u/Intelligent_Apple914

Hello everyone. Long time lurker, first time poster.

I got myself a new family car and have been wanting to add some tint to it. I started with wanting to do 3M as my wife's civic looked really nice, as I began going deeper into the rabbit hole I learned about ceramic tint. Then I began reading up on the brands and comparing spec sheets. From what I can see Johnson is very close to 3Ms ceramic in heat reduction. Has anybody had johnson film installed? If so how did you like it?

Currently have the PW3 and was debating on upgrading but the spec sheets show very little reason to upgrade. Also the fact that Google just wants to give me $90 for my trade in watch is just wild to me lol. Either way I took my Pixel watch for a swim yesterday for the first time it's still going strong lol gonna keep this watch until it can no more

What's up everyone! Just purchased a new family car and I am trying to keep it for a long long time! Bc of that I decided to pick up car detailing as a hobby. So far I've been using a Ryobi pressure washer, 1200 PSI with 1.8GPM. I use turtle wax hybrid solutions neutral PH as pre foam and wash with adams car soap. Rest of my products for interior cleaning, windows, and tires is all adams as I purchased the adams 12 piece kit from Costco. My washes   coming out good but I want to take it to the next step and put a ceramic coating on my car. I've been looking at the adams graphene ceraemic coating spray as I am not as confident to do the actual ceramic coating yet due to not being experienced in the process and well even the set up before applying such as iron removing and clay bar scrubbing. I have read a couple of threads here and watched a couple of videos. Can y'all help me on my washing process and whether this process is okay to do? My car is new so I don't think it needs much polishing or touch ups but I do want to decontaminate and clean with a clay mitt. Please let me know any tips or suggestions for any better results. Open to all help! 

Here is my process for reference 

Step 1 - wheel washing 

- I rinse the wheels first, apply pre foam, then I scrubb the rims/wheels with adams wheel and tire cleaner. Rinse and all done.

Step 2 - quick car rinse 

- I like to give the car a quick spray down with the water pressure just to remove some of the loose dirt and grime from the car 

Step 3 - pre foam 

- using my Ryobi foam cannon, I pre foam the car with Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions Pure Wash, leaves the car with some good suds imo. I usually pre foam once all around, rinse, then pre foam again for my next step. (If anyone has any recs for pre foam pls lmk)

***after rinsing the pre foam I want to apply the iron remover. Would this be a good time to add the iron remover process?***

Step 4 - bucket wash & rinse 

- I like to bucket wash using only one bucket with multiple microfiber towels in it. Ill use one towel per panel and put it to the side once that panel has been cleaned. 

***Can the clay mitt be used during this time since there will be soap on it that would help as a lubricant and pick up any debris?***

Step 5 - blow drying/towel drying

- I have an electric leaf blower that I like to use to remove excess water. From there I use KKV XL drying towels to clean any left over spots along with detailing spray from adams for any spots or dried spots 

Would using this process be enough to add the ceramic coating spray after washing? If there are any other recommendations please let me know or if there is anything I'm doing wrong also let me know. Thanks I'm advance!

Got into the detailing hobby and read a lot of posts here about Costcos 12 piece adams detailing kit. I went to Costco that had it in stock by my job, cypress CA, and i found it for $39.99,! Hope to put these to good use!