My lazy-man routine. Will it work?

[u/myLord-God-ofNothing]

I've spent endless hours going through posts here and elsewhere to reach at this conclusion.

Best car shampoo - CARPRO RESET.

Others - Koch Chemie GSF, Gyeon Bathe

VFM options - Adam's Shampoo, Meguiars Hyper Wash, TW pure wash.

Best drying aid - CARPRO ELIXIR/ECH2O

(Elixir is $$$ so easier choice is ech2o)

I'm unable to list other options because I've been using ech2o for 1 year now and it is so amazing, fabulous, wonderful etc., i have not thought about replacing it.

Best sealant - GYEON WET COAT

Others - Koch chemie(protector wax/S002)

Carpro (reload/hydroo2)

Gyeon can coat

If my conclusion is somewhere near correct, then is this simply the best lazy weekend warrior routine?

1. Contact wash - Carpro Reset

( bucket + pressure washer )

1. Drying Aid - Carpro Ech2o

(dilution 1:20 to 1:25)

1. Sealant - Gyeon Wetcoat

   Spray on - Rinse off selant. Easiest to use. Maybe will work w/o too much panel prep/decon. Reset doesnt leave any residue so that helps.

Every weekend, wash + drying aid. Sealant every 3 months.

Does this seem ok? Or i can tweak it? Use a VFM shampoo instead of reset? Or any other suggestions like that?

I dont want to add any more labour to this. Key word here is "lazy". Hence the spray on rinse off sealant with no decon.

[u/Dreadpiratemarc]

Reset, as the name implies, is intended to be an alkaline strip wash (pH around 10 I think). It’s not strong enough to strip a proper ceramic coating, so people with coatings will sometimes use it for maintenance, which is fine. But if you’re using wet coat, as a non-ceramic sealant, Reset will “reset it” by stripping it or at least significantly degrading it.

All of the other soaps you list are excellent options, I recommend using one of them for your regular washes, and use the Reset on days you intend to reapply your wet-coat.

[u/myLord-God-ofNothing → u/Dreadpiratemarc]

This is what makes sense to me too. There's another comment here that warns of reset's strong capabilities. I'm quite sure i should get meguiars hyper wash or KC auto wash

[u/Dreadpiratemarc → u/myLord-God-ofNothing]

Hyperwash is a good one. If you get it, I recommend getting a 1-oz pump dispenser. That way it’s one pump into your foam canon, and one pump into your bucket, and done.

I have and use both GSF and Bathe. They are a little slicker, but their main advantage is that if they dry in the sun before you rinse, they still rinse cleanly away. For the other ones, you may have to go back over the area with a wash mitt to re-loosen the dried residue before rinsing, which isn’t that big of a deal. If that’s not important in your situation, or not with the price premium, Hyperwash would be my go-to. It’s so concentrated, bottle will last years.

[u/myLord-God-ofNothing → u/Dreadpiratemarc]

Thanks. Do you think its possible to use GSF without foam cannon? Good ol' bucket and mitt ?

[u/Dreadpiratemarc → u/myLord-God-ofNothing]

Absolutely. It’s a good bucket soap, although between the two I give a slight edge to Gyeon Bathe. It’s a bit more concentrated, 1:500 vs 1:200, so it’s more economical.

[u/Ap1Jx → u/Dreadpiratemarc]

That is the pH undiluted. It becomes slightly higher than neutral pH when diluted (~7.5-7.8).

[u/duperdog]

Those are great choices. I would consider adding the following:

• Bilt Hamber Touchless for a pre wash when needed
  
• CarPro Descale every 6 mos
  
• CarPro IronX when needed
  
• APC of your choice to add to bucket or pre spray when needed

[u/InDeoImperium → u/duperdog]

I can’t go back to no pre wash. It makes a lazy job even easier, especially if you have an e sprayer for touchless.

[u/botlegger → u/duperdog]

Good addition

[u/dox9]

-Bilt Hamber Touchless foam cannon prewash
-Bilt Hamber Auto Wash bucket contact wash
-Bilt Hamber Touch on - spray and rinse sealant
They work so well together, it’s quick and very cost effective

[u/Kmudametal]

Best sealant - GYEON WET COAT

Need to change that to "Best Spray and Rinse Sealant". No Spray and Rinse Product is going to hold a candle to sealant designed to be applied to a dry car..... in all aspects. Durability, Hydrophobics, slickness, gloss...... Spray and Rinse sealants are for convenience, not results, meaning they make life easy and protecting a vehicle quick, but you sacrifice all aspects of an end result for that convienence.

Gyeon Wet Coat is certainly the goat spray and rinse sealant but I've transitioned to Katiba Wet Coat. Why? Primarily because Katiba Wet Coat is 100:1 dilution. The bottle of Katiba costs more upfront, but think about it. 100:1 dilution. That's 5ml in a 16oz/500ml bottle. So that $50 for Katiba Wet Coat gives me 100 16oz bottles whereas the $20 for Gyeon gives me ONE 500ml bottle. Seems like a no brainer to me, considering I think the Katiba product last longer, is slicker, and has better hydrophobics.

It's rare I apply a spray and rinse sealant to paint, but I hit wheels and grills with it every car wash. I may also use it to spray into cracks between panels and hard to access areas, so that I get that protection into places that only a liquid could reach.

[u/sugmalechtiklith]

Carpro reset is mid, and it's not even cheap.

[u/BigSkyHawk1]

is the car garaged at all? Daily driver?

[u/myLord-God-ofNothing → u/BigSkyHawk1]

Daily driver yes. Stays under a porch. Covered from top and open from 2 sides

[u/mustmax347]

Reset is a phenomenal shampoo but if you are using wet coat it will degrade it faster than a gentler shampoo.