Clear coat fail or?

[Jeffb]

2019 Toyota Avalon. Has been Ceramic coated. Area shown in picture will not polish out. Please let me know you thoughts?

 

[Mike Phillips]

Kind of looks like a high spot to me. A high spot meaning - a patch of ceramic coating that was not fully removed.

If it is a burn-through, meaning you've buffed through the clearcoat and exposed the basecoat, then here's how to test.

Take a white cloth and a white polish and gently polish in the middle of the spot. When you turn the cloth over, if you see the color of the basecoat, this indicates the clear is missing. If you only see the white cloth and the white polish - then you have not burned through the clearcoat.

If it is a high spot - try to gently polish and see if you can remove it.


Mike

 

[Jeffb]

Thanks Mike

 

[Mike Phillips]

Thanks Mike

If you do the white cloth, white polish test - can try to do this at the same time?

1: Take a picture of the white cloth with polish on it next to the section.

2: Take a picture showing your hand rubbing the cloth over the questionable area.

3: Take a picture of any color that comes off the vehicle in that same place you took the picture showing no color on the cloth - or color on the cloth. But take the picture with your hand holding the cloth turned over by the questionable spot. The idea being to include context in all pictures.

Send me the pictures and I'll write a how-to article that can help others into the future.


If it works for you. If not, it's all good. I just try to leverage anything I do to create content that will help others.


Mike

 

[Jeffb]

If you do the white cloth, white polish test - can try to do this at the same time?

1: Take a picture of the white cloth with polish on it next to the section.

2: Take a picture showing your hand rubbing the cloth over the questionable area.

3: Take a picture of any color that comes off the vehicle in that same place you took the picture showing no color on the cloth - or color on the cloth. But take the picture with your hand holding the cloth turned over by the questionable spot. The idea being to include context in all pictures.

Send me the pictures and I'll write a how-to article that can help others into the future.


If it works for you. If not, it's all good. I just try to leverage anything I do to create content that will help others.


Mike

Mike, I used a white cloth and polish with no paint removal. If you can send me an email address. Will send pictures.
Have tried different polishes and primers with no success?

 

[Mike Phillips]

Mike, I used a white cloth and polish with no paint removal.

Have tried different polishes and primers with no success?

That's a good sign. Maybe the coating you used is just super tough and you need to be more aggressive.


Troubleshooting
What I do for instances like this is a place a tape line down the middle of the defect and the only test polish on one side of the tape line. When you go to inspect the results, you can compare the side you worked on with the other side.

The tape line makes it easier to see if your'e making things better or making things worse. Then consider trying a more aggressive pad and product to the one side.

If you can send me an email address. Will send pictures.

Mike@DrBeasleys.com