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I would run a tape line down a panel but make it extra thick so you have several inches of paint covered. Then do a test spot on each side with the different polishes you want to try. Then peel the tape and you'll be able to see which one is making a better improvement vs the unrefined middle...

If you were left with a rainbowish streaky mess that tells me that you didn't buff off the residue thoroughly last time. This can happen if the coating is left to dwell for too long before beginning to wipe off the residue. Also if you do too large of a section that can happen. Whenever I'm...

I've had a can of PNS in the cabinet for over 6 months and haven't gotten around to messing with it much yet. I'll have to try this method.

Mike, that would be fantastic! Is there a way I can change it to just "AutowerxDetailing" ? Everything got messed up one of the last times the forum updated and it has been really hard for me to keep track of threads I'm participating in ever since...

If you do a full decontamination wash with something like the CarPro suite of decontamination chemicals (Spotless, BugOut, IronX, TarX) and the water is still beading -- you have a ceramic coated finish. If the water lays flat after all that you have just successfully chemically stripped off...

That's exactly what we use. Works great for getting into all the tight little grooves on most pedals.

I generally clean pedals with APC, a soft, round brush, and then rinse clean with the steamer to clean out all the tiny grooves.

Ceramic coat your car? You can do it! And you've definitely found THE place to learn how to do it right!

We install mostly CQuartz Professional and CQuartz Finest Reserve which are both incredibly slick to the touch immediately after application. Even standard CQuartz is, IMO, pretty slick after a few hours of cure time. Lite, on the other hand, was noticeably tacky during and after application and...

Only done one CQ Lite install so far. I waited until the following morning to top it with Reload so can't really comment on how soon CQL is safe to top. IIRC according to the instructions CQ Lite can be topped with Reload after an hour and is basically fully cured after 4 hours. Question for...

After every wash I'll use Reload, Elixir, Echo, D156, or Nanoskin Shock as a drying aid... Right now none of my personal vehicles are fully coated (just a patchwork of different coatings and sealants) because I've been so busy at the shop so I've been kind of just using whatever I feel like to...

I have to politely disagree with your disagreement. Sorry, not sorry. :) Here is a picture of the results from one application of CarPro Reload. This car was hammered. No polishing was done to achieve this 50/50. Just ran a tape line, applied some Reload, pulled tape, and snapped this pic...

Check out CarPro Reload. Liquid spray sealant. Wipe on, wipe off application. Fills like crazy and super quick to apply.

3D One is very oily. That was the first thing I noticed about it. It smells like wd-40 and basically the wipe off process is what you would imagine it would be like if using wd-40 as a polish... a buttery, endlessly streaky, catastrophe. I bought a gallon when it launched and we've gone through...

The only scenarios where a coating would need to be sanded off is if there are severely excessive high spots (think multiple layers applied and never leveled at all). Most properly applied and leveled ceramic coatings can be compounded or polished off. I mean we're talking a matter of a few...

This thread perfectly illustrates a deeply concerning trend emerging in the professional detailing industry... Shops that consistently put out subpar quality work are branding themselves as "certified" installers of various well known ceramic coating brands. They are disguising themselves as...

Pics would help. Or at least a better description of what the defects look like. It could be marring from your towels, micro-marring from the abrasives and pad you are using, or simply just swirl marks or scratches that aren't being removed by your polishing process. Regardless, nobody will be...

Maybe it was just lint from your drying towel that was giving you the rough feeling on the surface. Echo is one of the slickest quick detailer / waterless wash type products I've ever tried. Glad you got it sorted out. Next time try adding 1oz of Reload to your Echo bottle, amps up the gloss...

This has been my experience as well. Once the vehicle is ceramic coated you are no longer caring for the paint but now are instead caring for the coating. When you do eventually polish the vehicle again, assuming you've properly maintained the coating, all you're doing is polishing off the old...

Scratch resistance is more of a function of the surface tension and slickness of the surface, not the "hardness" of the coating. In my testing CarPro Reload (even without a coating under it) actually has the best "scratch resistance" out of any product I've tried... yet, I've never seen any...