Can I pressure wash after a ceramic coating?
Using a pressure washer to clean a car with a ceramic coating is the preferred method. The reason for this is that dirt and grit which is stuck to your car causes scratches during washing if you take a sponge and start rubbing it. You will be rubbing it over your paintwork.
A pressure washer can remove larger particles of grit, helping you to avoid this.
We would recommend that you use the pressure washer to wet the car first, giving it a spray down from a distance. If you are using a self service pressure washer at a car wash, it will have a function where you can run shampoo through it. This Traffic Film Remover will help loosen any dirt. With the entire car covered in soapy water, work from the top of the car to the bottom so that you have gravity working for you and while you are cleaning the upper surfaces, the shampoo has time to loosen off dirt on the lower parts of the car which get most dirty.
If you are using a home pressure washer, please be aware that you are feeding it through a garden hose. This is actually a fairly low volume of water, and the pressure washer makes up for this by pushing it out at very high pressures. You are far more likely to cause damage to your car with a home pressure washer than a pressure washer at a car wash, which uses lower pressures but much higher volumes of water.
You may or may not be able to run shampoo through a home pressure washer. If not, apply it to your car using a trigger spray, so it can be allowed to soak for a minute or two. Then you can use the pressure washer to rinse off the car.
Don't be tempted to put a sponge or wash mitt on your car until it has been thoroughly rinsed off with a pressure washer and the bulk of the dirt and grit already removed.
Written by Danny Argent. Last updated 09/01/2023 15:19