Twilightblue28A

Hoping you can provide direction. After washing your car(s), what do you use to shine your paint? I'm looking for something easy to apply. I do not have a buffer. I've heard of ceramic, but never used any.
My paint is black.
Thanks in advance.

mike cap

After wash or between washes I use Zaino Z6 Gloss Enhancer. Great product used for probably 15 years +. Spray on wipe off with MF or cotton towels.

TheDangerZone

I use Optimim Opti Seal for a nice shine and some protectant function.

https://www.detailedimage.com/Optimu...-P279/Reviews/

71-3.0-911

These two things do not go together. My advice is to get on autogeek and start learning. Get yourself a starter kit and learn how to care for that black. While it's a lot of work, a black car with corrected paint is a thing of beauty. Nothing else will look as good. Period.

sacman

I use Klasse.

The Eagle

Turtle Wax ICE Seal N Shine Hybrid Sealant Spray Wax

tstafford

Hydrosilex.

Dplus

Agreed!

ATSR

+1

Great stuff. Been using it for years as well. Very easy to apply and to remove

ilko

A black car?? Stop punishing yourself and just sell it.

PRSWILL

Griot's speed shine. I wax the car maybe 2 times a year and keep it polished with speed shine. If you don't have a buffer, I'd at least get a bar of paint clay - you need one of these no matter what.

rsabeebe

+1 on speed shine.

pp000830

Harry, in the case of your low mile example any of the commercial brands of sealer work very well.
I would first wash the car carefully and rinse it off then while still wet apply a wetting agent and distilled water solution misted over the car from a spray bottle. Something like Photoflow 200 diluted 200:1 = 5ml to a liter.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...Solution.html/

Then blow dry it with a leaf blower and you will leave few if any watermarks.
Then I would apply the sealer as specified in its instructions.

Good luck with this,
Andy

Cactus

Griots Best of Show

NeinNeinThree

I have a black C2 and use Obsessed Garage Combo and it gets compliments every time it's out.

Wax with Colinite 845 and seal is Jescar Powerlock +

When I wash I use BeadMaker as a drying aide.

I was watching a video about Ceramic Coatings on the RagCompany YouTube channel and they mentioned hearing about collector cars getting ceramic put on and then getting paint damage, taking to a body shop and the body shop not realizing the car has ceramic and thinking they're sanding the clear but really only sanding the ceramic and then having paint issues down the road. May be a thing I'm not sure, but the look wax and a good sealant gives is A1 in my book.