No! Our pressure washing soap is buffered to prevent reactions with any paint, coatings, films, or components on your car. With that said, you should never let any soap dry on your paint for too long, especially in the hot sun. So either wash in a cool shady or overcast location, or if you don't have that luxury on wash day, just move quickly. If you are seeing the soap dry, just re-spray it with soap and rinse immediately to avoid having to buff out dried soap stains. If you see soap stains or residue, this is NOT PERMANENT. Just spray and wipe with more soap to remove, or in the case of wax damage, level out with Step 2.

The only use case we don't recommend for this cleaner is on traditional wax jobs (although why are you still doing that? Ceramic coatings like our OverShield are faster and easier to apply and 1000 times more durable than wax). This cleaner is safe on all surfaces, even your interior. It just needs to be diluted. But because it's made to remove organic oils, it can "dry out" some materials and plastics if over used at full strength too frequently (you will not likely have this problem). As for with traditional wax jobs, it will break down wax. This will cause a "streaking" effect sometimes, and the left over wax needs to be re-leveled or removed with more soap and contact. Even Step 2 can help with this along with pressure and a towel.

Our goal was to get as close to having a touchless wash soap as possible, and this is as close as it gets. Our pressure washing soap is made to remove as much dirt and grime as possible in one formula. With that being said, a perfect touchless soap is still a myth for now, since you can't remove every type of film with one stable chemical mixture (watch our videos). This is why we made Step 2, to finish the job with the lower pH cleaning power that dissolves minerals (and is still safe in every situation)

We highly recommend pressure washing. Watch our tutorials to see our process. But this soap will work as good as any for bucket washing, we just don't prefer that method. You can also try a spray cannon for a regular hose. they don't foam well, and they use up soap much faster, but they still get the job done with HotLap.

The ideal pressure washer is one that has higher GPM (gallons per minute) flow. this means it pushes more water. And generally you want to stay below 1500 or so PSI (which most budget pressure washers won't even reach even if they say they do tbh). Active Pressure Washers are a great brand to check out for washing cars.

Full transparency, we've had similar results with testing lower GPM units and varying pressure. The difference is marginal. Most theories around detailing are just theories and rarely effect the actual outcomes, which is a clean car.

When it comes to foam cannons, the most important aspect (other than basic foaming capability) is build quality. As long as the cannon gets the foam on your paint, we're not super concerned with slight variation in that respect. And as long as the soap formula does it's job (like HotLap), the foam cannon is just a necessary middle man. EVEN foam density isn't all that important when it comes to cleaning power, as long as it sticks to the paint. You just need the foam cannon to last, and you don't need to over pay for spray.

Our Foam Cannon is built with budget and quality in mind, and will yield the same outcome as the most expensive foam cannons on the market, without breaking the bank in the name of overhyping foam.