@everyone wow
you guys are TRUELY expert's.
Let me try and address some of your questions.
1. Yes I love cleaning and knowing my car and for years I have been waxing/machine polishing my car whatever it is at that moment.
2. I have used many polishes and sponge combos with various cutting solutions and grit levels, then protecting with good quality wax, I too have used zymol and loved the results over time as it's built up.
3. I am looking to protect the paint, it's in very good condition and luckily the car is untouched as in accidents or crappy stone repairs.
4. my goal, well I am looking to do much the same I've spent many weekends in the past with other cars clay baring, repairing, preventing I.e wax. But that's all old school and what I know. This new ceramic thing caught my interest and as such wanted to k ow more, thank God I asked you guys, as I am blown away with the level of knowledge here.
5. desired outcome. Happy to work on the car to restore any imperfections, but wanted to also reduce long term effort. Happy to put the work in, but less often, and I believe for me that may be ceramic as it will (correct me if I am wrong) chemically bond with the freshly restored top layer giving a deeper easier to maintain finish. like I said happy to work for it but preferably with longer gaps inbetween.
Once again, and with a danger of sounding very American when I am not, "You guys are Awesome!"
I am learning lots and it's only day 3.