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Just to have closure on this one, it did get resolved and the hood now looks perfect.
 
The installer checked the job, did some testing and acknowledged it as a case of incorrectly applied (or accidentally removed) Ceramic Pro Light top layer in one location, which caused a viewing angle specific pale blotchiness only visible in direct sunlight (which is why I didn't notice it at first and why it was so difficult to capture it).
 
He ended up compounding the top layer off the entire hood and reapplying it, which fixed the uneven reflection. I had never seen or would have thought of such an issue as possible, but now I know what to look for next time when receiving a ceramic coating job
 
Thanks guys for your helpfulness and the advice again, I've already switched to Ceramic Boost from the detail spray.

Just to have closure on this one, it did get resolved and the hood now looks perfect.
 
The installer checked the job, did some testing and acknowledged it as a case of incorrectly applied (or accidentally removed) Ceramic Pro Light top layer in one location, which caused a viewing angle specific pale blotchiness only visible in direct sunlight (which is why I didn't notice it at first and why it was so difficult to capture it).
 
He ended up compounding the top layer off the entire hood and reapplying it, which fixed the uneven reflection. I had never seen or would have thought of such an issue as possible, but now I know what to look for next time when receiving a ceramic coating job
 
Thanks guys for your helpfulness and the advice again, I've already switched to Ceramic Boost from the detail spray.

Tried another wash, made no difference. The ceramic coating was applied a little over two weeks ago, and I was advised not to wash the car for 1-2 weeks, this was the first wash 'after the fact'. Now, of course I did review the car when the coating job was finished, and I don't recall seeing this problem even out in the sun, but maybe the coat had still not fully cured and either I glossed over it or it wasn't visible back then and got worse over time. The tricky thing is that it only shows under natural light, I tried LED, halogen, incandescent, nothing gives the spot away indoors, it's only revealed by sunlight and even that only at certain angles (but then it's bad, worse than the photo would suggest).
 
So eventually I called the installer and, along the respectable lines of what you're saying, Shane, he was honest and said it was possible that the coat overran a bit in that area, which can cause a similar slight difference in color. Then told me to take the car in, he would take a look and chances are he can fix it with nano polish and a reapplication of ceramic pro light, or if not, he'll polish the ceramic coat off and redo the hood from scratch.
 
The shop and I are both pretty busy, so it will take at least a week before this gets solved, but I'll post back, if only as a reference in case it might help others in the future.
 
Thanks a lot for all the advice and pardon me the lengthy posts, I'm trying to curb my linguistic diarrhea even if it doesn't always show
 

Tried another wash, made no difference. The ceramic coating was applied a little over two weeks ago, and I was advised not to wash the car for 1-2 weeks, this was the first wash 'after the fact'. Now, of course I did review the car when the coating job was finished, and I don't recall seeing this problem even out in the sun, but maybe the coat had still not fully cured and either I glossed over it or it wasn't visible back then and got worse over time. The tricky thing is that it only shows under natural light, I tried LED, halogen, incandescent, nothing gives the spot away indoors, it's only revealed by sunlight and even that only at certain angles (but then it's bad, worse than the photo would suggest).
 
So eventually I called the installer and, along the respectable lines of what you're saying, Shane, he was honest and said it was possible that the coat overran a bit in that area, which can cause a similar slight difference in color. Then told me to take the car in, he would take a look and chances are he can fix it with nano polish and a reapplication of ceramic pro light, or if not, he'll polish the ceramic coat off and redo the hood from scratch.
 
The shop and I are both pretty busy, so it will take at least a week before this gets solved, but I'll post back, if only as a reference in case it might help others in the future.
 
Thanks a lot for all the advice and pardon me the lengthy posts, I'm trying to curb my linguistic diarrhea even if it doesn't always show