Bilt Hamber Touch-On | Crystalline Hydrophobic Treatment & Shampoo
Designed to follow Touch-Less
Touch-On is the second half of Bilt Hamber's touchless system: you pre-wash with Touch-Less, then apply Touch-On, and you finish with a hydrophobic film on the paint without ever putting a mitt on it. It can be applied through a pressure washer lance, a pump sprayer, a trigger, or a bucket.
What Bilt Hamber claim — and what we can verify
Bilt Hamber's own catalogue lists Touch-On as a "crystalline hydrophobic treatment", and elsewhere they describe it as a durable hydrophobic ceramic paint protection treatment with low-foaming detergency. They also state it is water-based, non-flammable, and contains no alcohol and no petrochemical solvents. Its SDS puts it at pH 5–6.
Here is where we're going to be more careful than the copy on other sites. There is no silicon, silane, siloxane or silica anywhere in Touch-On's safety data sheet. The only declared component is an anionic alcohol sulfate surfactant, and Bilt Hamber's own SDS classifies the product's use as "vehicle shampoo." "Ceramic" is Bilt Hamber's word, and we'll report it as their word — but we are not going to tell you this is an SiO₂ or silane-derived coating, because the documentation does not support that and Paolo isn't willing to put his name to it. That is also why it is not in the name of this listing: the title uses Bilt Hamber's own catalogue wording instead.
An SDS only has to declare hazardous ingredients, so absence isn't proof. But it does mean nobody should be selling you this as a ceramic coating in the chemical sense. It is a hydrophobic drying aid and shampoo, and by all accounts a good one.
How to use it
Pre-wash the car with Touch-Less first. Through a pressure washer lance: 30ml of Touch-On into the reservoir, topped up to 300ml. Apply over the whole vehicle, rinse immediately, then dry.
Handle it properly
Skin Irrit. 2 (H315), Eye Irrit. 2 (H319) — Warning. Gloves and eye protection.
Safety Data Sheet (Australia)
Download the Bilt Hamber Touch-On SDS (PDF)