This is the final part of a four-part article series by James Melfi of Auto Nuvo. In this series, James takes a beautiful jet black Porsche 918 Spyder and performs various detailing steps. Everything from inspection, washing, drying, polishing and even clear bra installation will be covered! To view all of the articles in this series click here.

Fast forward 4 months, and we did our first maintenance wash on the Porsche 918. We coated this beast with 22ple’s ZX Mistico Elemento glass coating, see the whole installation process in Part 3.

It was now time for its first check up and get the vehicle looking proper again after a hard track day. Upon initial inspection, the water beading was well–fantastic! Nice, tight beads.  I listed below our process in maintaining this vehicle and ensuring the longevity of the coating. Mistico allows for much easier maintenance cleanings. Wash and drying time is cut in half and you can get back to what you enjoy the most–driving.

Coating Wash Process:

• Wheels cleaned with CarPro Reset and a Boars hair brush
• Fender wells and tires cleaned with Meguiar’s D101 at 4-1 dilution
• Paintwork rinsed
• Vehicle foamed with CarPro Reset with Gilmour Foam Gun
• Paintwork rinsed
• Re-foamed vehicle and 2×2 bucket wash with Microfiber Madness Incredi-Mitt
• Paintwork rinsed
• Dried with Metro Master Blaster and DI waffle weave drying towels
• Paint topped up with a few generous coats of 22ple VS1 Final Coat
• Tires treated with Gyeon Q2 Tire

Beading, beading and more beading

Looking back the way it did when we first coated it.

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