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Did you only use Ceramic Boost and not Ceramic Coating? I've always wondered if you could use Ceramic Boost by itself, since it's cheaper haha

I used the ceramic coating and then ceramic boost. The combination works great!

Thanks. She wanted me to detail it for her birthday so I spent a couple of days on it.  She got stopped at a roadside check last week and they asked her if it was a new car!

​Car looks very nice...............even in that direction.

 

​If you go to your photo file ad rotate it 360 degrees and save it again, then attempt to insert it, it should appear correct.

 

​You can go to your post and "edit" it as needed using the tabs towards the bottom.

 

​Been there, done that, so you are not alone.   

Thanks. I'd rotated it 180 degrees and that didn't help but when I rotated it another 180 it fixed it. 

Ceramic boost is awesome. Here's a photo of my wife's 2014 SS Camaro. I stripped, clayed, and corrected it with Adam's correcting polish and finishing polish with a cyclo because it had water spots that I couldn't remove otherwise. This is her daily driver with 50,000+ miles. I thought it turned out pretty good considering. I guess I need to figure out how to flip the photo though?

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I have my whole car covered in xpel and I think that magnified it. I noticed it on the car before I did on the windshield but it was about the same on both. I used way more than I should have but it's looking much better now. 

Anyone else experience a haziness/glare when driving at night with HGG on the windows? Very similar to a fogged up window when their is an on coming car...

That's the same problem I was having on the whole car. I think I applied too much product and then didn't get it all off. It took a few wash jobs and detail spray to get it all off mine. On the windshield you could use something stronger and get it off fairly easily I would think. 

Good luck.

My car is also covered in Xpel.

 

I tried Liquid Paint Sealant, H20 G&G and Xpel Sealant and saw no effect compared to Rinselss as waterless wash followed by Detail Spray. Maybe the protection (Xpel) was being protected by the protection (sealants...) but visually there was no improvement.

 

I was hoping Brilliant Glaze would be the answer...but your post has me thinking this may not be the case. 

The liquid paint sealant worked great and I thing the g&g will too. I think I just applied too much and the humidity was high as well. I'd ask someone at adam's about the brilliant glaze as I may be mistaken about not using it on  xpel. I looked back through my emails and I had one that said all of the products would work since they didn't have petroleum in them. I wouldn't use wax because my installer said it would cause problems with dirt collecting around the edges.

I have an xpel clear bra on my coupe and have had good luck with Revive for cleaning up all sorts of problems.

Thanks. I think this will clear up with another wash but if it doesn't I will try revive. 

I did a Toyota Camry and Highlander with about 2-3oz of HGG.

Sounds like I used about 4 times what I should have then. That's probably the majority of my problem.

Do you have any pictures showing the hazed areas?

 

Since you said washing and hitting it with DS in a few spots helped some, you could also try something like Brilliant Glaze to try to remove the rest of the hazing. If that doesn't do the trick, you could step to Revive Hand Polish and then try reapplying the H2O Guard & Gloss in those areas.

I didn't take and pics but I doubt that it will show up well at this point. If washing it and using detail spray, again, doesn't clear it up I will try that. I have revive and brilliant glaze so either one is available. Is brilliant glaze ok for xpel ultimate? Thanks.

Hi Herman, I'm sorry to hear you're experiencing hazing issues with H2O Guard & Gloss on your z06, it's my new favorite product! To better understand the issue, I have a few questions

 

I see that you said you applied HGG one panel at a time, which is perfect, but how long did you let the product sit on the paint between spreading it with a wet microfiber towel and then removing it with a dry microfiber? For perfect results, I'm wiping a panel off almost immediately after I have spread the Guard & Gloss evenly across the panel. In other words, from spreading onto a panel to removal is around 30 seconds or so for me.

 

Also, as Stephen mentioned, a little product goes a long way. I will spray two or three sprays max on a door panel for example, and then once my towel is fairly saturated with the product, I will use even less, maybe one or two sprays on something like a side window.

I think the majority of my problem is that I used too much product. I used a little over a quarter bottle on a z06. I think if I'd used half of that it would have been enough. I applied and removed one panel at a time as quickly as I could. I was my car in my garage so depending on how much the A/C, or heat, is running the humidity can get high immediately after i wash a car. The outside temp was a little lower than the A/C setting so I don't think it's coming on a lot so that could have affected things as well. The car is covered with xpel and someone at Adam's told me not to use the brilliant glaze on it but to use the synthetic products like the sealants. The car looks much better after I washed it and it also looks better than it did before I applied the G&G. I think one more was or detail spray will take care of the problem and since I wash it almost every time I drive it I will know by the first of next week. I'm going to try the product again in about a month and use just enough that I know I have things covered. I think I had a combination of issues, too much product, and too much humidity.  Hopefully next time I get it right. Thanks for the help.

I also had issues over the weekend with it "blobbing" out of the sprayer. Nice product though and no hazing as far as I could tell.

I washed it again today and polished some spots with detail spray after. It's better but I still had some hazing. Hopefully the next time I wash it it will all go away.

Looks great!

No problem. I've heard that they're looking into the sprayer issue, as many people agree that it's not consistent in its output. I try to squeeze as quick as possible to alleviate, and keep the surface very wet until I go to buff with the dry towel.

I went over the whole car with detail spray again this morning, with a clean towel, and it still had a haze when I went back in to look at it. I took another, clean, microfiber towel and toweled off the haze again. It's on the windshield as well as the xpel so I don't think it's a problem with it being used on xpel. If it looks like there's still a haze on it I'll wash it again and see if that fixes the problem. I have a 3 hour drive tomorrow so I'll take the vette and wash it when I get back.

It's indoors in a conditioned garage. I used detail spray on the hood and it seemed to help. I'll probably just drive it a day or so and then wash it again unless someone with adam's tells me otherwise. I think a lot of the problem was the sprayer. It would be a fine mist and then a blob almost every time I sprayed. I shook the bottle up every time I sprayed but it ended up putting a lot of product down. I only did one section at a time but I probably loaded it up too heavily. I had put on a coat of Adam's sealant a couple of months ago so I just used this as a touch up. I think for me I may just be better off sticking with the sealant. I'm going to try it once more with the dry application method and see if that works better for me. Thanks for your help.

I can say with almost certainty, that's too much product.

 

To avoid haze I suggest being sure that the car is wet enough... some use a spray bottle of water, I'll use the mist setting on my hose trigger. Also make sure you work in a small enough area so as to not allow any premature drying before you get to buff off with your dry towel.

At this point should I just wash it again?

I used it last night. My z06 is completely covered in xpel ultimate. After the application and buffing it looked like I still had a haze on the car and the windshield. I ended up using 4 or 5 ds towels to buff it out but it still seems to have a slight haze in spots.  Any ideas on how to avoid the haze? I used about 1/4 bottle on the car so that may be too much product but the regular sealant seems to buff off easier on my car. Thanks in advance for any tips.

Thanks I'm loving it so far!

What is better to use on a car that is partially covered with Xpel? Wax or Sealant?

I'd use the sealant if it were me. If you use wax be careful of the edges of the xpel. The sealant looks great on mine.

I just had Xpel applied to my 2013 Viper, topped by CQuartz. With this combo, a little Detail Spray and I'm good?

I thought about that too. I'll probably just put sealant on it and clean it when it needs it. With the xpel dirt almost falls off anyway. I have noticed it's a lot easier to clean now, especially bugs on the bumper.

I read somewhere that you shouldn't use more than a 20% solution of isopropyl alcohol.  Is there any danger to using more than a 20% solution?

you can always dilute if more than 20%. All you need to do is make sure it's clean so it doesn't makes sense to use anything too harsh. I haven't had any  problems with stronger concentrations though. I used 90% one time on my truck and it worked fine.

so you wrapped the entire car? wow. some serious protection lol

Yeah I ended up wrapping everything. If I had known, in advance, what the cost would be I wouldn't have done it. That said, now that I see how good a job it's doing, I'd do it again. The price is intimidating and even at 1900 it was more than I wanted to spend for tinting and wrap. If I keep the car as long as I usually keep a car it will be well worth it, especially when it comes time to sell and the paint looks like new. 

I started out covering just the front clip, fenders,bumper,hood, and top and side mirrors, also the lower edge under the door and back to the top of the brake ducts behind the door, and all of the splitters. I could tell a difference in the doors and fenders but I asked 10 other people and they couldn't. I think on any color other than velocity yellow or white you wouldn't notice it. I took it back and got the rest of the car done and I'm glad I did. I went to a going away party for a friend over the weekend and had a lot of people look at the car and nobody noticed the xpel. When I told the other "car nuts" it was on there they didn't believe me at first. I ended up with 3500 in everything but the installation is as close to perfect as you could get. I think the installer is the main thing and the product is secondary.

Just thought I'd mention this. I got my whole car wrapped with xpel ultimate. It really helps with the swirls. It's only been a couple of weeks but I haven't noticed the swirls when I wash it and dry it. I haven't coated it with sealer yet but that's coming soon. I did a thorough polishing on it before I covered it so that probably helped a lot.

Yes - polishing will remove sealant, glaze and wax from your paint.

 

When I have to do some "touch-up" polishing I remove everything from the panel with 50% Isopropal Alcohol.  I then polish as necessary and re-apply sealant, glaze and wax.

 

Works great!

What he said! You can also use all purpose cleaner. Deep wheel cleaner will do it too, I found that out last night when I thought I'd grabbed detail spray.lol