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Obviously Rosepetals are finished in Satin, so how do people keep them protected? Just use normal polish or something more suited to satin paint?

Thanks

I've had a ceramic coating on all my wheels for a while now, it's fantastic - brake dust just rinses off, lasts for ages. I've got steels on the Mini, but one of the others has black satin finish wheels - the coatings work on pretty much anything.

I've used Carbon Collective Platinum Wheels, but there is similar (maybe identical) available from Gtechniq and other 'detailing' brands.

It's a bit of a faff applying it to stupid 20 inch modern wheels, but tiny Mini wheels are a breeze!

Thanks Finchy, I'll look into that.

Ah the deep dark hole that is 'detailing' (amateur or pro) , my daily was (is) ceramic coated (by me) after a multi stage polish, including the wheels (19's) the other half's new car has 22's and I need to get that done ASAP.

The coatings and waxes available these days are so varied, I will only use good quality wax on the Minis as they don't get the exposure to the elements so much (and for some reason I thinks wax has more of a soft glow to it) Ceramic (including the glass) for anything in use all the time followed by regular 2 bucket washes with pre-rinsing using snow foam and the odd top up with a ceramic detailer is the way to go