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Hi everyone, Recently became the owner of a 1st gen Camaro (1967 SS/RS Convertible). Wanted to get peoples' input on two questions re: washing and detailing. 1) For regular maintenance washing, I saw Mike's great write up (link below) about using waterless wash rather than a 'regular' or 2bm...

: ( was afraid that was the answer... Nanoskin Mega Trend.

Rained here a few days ago, and didn't have a chance to wash my car (which was uncharacteristically dirty at the time) until today. My car is coated, and normally I don't have problems with water spotting, but today after cleaning the car I noticed very faint (but visible in the sunlight) tiny...

Thanks Avi. Is the streaking / hazing I referenced in my original post something you've come across / heard from others?

Oh I will! It was right behind the little Camaro shark fin antenna. I'll keep a watch out for it!

Well, I think I can say I definitely stripped the coating on the small spot that I buffed (maybe 3 x 5 inches) on the roof. When I woke up yesterday morning, there was a layer of dew on the grass, and a sheet of little dew bubbles resting (almost floating) along my roof, other than on that...

Glad it worked well! And yes, in a pinch scenario like that, using two products wouldn't make a ton of sense if you don't have to. Anyways, seems like people are getting inconsistent results with the product, even though lots of people seem to be using similar dilution ratios and application...

Ya, I've been thinking rather than use ech2o with multiple sprays and wipes to try to get more gloss out of a waterless wash, why not just use Ultima (or your favorite WW), then follow up with a quick spray of your favorite high gloss QD? Same number of steps as with ech2o (maybe even one less)...

Thanks, so to clarify: the above is three passes (spray + wipe, wipe again, wait, wipe dry)?

Thanks Guz. May I ask what dilution ratio you've been using?

So I'll start by saying I really wanted to like this product. My car is coated, and I don't use waterless wash often, but I was hoping to find one that had more gloss to it than my standard go-to WW (Ultima), that was also a concentrate. Admittedly, ech2o does indeed seem to have a bit more...

Thanks for all the help and suggestions. Sounds like best thing to do is reapply. Couple of basic questions: Do I need to apply same brand of coating? Or would a different brand matter. Wondering whether there would be some kind of contrast between the new coating and old (though I'm guessing...

Thanks. Silly, I probably should have checked first. Didn't realize coatings came off so easily. I believe it was nano skin mega trend inorganic coating. It was just a small spot, and in an area that is barely visible (I happened to have been cleaning the roof) so I'll probably just put some...

Hi everyone, I'm not sure exactly what it was, but there was a mild stain on the roof of my car. Car was coated about 7 months ago. I tried using Essence Plus to get the stain off since I know it's safe on coating, but didn't do the trick. Eventually used a little bit Meguiars M205 applied by...

If you are willing to make the drive (and I would understand why you might not) Dave at Innovative Detailing in Tustin is one-of-a-kind fantastic. He did paint correction and ceramic coating for me, and is a true professional. More locally, I have also used Lavaggio in Westlake Village and they...

Nice review. Personally I found 1:10 with Ech2o way too think and a bit streaky. I've been using it at 1:20, and may even go down from there. Interesting to see the results at such different dilution ratios between the two products. Could be interesting to compare them at more similar ratios...

I tried Ech2o in a few ratios, and found it streaky at a greater concentration than a 1:20 ratio. All sorts of reasons why that may not be the case for others, but at 1:20 on it's own on a coated car I really like it.

Thanks. Yep, it sits in ONR when I'm not using. I know folks say it's normal to get dirt on the drying towel after using the BRS since the dirt is encapsulated, but - and maybe it's just me - that just seems like a not so great outcome / idea. I use an MF madness DMC towel for drying, and it's...

Thanks! My car is coated as well, so at least has good protection outside too. So not to change the topic too much, but I recently tried an ONR wash with no pre rinse with a hose or coin-op (just a bit of presoak with ONR) using the big red sponge...have to say I wasn't a fan. I found the...

Thanks for chiming in Mike! Appreciate it. Yep, I have done that on occasion (tried to reference it in my original post) and it works well, just takes a long time with this LA traffic! ;)