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Review on Rain-X 620161 Ceramic Detailer - 22 fl oz by Maurice Strawther

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Easy to apply and gives great results

This is a relatively quick way to give your car that extra shine while protecting it. It not only rolls water droplets off your car with ease, but also removes other contaminants such as bird droppings, dirt, dust, etc. simply with water. Once you apply this to your car, even a quick wash will bring back a beautiful shine with no waxing required. I've used several other similar sprays and they all follow the same basic application process: Auto section by section, wipe it down with a microfiber cloth, turning it over and over as you work to clean parts of the cloth, then wipe with a clean cloth. My technique is to use a wipe for the current section, then another wipe for the last wipe, and then that wipe for the last wipe becomes the wipe for the next section. I divide the car into the following sections: left side roof, right side roof, rear and rear bumper, right rear fender/upper side windows/side mirror, left rear fender/upper side windows/side mirror, left side. Doors and lower panels, right side doors and lower panels, left side of hood and front left fender, right side of hood and front right fender, front bumper. Using this method I can make the whole machine out of about 11 fabrics. After the whole car is done I tend to use another rag or two to give the whole car a final wipe to make sure I've gotten any areas where there may have been overlap between sections. This particular product has skin and eye contact warnings in addition to the typical warnings I've seen on other products, so that must be particularly annoying. For this reason I wore nitrile gloves and safety goggles during the application. The end result is very pleasing. Gorgeous shine that brings out the deep color of your paint and blends beautifully with water too. Overall, the car feels very smooth and I hope that it will at least survive the winter months so that the dirt and road salt roll off immediately during fast drives through the car wash.

Pros
  • Decent performance
Cons
  • Large and voluminous