I’ve read that too, about the thin paint – but in the end.. we got pearl white, my eyesight is barely good enough to see micro-scratches on dark paints lol, i won’t see anything on white.
I do love my MJJC – it’s by no means a £500 pro-level lance, but hey – for £50, it’s not even comparable to the karcher crap etc i had prior. Built like a tank, too – it’s by now around 6 years old, still not even a hint of deterioration (apart from filters that i change reasonably regularly).
My main concern currently is the Fusso wax – i know it’s great, but there are a few things that i’ll be struggling with. Mainly, drying time. I can’t really see it haze up on white paint – buff too early, and it’s going to be an oily/streaky mess. Buff too late, and i’ll be buffing for a few hours (only manual buffing, i’m not good at machine polishing and with the concern about paint strength, i’d rather not). So that’s going to be interesting.
I’ll be careful claying, but i do think it needs doing – clear coat doesn’t feel smooth enough to my liking, done it on all our new cars – makes a big difference, imo.
Over the winter, i’ll be maintaining with Soft99 Speed and Barrier, which is a top coat designed for Fusso wax.
The only other concern is now, order of business. The intent is to rinse, foam, rinse, shampoo/scrub, rinse, clay with shampoo, rinse, dry, wax, buff/polish. The main issue is that the Tornado Vortex spray requires wet application – whereas the car needs to be dry for the wax (and can’t rinse straight after wax application). The windows (minus windshield, i absolutely despise getting any product on the windscreen), roof and piano black parts (spoiler/rear “diffusor” etc) need to be wet, so i’ll probably be hand-pumping water after wax.
I wanted to coat the wheels too, but not entirely certain on that one – they’re diamond cut, but they have deep ridges in the cuts (you can feel them with the fingernail), so wax may get stuck in there/be a pain in the rear to buff. Might see if i can use the tornado vortex there. Also.. While they look great, their shape is awful for working on them lol.
Alas.. Gonna pitch my oxygen tent on tuesday and just see how it goes.
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.