Owner after-care · The first 30 days

Drive it. Just give it thirty days.

Your coating is on and the car is yours again. It keeps curing for 30 days, and you can drive it for all of them. Here is what it needs while it does.

First wash Day eight. Keep the vehicle dry for the first seven days. Light rain is fine, just let it air dry rather than wiping it off.

The first 30 days

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Hold off the first wash

Keep the vehicle dry for the first week. If it does get rained on, let it air dry. Do not wipe it.

7days

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No pressure on the panels

Do not rub, buff or press on the coated surfaces while the coating is still curing.

30days

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Nothing on top

Keep waxes, films, coatings and polishes off the coated surfaces until the coating has fully cured.

30days

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Keep contaminants clear

Fuel, brake cleaner, airborne gases from welding, and anything similar.

7days

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Skip any wash that touches the car

Spinning brush, handheld brush, and automatic washes that use a mitt, pad or brush. They pick up abrasive debris from the cars ahead of yours.

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Leave the brush at the bay

The foam brush at a self-serve bay carries the same grit. Use the pressure rinse instead.

Always

Full cure takes a minimum of 30 days · The vehicle can be driven throughout

The one thing worth being fussy about.

Every wash that touches your paint is carrying dirt from the car before yours. That is what puts swirl marks into a finish, and it is true whether you have ICON Rocklear, paint protection film, or nothing at all. Nothing is scratch-proof.

Wash by hand with a mitt and two buckets where you can. A touchless automatic wash is fine. Any regular car soap will do the job, cured or not.

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A cloth drawn across a black panel, catching hard specular highlights
Rain beaded across black coated paint under one cool light bar

Thirty days, then just drive it.

RAIN BEADING · COATED PANEL

After the cure

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Washing

Regular car soap and water. Two buckets and a mitt by hand, or a touchless automatic wash. Rinse the road salt off through the winter and the finish looks after itself.

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Products

Nothing else is needed: no clay bars, no waxes, no sealants, no ceramic toppers. You can add a wax if you want one, though we advise against it because it dulls the finish, and it waits until the 30 days are up either way.

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Your 18-month inspection

One inspection within 18 months of the install keeps your warranty active. That is the only scheduled service, and there are no yearly re-coats to buy. Plenty of owners book it at the 30 day mark, once the coating has fully cured.

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Repairs If the coating is scratched or damaged, your technician can often repair it on the panel. Minor swirl marks usually come out with a one-step paint correction, so the car does not have to be stripped back and started again.

Book your inspection.

One inspection inside 18 months keeps your warranty active. Your installing shop books it and handles the paperwork.

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First wash
After 7 days
Full cure
30 days
Inspection
Within 18 months