Griots ceramic wash & coat

**PA DETAILER** · 02-09-2021, 08:35 AM

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.

**Klasse Act** · 02-09-2021, 08:40 AM

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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**PA DETAILER** · 02-09-2021, 08:44 AM

I mean yea, not a deal breaker. I have read the results are stunning. If i do use it, i will use the bucket method. Wash a few panels, rinse, move on till the vehicle is done.

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**Klasse Act** · 02-21-2021, 09:33 PM

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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**PA DETAILER** · 02-22-2021, 09:38 AM

Good to hear. Must be a impressive product.

I may play around with it this weekend. Finally will be warm enough for a wash.

**opie** · 03-07-2021, 02:27 PM

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.

**Klasse Act** · 03-07-2021, 06:04 PM

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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**opie** · 03-09-2021, 08:52 PM

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

rain coming in a couple days so curious to see how this holds up in rain and inbetween washes.

**opie** · 03-11-2021, 11:16 AM

Finally figured how to get photos up. G6 trunk lid b4 and after bucket wash with griots soap. jeep is with pressure washer rinse then foam cannon...let dwell for 60 sec then rinse.

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**PA DETAILER** · 04-11-2021, 07:26 AM

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.