High spot in ceramic coating

[Raige93]

This weekend I polished and coated my car ('16 GTI) and it being mine and being pressed for time I was rushing (not something I would do with a customer's car) and this morning I saw a high spot on my C pillar and 2 or 3 small high spots on my hood. What is the most efficient way of getting them out? Polishing? Compound then polish? This is the first I've run into this issue. Coating is CQUK if that matters. 

 

Thanks,

 

Raige

[tlbullet]

11 minutes ago, Raige93 said:

This weekend I polished and coated my car ('16 GTI) and it being mine and being pressed for time I was rushing (not something I would do with a customer's car) and this morning I saw a high spot on my C pillar and 2 or 3 small high spots on my hood. What is the most efficient way of getting them out? Polishing? Compound then polish? This is the first I've run into this issue. Coating is CQUK if that matters. 

 

Thanks,

 

Raige

Anychance you could capture and post a picture of the high spots? Im looking to CC my car and curious what it looks like.    Then hoping another member can help fix the issue!!! Im sure when i coat my car its gonna have a few high spots

[shane@detailedreflections]

Take fine finishing polish to it. It’ll knock down the high spot. If you want you can reapply ceramic to that area, but finishing polish isn’t strong enough to remove the coating before the high spot is gone. It’s a very quick polish to fix. 

[Raige93]

@tlbullet I'll get some pictures this afternoon, or at least try to, not sure how well they'll show up. It basically looks like a streak in the coating though on the C pillar, the hood looks like dark spots. Assuming it has to do with the way light is hitting it.

 

@shane@detailedreflections Thanks for the tip Shane, I'll give that a shot tonight if I get the chance. I've got some Scholl S40 left I'll give it a whirl.

[Hamilton Detail]

I've been able to use brilliant glaze to get rid of the high spots.  I've done this trick on 3 different occasions and it worked every time.   

[shane@detailedreflections]

1 hour ago, hamilton2400 said:

I've been able to use brilliant glaze to get rid of the high spots.  I've done this trick on 3 different occasions and it worked every time.   

 

Brilliant glaze will get rid of high spots, but usually only before the coating cures fully. Once it’s cured, mechanical abrasion is usually the only thing to remove most coatings (ranging from polishing to requiring wet sanding).

[Raige93]

How does one use BG to get rid of high spots? Interesting...

[shane@detailedreflections]

17 minutes ago, Raige93 said:

How does one use BG to get rid of high spots? Interesting...

 

The solvent will help to level semi-cured coating before it fully cures. The solvent they use in BG is good stuff and has a lot of uses. 

[Raige93]

No kidding, I knew it was great for windows I didn’t know that it’s solvent was so useful though.

[ZMAN024]

You can also use the solvent off the top of a separated bottle of BG as a bug remover.

[galaxy]

Same here...BG for fixing those spots in coatings.  Does the trick.  

[Raige93]

BG indeed fixed the high spot on my C pillar, however didn't do much in the way of fixing the spots on my hood. Do you folks reapply the coating after fixing a spot with BG? 

 

Forgot to take a picture of the C pillar unfortunately will try to get some of the hood later.

[shane@detailedreflections]

2 hours ago, Raige93 said:

BG indeed fixed the high spot on my C pillar, however didn't do much in the way of fixing the spots on my hood. Do you folks reapply the coating after fixing a spot with BG? 

 

Forgot to take a picture of the C pillar unfortunately will try to get some of the hood later.

 

BG will not remove high spots once it’s cured. You’ll have to polish it down and decide if you want to reapply quickly or not. We usually would reapply unless it’s a multi layer coating.