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Originally Posted by Melbourne_X5M
The real beauty of a properly prepped paint surface with ceramic coating comes after you’ve applied 2 to 3 coats of ceramic. One is never enough to fill in the uneven paint surface. After 3 coats, the surface is perfectly smooth. Thus, nothing for dirt to become caught in. With no dirt or other contaminants, washing is simple and there is nothing to catch in your mitt to scratch the paint. One bucket washing or even just a thick microfiber cloth and detailing spray is enough to keep your auto looking gorgeous!
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Just FYI, you don't need any of that to get the same effect. For US$50 or less you can buy a 36 pack of microfibers, a bottle of mckees, and a bottle of spray on wax. Using the right technique, which is extremely easy, you can avoid 99% of the micromarring and get the same hose-off effects with one caveat:
Spray on waxes/sealents will only last 2-3 months or less in harsh conditions and 6-9 months in sunny dry regions ... but if you wash it yourself and use the sealant as drying aid every time, then those timespans become irrelevant.
The real enemy, ceramic or not, is road film; i.e., driving in rainy or wet conditions and having your car splashed with water containing vehicle oils - that'll definitely stick to anything, ceramic or not, and you'll have to remove it with a degreaser (shampoo won't do it) or you'll get permadirty.
But, to your point, at the margins a resin-delivered ceramic on corrected paint will always be better (longer lasting, more durable) than a water-soluble wax or sealant, though the questions become how much? when? can you tell? if not was the marginal difference worth it? No right answers, just factors for each person to noodle.