand.

If the paint isn't perfect the $1,500 is worth it just for the paint correction.

I have done a ceramic coating myself on my last several cars. The S580 and the Pacifica I haven't done it because the spray sealant/coating products have gotten so good and I enjoy using them regularly theres really no reason to do the coating. I like trying new products and all.

Thats the thing about wax, these spray products work way better, last longer and are much easier to use than a paste wax, the wax is totally obsolete. I waxed my car last summer with a new Gyeon Wax just for fun, yeah no reason to do that.