Review & How-To: Wolfgang Uber Ceramic Paint Coating

I bought mine during the Christmas sale, so 20% off takes the sting out a bit. I've used Gloss Coat on 3 of my buddy's rides and it's $100 a tube and you get 20ml's compared to $130 for 15ml's of WGUCC.

I think it looks great but then again I did 3 mechanical decons and 1 chemical decon, followed by Optimum Hyper Polish so I did my prep before hand and of coarse, this pays dividends at the time of coating.

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Klasse Act said:
I bought mine during the Christmas sale, so 20% off takes the sting out a bit. I've used Gloss Coat on 3 of my buddy's rides and it's $100 a tube and you get 20ml's compared to $130 for 15ml's of WGUCC.

I think it looks great but then again I did 3 mechanical decons and 1 chemical decon, followed by Optimum Hyper Polish so I did my prep before hand and of coarse, this pays dividends at the time of coating.

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How do the two compare, I was going to go with the Wolfgang but ended up with gloss coat I like both product lines but went for the least expensive.
 
I'm curious how Uber compares to Gloss coat also

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tpr1634 said:
How do the two compare, I was going to go with the Wolfgang but ended up with gloss coat I like both product lines but went for the least expensive.
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Well one thing I can say right off is that Gloss Coat has a longer working time and is less expensive compared to WGUCC. One of the cars I did using gloss coat last year, a black cherry Scion xB, looked to be holding up great, didn t even notice swirls in the paint. This vehicle is the shop vehicle for the owner of the graphics shop I frequent and isn't washed as often as it should. I need to go there and do a chemical decon and WW on it and see how it goes and report back here.

Seems like we have some people not quite as impressed with WGUCC but based off of initial impressions I'm sure how someone couldn't like the looks based off my results but they are just that, MY results and results may vary

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There may be some professional and personal biases against the newcomer. Maybe there is some prejudice because Blackfire coating ended up causing so many issues with application and with open bottle results. Other companies have been in the game, and when you use an expensive product that lasts for 2 maybe 3 cars, you have to be selective I guess. Others I've used are 2/3 the price and spread as far. But like I said earlier, WGUCC is a great easy product. Just not sure why it's so expensive.

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So it was a little cool this morning and I saw what appeared to be high spots come from out of nowhere. I say this because they weren't there yesterday when I left when the sun was high in the sky. Before I left out for my route most of them went away, I'll check it out when I leave today....thoughts?

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The high spots are there but weren't there yesterday, hmmm......thoughts?

I did a quick WW on just the hood but to no avail😋

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Roger, I've experienced this before, and usually it was due to not fully buffing the excess. Predictably, the more and more I did coatings, the more MF towels I would use for buffing and the high spots were less and less common.

I'd suggest waiting a few days to see if they level. If not, you can go over them with a light polish and reapply. I've used CarPro Essence for this. Have some if you want to use... You kind of have to decide what you want to live with.

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kevincwelch said:
Roger, I've experienced this before, and usually it was due to not fully buffing the excess. Predictably, the more and more I did coatings, the more MF towels I would use for buffing and the high spots were less and less common.

I'd suggest waiting a few days to see if they level. If not, you can go over them with a light polish and reapply. I've used CarPro Essence for this. Have some if you want to use... You kind of have to decide what you want to live with.

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Kevin, I actually used a little bit of the Optimum Hyper Polish on an applicator and knocked it right out, hardly any buffing and then re-applied a light coat. It seems they were only on the hood, where I started so I may have used a bit too much AND didn't get it all. I also wonder if that 2nd coat made matters worse? I waited over 2 hrs to apply that 2nd coat too. I think what I really did was didn't buff off after 1 minute initially, I was so excited to finish the last step that I lost my focus a bit.

I'll keep an eye on it but at least I know the fix is easy, too bad there isn't a super light polish that removes the high spots without removing the coating, maybe I should've tried applying the coating on top to level it first?

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My friends are back, maybe the sun and eventual warmth can bake it in 😋

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I polished with m205 and then reapplied to the area.

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I am going to take Kevin's advice and just wait a couple days and see if they go away on their own

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Good advice, I waited several weeks since I was busy before I finally got around to correcting.
 
So did the high spots ever go away in your case?

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No, I had to polish them off and reapply. It wasn't too bad to of a process. They stared at me every time and bugged me. Keep in mind, most folks will never notice, but we will :)
 
C5Longhorn said:
No, I had to polish them off and reapply. It wasn't too bad to of a process. They stared at me every time and bugged me. Keep in mind, most folks will never notice, but we will :)
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Black car especially on the hood there undeniably noticeable. I just wonder how to keep them from coming back?

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Klasse Act said:
So did the high spots ever go away in your case?

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In my case the high spots didn't go away. With Gtechniq, they appeared as cloudy areas based on the angle of viewing. With 22PLE, I had an area that looked darker. With Mohs, the line down my hood was lighter. In no case did they go away. But, some of the hazing left behind by EXOv2 did go away. I suggest waiting a few days or past the cure period to see what is revealed after final leveling and curing. For Wolfgang, a light polish would be all that would be needed to get rid of those high spots. In my cases, the Gtechniq areas and the 22PLE area were so small (and on the center of the roof ... just out of arm's reach) that I let them be. For the Mohs, it was obvious, and I redid the hood with CarPro Essence and recoated.

I think the key is working in small sections with multiple lights viewed from multiple angles. Light application is also key...learned that the hard way! Also, don't spare your MF towels any work; go through a lot of them. What I didn't realize and learned the first time around was then when doing the initial wipe with the first microfiber, you can really spread small portions of the coating beyond where you applied it. I learned to do the initial buffing with one microfiber and then a much broader buff with another microfiber such that my final buff was often 2x the size of my initial application -- widespread buffing and viewing to make sure there are no islands of spread coating that are left as high spots.
 
GREAT advice Kevin!

I was wondering if, in a couple days, if those spots don't level out, I could just rub something Blacklight on top of it and NOT reapply? I ask because I assume the high spots are excessive product and using something like BL would leave little protection behind but still have the original coat underneath it, thus not needing to reapply and possibly having the high spots come back due to extra coating being added, even if it's buffed out.

Thoughts? I appreciate all the input here👍

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I'm not so sure that would work. I think the high spots are disorganized silica... Not like layered even coats. Additionally, we're talking about something <0.5 micron thick. I'm sure rubbing it would go down to the clear coat and you'd need to reapply.

Just my thought.

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I am just going to live with it over the next couple days because the temperature is supposed to go up so we will see what happens. It's just kind of funny that the cool temperatures in the morning seem to be triggering this

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