- Hey, what's up you guys.
And welcome back to another episode
of Chemical Guys, Detail Garage.
Today, we are going over
improper ceramic coating applications.
Now, mistakes happen, you know, in this car right here,
this BMW, this car was just professionally ceramic coated,
but, you know, even the pros make mistakes
and you guys will see right here.
Now, this specific section on the trunk was coated,
however, it looks like, to me, that the people
that did this did not properly remove the coating
once they were done applying it.
Now you guys can check it out up close.
You'll see that it has this kind of, "rainbow-y",
kind of effect.
Now I do have the surrounding areas already mass stopped.
Just kind of save some time,
because in order to remove something like this,
we're going to have to polish it out.
Now, just to show you guys,
I'm going to start off this process by wiping it down
with some Wipe Out.
Whenever you're faced with something like this,
you want to make sure that you do it the correct way,
the first time around, because if not,
then you're going to be left with something
that looks like this.
So I'm going to show you guys right now with some Wipe Out.
I'm going to spray directly onto the surface,
and Wipe Out is a surface cleanser.
So this is going to remove any kind of oils, waxes,
sealants that are sitting on the surface.
However, in this case,
it's not really going to do so much as far as
removing this ceramic coating,
because this is a professional, 9H ceramic coating.
So, what this does, is it hardens on the surface.
So as you can imagine,
if you apply it and you let it just sit on there,
it's going to harden on your paint
and it's going to be pretty difficult to take off.
And in this case,
you're actually not even going to be able
to wipe it off in that matter.
But the reason that I wiped it down, in the first place,
was simply to show you guys that this stuff
is not going anywhere.
So you guys will see that the coating,
it's still fully intact in there.
You know, I'm trying to buff it off,
but you'll see right here,
you'll see more of a kind of rainbow, hazy, kind of look.
And if you guys see up close,
you'll see that the ceramic coating is still fully intact.
So whenever they applied it to the section,
they didn't wipe it off, it hardened,
and it stayed on there, and now that's the final result.
Now, in order to remove something like this,
we're going to have to, most likely,
more often than not, polish it out.
So, in this case, I'm going to grab
my TORQ R Rotary Polisher,
and I'm going to grab a likening measure first,
so I'm going to get a white pad,
and I'm going to try out some P4,
Precision Paint Perfection Polish,
and hopefully we can knock this off with
a simple, one-step polishing solution.
All right, guys, so right here I have my TORQ R,
which is a rotary polisher,
paired with a 3 inch backing plate.
And I also have a 4 inch, Hexlogic white polishing pad.
Now, whenever you polish,
you want to make sure to use
the least aggressive approach, as possible,
reason for it is,
because you don't want to have to cut any more
excess clear-coat than you should.
Now, with a product like Carbon Force,
it does harden on the surface of your paint.
Then it does kind of act like a secondary layer
of clear coat on top of your paint.
So it offers you the extreme shine
and the extreme durability of protection.
Now, right here, I'm going to be hoping
to remove it with some P4,
Precision Paint Perfection Polish.
Now, this is simply because I want to do
the least amount of work as possible,
because I want this to be a quick and easy application.
So once I have that down,
I'm going to grab some polishing pad conditioner,
and I'm simply going to spray about two light sprays,
onto my pad, already with the product.
And now I'm going to blot it out on the section.
Now, if you guys will see,
this right side, it's not too bad.
And this left side is pretty much
where it has it the worst.
Also, for you guys wondering about the clay bar process,
this, right here, it's very smooth.
This, literally, was just done.
I believe it happened on Friday, he mentioned.
Happened on Friday,
just a couple of days later,
and this is pretty much the result.
So now I'm just going to
and hop into the polishing process.
So I'm going to do the same thing here
and blot it out on this little section
that I'm going to be working it in.
And, as I mentioned to you guys already,
I have already masked off the surrounding areas,
just to make sure that we're just polishing paint.
And now that I have that set up,
I'm going to turn on my machine polisher
to a low speed setting.
And then I'm going to work in this product.
All right, so now that I have spread out my product,
nice and evenly, in the section
that I'm going to be using it in,
now I'm going to turn it
onto a higher speed setting, work it in,
and then I'm going to buff it off
and show you guys the results.
All right, guys,
so now that I'm done working on the product,
I'm going to grab my microfiber towel and wipe it off.
So I'm going to buff off the remaining residue
of the P4 polish.
Now, I did P4 to start off this process,
just to make sure that if we can
and knock this off with the finer polish,
then, you know, so be it, you know,
if we don't have to
and go with the more aggressive compound, you know,
that's great because then we won't have to come back
with the more aggressive pad,
the more aggressive compound in order to remove this.
And, just from this little section so far,
I'm going to say it looks pretty great, however,
there are some areas that I feel like there's still
can do a little bit of work with.
So what I'm going to do right now,
since I don't think that it's going to need
a more aggressive compound,
I'm simply going to just follow it up
with a secondary pass of P4 to remove this.
Now, if you you do this process,
and depending on how long that's, you know,
that professional grade coating
has been sitting on there for, you know,
this has like weeks or months
that it's been sitting on there,
then you may have to go with something more aggressive,
like a compound.
The longer that the product sits on there,
the more it's going to harden,
and the more it's going to be tough to remove.
Now, since this section is pretty much about 80% done,
what I'm going to do right now is actually
just grab two more drops of P4,
continue doing this little section,
and then I'm going to double check my results,
and then be back with you guys
to, you know, hopefully be done with this process.
And then we can move on to doing the rest of the trunk.
All right, guys.
So now that I'm buffing off this layer of P4
after the second pass,
I can tell you guys
that this thing is absolutely removed.
It looks great.
And you can also see that this also removed
any kind of find scratches, underneath,
that were in that coating that, you know,
maybe the installer didn't actually finish removing.
You know, whenever you apply a ceramic coating,
you do want to make sure that your paint is near perfect,
or, I mean, as good as you want to preserve it in.
So, you know, these ceramic coatings,
they're intended to preserve the overall look of your paint.
So if there's any kind of scratches, or swirls,
in your paint, before you apply the coating,
then you're going to lock in those scratches or swirls
and you don't want that to happen.
So, with this little combination that we just done on here,
we removed the coating that was sitting on the surface
and any kind of fine, light scratches that were underneath.
So, right now, what I'm going to do is,
I'm going to finish off the rest of the trunk,
because as you guys can see right here,
underneath the license plate,
they didn't take the time to polish this section out,
and you can also see that there's more ceramic coating
that's leftover right here.
So, we want to make sure that this trunk
is as precise as possible,
before we get onto the next step,
which is reapplying the ceramic coating.
So, stay tuned, you don't want to miss out.
All right, guys.
So before we move on to the next step,
I want to share something with you guys that,
maybe or maybe not, you know,
a lot of you guys might know.
Now, before you move on to actually applying
the coating itself,
after you're done polishing,
you want to wipe it down with some Wipe Out.
Now, Wipe Out is a surface cleanser,
so what this does is it removes
any kind of previous coats of waxes,
sealants, oils, residual compound,
and polish residue on the surface.
Now, in this case, we're good,
because P4 is actually a water-based product,
does not have any oils
that are pretty much interfering with our results.
So the results that you guys see right here
are the actual results that we got.
Now, if you're using a product that has fillers,
then this is going to pretty much remove them,
and, you know, allow you to see the paint
for what it is, itself.
However, in this case,
I'm using it to prepare the surface
so that there's absolutely nothing on there
that's going to interfere with my bond of Carbon Force.
So, with this right here, it's super easy to use.
I mean, you should be using this every time
you apply a wax, or even, like, a sealant on your car,
just simply spray your towel.
I like to spray the towel directly, just because, you know,
I don't like the product to get into, like, the trim
and, like, my masking tape,
because then I'm going to have like water leaking.
And the last thing I want to do,
or the last thing I want to happen,
is me applying my Carbon Force
and then I get, like, a drip of water here.
So make sure to spray the towel directly,
or, if you want, spray the product onto the vehicle itself,
however you'd like to do it.
I just give it a light, little wipe down
and you can pretty much just utilize this product,
just like a quick detail spray.
So, just wiping down the area, as you guys can see,
it doesn't leave any kind of shine behind.
It actually just removes any kind of residual
that may be sitting on the surface,
that before we apply our coating.
Super easy, buff it off to your dry site
of your microfiber towel,
buff off any excess product.
And you're all ready to start coating.
All right, guys.
So, now for the main event,
which is applying our Carbon Force ceramic coating.
So now that we've just pretty much polished out
the remaining coating that was sitting on the surface,
this paint is absolutely bare.
So now we want to protect this.
So, even though the people that did install
the ceramic coating applied it,
it's not technically there anymore
because we polished it out.
So, now what I'm going to do, is apply some Carbon Force.
Now we have our micro suede applicators
that come with your bottle of Carbon Force.
Now, with this product,
all you have to do is pretty much get your applicator,
flip it around, like so,
and then you're going to flip your bottle,
and you're pretty much just going to apply
a light line of product,
flip it back around,
and then you do want to make sure to put your cap back on,
because the last thing that you want happen is, you know,
you set this down on the table, set it down on the ground.
It tips over and your bottle of Carpet Force
is ceramic coating your cement,
as opposed to your beautiful ride.
So, now that we have that going on on an applicator,
all we got to do is apply it.
And the cool thing about this product
is that it's super easy to apply.
All you have to do is apply it in straight motions.
You don't have to do any kind of circular motions,
in this case, since we want a nice, uniform coat,
we're going to apply this in a nice cross hatch motion.
So I'm just going left and right.
I am overlapping my product about 75%.
And then if you really have to,
you can come back and do an up-and-down,
same thing, overlapping 75%.
Now, since this trunk is pretty small,
and I just did this little section in, like,
you know, 10 seconds,
I'm actually just going to do
the rest of the trunk all in one go,
just so that I can have a nice even coat
on this trunk right here.
So, for that reason, you know,
installers can charge you thousands of dollars,
just to get this process done in your vehicle,
and check it out, you guys.
I'm going to show you guys how, right now,
and you guys can actually pick up all these products,
right now, on our website, chemicalguys.com,
or you can swing by your local Detail Garage store
to pick them up.
And as you guys can see, it's a super easy process.
I'm just going to come back right here.
just to make sure that everything is nice and even.
Now, with a product like Carbon Force,
you don't have to let us sit for long.
Now, the reason I'm coming back,
is just to ensure that everything has a nice, even coat.
And, with this product,
you don't have to let us sit for half an hour,
or anything like that.
This product, since it does harden on the surface,
you want to bluff this off
in as little as 30 seconds up to 2 minutes.
Now, the reason for it is,
because in those 30 seconds to 2 minutes,
depending on the environment that you're in,
this process for the product to flash
can take anywhere from that timeframe.
So now that the product has been sitting there,
I'm just going to let that sit for, about,
maybe a minute or more so,
just to make sure that it bonds to the surface of the paint
before I buff it off with my microfiber towel.
So it's been, about, almost 45 seconds, or so.
So now what I'm going to do
is just simply buff off the product.
And as you guys can see, I am buffing it off.
Unlike the last people that, you know,
applied this product onto the vehicle, you know,
you do want to make sure that you remove
the entirety of the product from the surface,
because, remember, Carbon Force does harden.
So you don't want it to harden on your paint.
So if you have any remaining product
that's sitting on the surface, well,
it's not going to wash off on your next wash,
it's actually going to harden.
So, in order for you to have
the smoothest application possible,
and the best results possible,
you do want to make sure that you completely wipe it off.
And I would highly encourage that you guys come back
and give the area a double, triple, quadruple wipe,
just to ensure that there's absolutely nothing
on the surface.
And for this, you don't need any kind of fancy towels.
You know, personally, I like using these workhorse towels.
I find that they work great
to pretty much buff off this product
without any kind of residue left behind.
So it picks up all the product.
Very nicely, very evenly.
We don't have to worry about any kind of high spots
or anything like that,
because this product is just going to soak up
any remaining residue of the coating.
All right, guys, and there you guys have it,
pretty easy, pretty straightforward, pretty amazing results.
What do you guys think?
Now, if you guys ever have a problem with ceramic coating,
just simple, straightforward thinking,
try your best to just simply wipe it off
with the detail spray.
If that doesn't work,
try polishing it out.
9 times out of 10, that's going to work.
And like I mentioned,
for that time that, you know,
it's been sitting there for a little bit longer
than just a few days or, you know, a couple of weeks,
you may want to
and use a more aggressive compound
in order to remove the more hardened layer
of ceramic that is on your vehicle.
So I'm going to leave it off there.
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