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Spray on, Buff off drying aid

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#1 ·
My pragmatic (in my opinion) preferred method of finishing off a wash on my ceramic coated car is to use something like CarPro Reload on the wet car and then dry/buff it off with a MF towel.
I have used Autoglym Rapid Aqua Wax, Adams H2O Guard and Gloss, Turtle Wax and Dry.

I don't keep as up to date with detailing as I once did, are there any new contenders in this space in the market, while some of these products have been updated, I'm not really aware of any new products on the market?

I have been looking at Gyeon WetCoat and Garage Therapy /Two: Sigma V3 which both look very good but will require drying off the car.
 
#4 ·
Reload isn't predominantly a drying aid it's a spray sealant

They do Reload 2.0 now which is supposed to be much better than version 1.0

You say both look very good but will require drying off the car, anything spray and rinse needs drying otherwise it can leave streaks, you can't just rinse and leave it
 
#5 ·
I guess I didn't say that very well although I did say "but will require drying off the car" even though Gyeon themselves say "simply spray-on and rinse-off." Under normal circumstances I would always dry my car at the end of a wash.

My quest is, after hours of Googling and YouTubing is there any magic grail product that has appeared on the market that I haven't listed? (I had never heard of hyperCLEAN let alone hyperCLEAN SLIQ!)
 
#7 ·
SLIQ is exactly what you're looking for, going by what you've said here 🙂

I use it to finish down every maintenance wash.
Wash the car - rinse - go around with SLIQ and your drying towel - done.

 
#6 ·
I was confused before and now more so. I think you have misunderstood Gyeons instructions, when it says spray on/rinse off that only applies to the application of the product and the car still has to be dried as normal, wet coat et al just make that drying process easier. The only way to rinse and walk away from a wet car would be to use Di water for the final rinse, otherwise you are def going to have drips and water spots.

I’m currently using Glatt, which has insane water behaviour, so a final rinse with an open hose turns all the small beads into big beads which then run off the car leaving it 80% dry. Drying a car with water is the coolest thing ever, but may possibly be witchcraft. After that I will either towel or blow dry the rest, but either way drying is significantly quicker and easier than anything else I’ve ever used, including a full ceramic.