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CAR WASH INSTRUCTIONS & WARRANTY INFORMATION 

Congratulations on getting your vehicle IGL ceramic coated with MAR quality protection. It is important that you follow correct procedures to ensure longevity of ceramic. Vehicle must be washed at least twice a month, investing 1-2 hours a wash will insure your investment will see full length of warranty. 

The benefits of ceramic coatings: the list is endless but we will highlight the most important. Eliminates the need for wax, creates deep glossy crystal like finish, offers up to 10H hardness, ease of cleaning, super hydrophobic, improves resale, higher resistance to environmental damage and repels water, oil and dirt, resistance against micro-marring , UV rays, tree gum, salt and traffic film. 

*Always try and wash your car in the shade! This will keep your car wash shampoo solution from drying on the car before it is rinsed off. It is best to wash your car on a relatively calm day as even a slight breeze can put particles of dirt into the air. These dust particles are attracted to the wash/rinse water on your vehicle and act like sandpaper when rubbed between the drying towel and vehicle surface. The breeze can also cause some spots to dryer before soap has been rinsed off - leading to streaks and water spots.

*Use two buckets with a Grit Guard Insert in each bucket. One is for your shampoo solution and the other is clean rinse water for your wash mitt.

Only use high quality car shampoos and wash mitts.

WASH INSTRUCTIONS

1. Fill a 5-gallon bucket 2/3 full with cool water. Add the proper amount of shampoo to the water as recommended on the label instructions. Using a strong jet of water, fill the bucket to fully activate suds. Fill the second bucket with clean, water for rinsing your wash mitt.

2. Thoroughly rinse the vehicle’s surface to remove the loose dirt and grime before you begin the car wash procedure. If the paint is excessively dirty or you wish to use more caution, use a foam cannon to pre-soak the vehicle prior to rinsing.

3. When washing your vehicle remember to always go from top to bottom, never the opposite. Generally the dirtiest parts of your vehicle are those parts closest to the ground. Wheel wells, rocker panels and bumpers tend to have the largest accumulation of grime and you don’t want to bring that junk back onto the paint surface and risk scratching it.

4. Load up your wash mitt with your car wash solution and wring it out over the wash surface. This acts like a pre-soak and helps loosen surface gunk. It also adds more sudsy water to the surface and more lubricity helps safely wash the grime away without scratching.

5. Keep your wash areas small and rinse your wash mitt frequently in the second bucket.

6. Wipe in straight(left to right), overlapping lines as opposed to circles and remember to be gentle with the wash mitt on the first pass. This first pass will pick up the majority of the dirt, and loosens the remaining dirt for pick up on the second pass.

7. Rinse your vehicle by opening up your Nozzle to the open flow setting or, if you don’t have an open flow option on your nozzle, remove your nozzle completely and let the water run or sheet over the surface. This helps in two ways. First, generally when water has “sheeted” off of a surface it tends to leave fewer residual droplets behind. This means less drying time. Second, since there is less water to pick up, there is less chance of your leaving water behind to spot the vehicle.

8. When you dry your car, use only high quality microfiber waffle weave drying towels and wring out often. Gently dry the surface without asserting much pressure onto the paint. You don’t need to rub the surface – you’re just picking up the bulk of the water! Once you have picked up the bulk of the water, and the first towel is saturated, use the second towel to lightly pick up any remaining streaks or droplets.

WASHING

• For best results, use IGL EcoClean Wash or similar pH-neutral shampoo a minimum of bi-weekly - Use the suggested soap listed above

• Avoid washing or air drying in direct sunlight to avoid water spots or streaking

• Wash from the top down, leaving the dirtiest sections for last to avoid cross contamination

• Preferred wash methods: foam cannon, two-bucket, soft wash mitt, or touchless wash 

DRYING

• Always completely dry your coated surface to prevent water spots or mineral deposits

• Use a clean, quality, soft drying towel on coated surfaces to reduce the risk of marring - Use the suggested drying towels listed above

• Do not allow coated surface to “air dry” – forced air/dryers/blowers are helpful

SPOT/CONTAMINATION REMOVAL

• Do not polish/scrub/aggressively agitate your coated surfaces

• Do not use unapproved/aggressive products/chemicals to attempt to remove contamination

• Bird droppings, tar, sap, bugs, etc should be removed from the coated surface as soon as possible -Use the ONR product listed above to help remove

• Temporary staining may occur from failure to remove contamination; it will wash away over time

• Contact the installer for assistance or guidance with removal of contamination or spots

WARRANTY

• Subject to the terms and conditions of your installer, and of IGL Coatings, this warranty shall be void if proper care and maintenance has been neglected – improper wash methods, air drying causing spots or streaks,physical damage, activities such as off-roading or similar that may see rough debris contact the surface.

• Notification of failure or issues with your coated surface must be reported to your installer as soon as possible in order to salvage the coating. Re-application may be necessary in some extreme cases

• Any physical repairs or adjustments to the surface by a third party such as repaint, buffing/polishing, sanding, wrapping, and so on, shall void the ceramic coatings and paint protection film warranty as per terms and conditions