Griots ceramic wash & coat

I'm absolutely getting this and I'm sure you've seen the foaming wax as well? I saw it at Advance Auto last weekend, same 1/2 gallon bottle that Brillant Finish RW comes in.

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Mine arrived today. Bottle is much bigger that what i thought. Looking forward to trying this soap! Just not in the current 22 degree weather...
 
I have to say, i LOVE the Griots ceramic spray way. I plan to pick this up as a maintenance product for my spray coated cars.
 
For anyone planning to use the new product, watch the video by Nick and this past Thursday's live feed demonstrated all three methods.
Griot's Garage LIVE: Ceramic Wash & Coat (LIVE DEMO!!!) - YouTube

Now I have used this twice on my F150 and I'm struggling with the water spotting it can leave behind. Key is RINSE and RINSE again and make sure you do dry it quickly and remove any droplets. Plus watch out of those hidden cracks that seem to drain and drip. They will leave behind hard spots on your surfaces. In the foam cannon (GG model) it does create a watery foam but dissipates quickly. This is not going to create a thick foam that slowly works down the paint surfaces, GG states it and you can see it in the videos.

Product ratio should be followed, a little extra is not a good thing as it does have ceramic infused and when it dries it will be a pain to remove the white traces.

As to protection, yes it work to add something to the exterior.

Still working to understand how best to use this and avoid those spotting issues.
 
Does this have more to do with your water or the product itself

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Umph. Hope it's not problematic. I have not used it yet to judge it. Since you can't use it in direct sun, this will be for my early morning washes this summer.
 
I just ordered a bottle with my order yesterday from AG, looking forward to trying it out

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Klasse Act said:
Does this have more to do with your water or the product itself

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Fair question and same thing I would be asking. I have no problem with using the Wolfgang SiO2 Coating Wash nor the new UBER SiO2 Rinseless (good stuff). Plus I use many other soaps that would leave a residue if the water was too hard (city water system).

I did get an email from GG-staff:
Extended dwell time could have also contributed to the spotting, we recommend only allowing the Wash & Coat to dwell for approx. 60 seconds before rinsing. I like to wash half of a vehicle at a time to prevent the product from sitting for too long.

They also questioned if the panels were warm as that too will accelerate the drying and leave the SiO2 solids behind. The car was outside in cloudy day in the temp of 60-degrees.

I found drips down the windshield where water trapped in the channel had dripped down leaving a perfect line of small drops later. Most of the time it is on flat surfaces or due to side splatter as it spots in adjacent panels (watch out for the angles when using the foam cannon method).

So I will try it a third time to figure out how best to use it! But as you read their response keep in mind that 1-minute of dwell time. Afterwards it can dry and has tendency for streaking (as stated over and over again in their live session).

So will sit back and get more responses from the forum!
 
OK. Watched the video of the product on their site. 60 sec. dwell time is going to be rough in a foam gun! If used in a gun, your going to have to foam up a few panels, wash, then rinse. A bucket wash may be better for this wash. Do a few panels, wash, rinse. Still a PITA. I am use to foaming up my whole truck, then bucket wash, then final rinse. That's not going to work with this soap. It might be dedicated to a wheel soap for me. IDK yet. I have not used it yet.
 
I'll probably use this when the car had days of dust on it. Foam, dwell, rinse and dry....how I long to do this right about now

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I used the Griot's Garage Ceramic Wash and Coat for the first time yesterday a d was VERY impressed! I first used it on a HUGE Chevy p/I that was dirty and surely unprotected. It was brought in and first just rinsed off. I then filled up my foam gun, twice, and foamed it down, let it dwell and rinsed off and was impressed with the beading and it still had standing dirt on it, then I did 2 2BM's to it and the beading was great!

I then used it on my own car but after using Griot's Garage foaming surface prep and again, GREAT beading!

I'm really looking forward to using this product on my car when it's just dusty from a couple days of driving or as a pre-wash, really impressed here

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Good to hear. Must be a impressive product.

I may play around with it this weekend. Finally will be warm enough for a wash.
 
Just purchased a bottle after seeing your write up. This is a much cheaper alternative to wolfgangs uber sio2 soap that mike reviewed. Figured i would try this brand first. Will test out on my ceramic coated truck and wifes jeep in a day or two. The jeep is only protected by sio2 spray sealant. Both sits outside 24/7 and neither has been washed since b4 winter(3-4) months ago. Only driven sometimes and only when roads are dry. First timer here lol, so will attempt to upload b4 and after pics.
 
You'll like this product alot but don't expect suds, it's not that type of product. Used in a Foam cannon/gun is the way to go, I suppose it would work in my IK 1.5 too.

I've used it twice in my CG's foam gun with great success, inparticular a new Chevy plow truck with ZERO protection and the beading left after a foam/dwell/rinse was impressive

Looking forward to hearing your impressions

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Klasse Act you were right...i too was quite impressed with this product. washed all 3 vehicles today cuz it was straight sun and 60's. i used this product in direct sun as a test and honestly no issues with sio2 spotting on paint other than couple white streaks down the door from door handles. only noticed cuz the jeep is black. came off rather easily. the work car hasn't been hit with silica sealant since June. so was a perfect subject to test on. bucket method only on it. awesome results. just like I applied silica sealant on it.

Wifes jeep is black, and I used the griots in my foam cannon on it and my silver truck as a pre soak as a test to see how much road dust and pollen it would remove, since they've both sat not driven for the winter months outside without a wash (very dusty0. both were beading very nicely after just the foam job. didnt let dwell more than the 60 second or so before rinsing.

Afterward i gave both a bucket wash with the griots soap. its weird seeing little to no suds at all. although im used to zeposhine which doesnt suds much either. i hand washed then rinsed one panel at a time. after entire wash was complete i dried with microfiber towels. all done in direct sun light mindyou. no issues with water spotting, which surprised me.

trucks ceramic coating is a year old, and jeep had silica sealant last applied in October. both were going strong, and the griots soap was great to use as a little bit of added protection. was a little jagged that the pics i took were not transfering over. o well:laughing:

rain coming in a couple days so curious to see how this holds up in rain and inbetween washes.:D
 
Used this only on the wheels yesterday. Wheels are coated with TWHS Spray coating. I have a smaller bucket for wheel/tire cleaning. Used 4oz. It did indeed do a outstanding job on the wheels. Used with the Speedmaster wheel brush and boars hair wheel brush.
 
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