The Essence recommendation was just what I needed. A few weeks ago I did a DIY Gyeon q2 Mohs ceramic coating on my brand new (not even a month old) black Tesla Y P. Over the next few days, I noticed that there were high spots all over.....needless to say, I was pretty depressed about it and regretted the DIY job. At the two-week mark, I hand-washed the vehicle to see how bad it looked. I could see everything. I watched a bunch of videos (high spots are not an uncommon problem I found)....and your solution fixed every area that looked bad. I went ahead and did the entire car (by hand!) so it was even. Thank you for the relatively easy fix. Life saver.
Wow, priceless video Phil! I know I'm 2 years late, but what a game changer of a video! I must say I really appreciate your attention to detail. Almost OCD-ish (that's a compliment by the way). I could watch you fix, repair and update coatings all day long. I would gladly pay you to do my cars if I were local to you. Thank you! 🍻
Super informative and helpful Phil! I restarted my business from the 80's(in Miami) for a side gig and so much has changed in technology so these vids help! I am in the car capital of the world, Los Angeles, so I should be able to apply all these tips!
Good Evening Phil + Jess from Australia ;) The Honda is still looking good and those wheels came up a treat, nice of you to re-coat his windscreen for him for free after he had it replaced and what high spot :)
Good morning sir I wanna appreciate you for the new information you’re teaching us and what do use for the products it’s amazing job sir I want to appreciate the way you explaining and teaching what to do if we have the same problem thank you again sir you are the master
You do wonderful work! So easy to work with. Enjoy watching the process that goes into my vehicle and others. Can’t recommend you enough. More work coming your way! Thanks again
Cool! I just watched the vid when this vehicle got the coating. I see they still have same wheels, in last vid they were maybe gonna get different wheels.
I have 1 high spot on a new black car that I cermaic coated 8 days ago with Gyeon MOHS. So did you say the Essence+ would be enough to polish the high spot out with? If so, would a hand polish be ok as it's just on the corner of the hood.
@@MirandaDetailing Well, I tried the CarPro Essence+ on that car that I ceramic coated 11 days previous, which had a a high spot.... completely removed it. Amazing product !! Thanks for this great tip.
Thanks so much for this. I just applied the same coating and was super thorough and behold the high spot… can I still do this after using carpro reload?
Phil, Thanks for Your help on a few areas that were tricky on My best buds car. It was challenging! 30+ hours,and of course,there's a high spot,lol. It looks awesome otherwise. Ths is a very helpful video like most vides on Your fine channel. Looking forward to trying Essence +. Thanks for the suggestion. Have a good week.
Thanks for you video about high spots. I just coated my black Tesla with MOHS and it’s been in the garage for 2 days because it has been raining. I just took it out and saw a lot of high spots on the hood. I just ordered essence plus I am hoping that removes the high spots. Seeing high spots hurt my feelings lol
Damn high spot came off like nothing! My first car I did was covered in them. Good thing it was my own car lol never had one since luckily knock on wood ! 🙌 You like essence better vs essence plus for high spots?
Cool! How long had the high spots been on there? So Essence and Essence plus are slightly different products so each has their place. Essence has some abrasives in it and can actually act as a medium/fine cut polish and it does have some sio2 in it also. So it can be used as a primer for coatings. But you have to wait 24h before you coat the vehicle. Essence plus has no abrasives in it so it’s used to remove high spots without removing the coating.
I loved the seat, where did you find it? I currently use Griot's fine glass polish do you know how it compares to CarPro? Great info on the procedure for removing a high spot.
Thanks! We have two seats now. This one amzn.to/2VsQYSM And this one amzn.to/3jdSgJg I haven’t used the Griots glass polish yet. But the CarPro Ceriglass is awesome!
For application of the G5 Glass Sealant, can it be done with a DA? Or easier to do by hand for the ease and speed rather than machine? Notice on the wipe-off was after 30-minutes and seemed easy enough but did smear. Does using a moist MF towel with glass cleaner help?
Hi. I’m sure you could apply it with a da polisher. That actually may spread it thinner. But yes I have used a slightly damp towel for wipe off. Or a mist of C2v3 is even better.
Phil, I'm an enthusiast with a coated daily driver. I get typical marring like on the top of the Honda in your vid. would essance plus be the solution to get those marks out?
Hi. Yeah they are usually a paint to remove becasue it causes some smearing. I just keep using multiple towels and eventually it clears up. The application is easy, the wipe off not so much.
@@MirandaDetailing definitely so, I messed up and applies two layers (me thinking this was a good idea for how much product I had left), live and learn as they all say haha. Thanks for the reply, awesome job on videos.
You wouldn’t need to wet sand . Compound will take any coating off , but also when you do fix high spots your suppose to redo that whole panel that has the high spot
Hi. Well using Carpro Essence or Essence Plus does not remove the coating altogether. In fact it levels it, and adds a little to it. So no need to re coat the entire panel again. That's the great part about using those products. But again it depends on the type of coating. some are to hard to remove in this way and do require wet sanding, like Gtechniq CSL and CSU.
@@MirandaDetailing Is CSL that much harder the c.quartz? I polished off 2 layers of c.quartz with my griots G15, rupes yellow and 3D1. It was about 3 or 4 days old but applied outside.
Hello Phil and Jess. First i am no pro detailer, just detail my own car. Beading on a car is all very pretty, but you still have water left on the car which can dry out and leave marks in hard water areas. Is it not better to have a product which sheets the water off and leave a dryer panel. there always seems to be a emphasis on beading and not sheeting are there products that will sheet the water of the car ?
Hi. Great question! So I have found that as long as one dries the vehicle quickly, water spots are never an issues. But water spots from rain are not hard water spots and we have found that they are easily removed. But sheeting is great and everything also. But even with a high beading product one can learn to flood the panel and sheet dry the paint. One doesn’t need a sheeting only product to minimize water spotting. But again to each their own. We don’t have issues with water spots so it’s not a problem for us.
@@MirandaDetailing Thanks for the answer Phil. Where i live in the UK, if i detail my car and it rains, then the car beads because of protection. When the sun shines that beading dries and causes marks on the paint. If the water was sheeting from protection then there would be no marks when the car dries from being exposed to the sun. Hope that makes sense.
You’re welcome. Oh another thing I have found is that sheeting products will still bearing water depending on elbow the water is applied onto the panel. I have experienced that before. The water won’t sheet off perfectly when it rains, it will still bead a little. But true it will sheet more than anything and leave the panels more dry.
I’m not sure about the UK. But Apex Surface Protection just came out with this apexsurfaceprotection.store/products/apex-surface-protection-rehydra-sheet
PHIL!!! Sup man. Nice work on the high spot. But I am curious, why not just use that 6" cordless buffer to remove the high spot versus a hand job? I mean, could be a time saver, seeing as how long it took to get rid of it. And man, I seriously thought you were going to spritz up the arm pits at 20:53 before applying it to the windshield. LOL! Good fake there. Yes I know you were wiping the sweat off since it was crazy humid this weekend. By the way, congrats on the 30K mark! I don't know why it's not at 1 mill+. It's boggling with the real world scenario you have being in a driveway, using hose water, under trees, etc. I got to spread the word more about your channel.
Hi! Yeah I wanted to show how to remove by hand. I think the polisher would have been fine also, but I always use least aggressive me to do first. I probably could have even used the 1 in polisher and that would be perfect to focus on that spot. Either way would work really. Yeah it’s crazy hot and humid here!!🥵
@@MirandaDetailing Dude, you're telling me! By the way, pro tip, if it's crazy muggy and hot outside, put the 40* tip on the pressure washer gun, and spray it up in the air. The cool mist falling down is AMAZING! Just don't do it around your wife after she got her hair did. Trust me. I think I lost 20% movement on my right arm.
Hey man. Yeah if it was Gtechniq CSL or CSU I would have had to wet sand it off with 3000 grit and compound and polish it. Then recoat the panel again.
Thanks for the shout-out Phil. Nice clear explanation of cleaning the glass. Really important to flush all the Ceriglass out of the glass. Wet towel works good. Then a good clean with glass cleaner or I use a 50/50 mix of 99% ipa and distilled water. Taping the edge of the glass and covering the rubber moulding before polishing glass is recommended. How do you find using a DA with 5” pad compared to a rotary with a 3” pad? Instagram: platinumautoglass 😀
Hi Chris. Thanks! Yeah I stay away from the edges and just use an applicator for the that. I find taping tedious and unnecessary if I’m using this method. I never really use the rotary. But I was thinking about trying it out.
What the heck! What's the deal with the car manufacturer putting so many body lines on the cars!!?? I just did paint enhancement on a Rav 4, and I don't think the 5 inch pad laid flat once! Geee wizzz. (OK I'm done whinning now). Hi wife.
Hi. That’s a challenge and it really depends on the area where you live. We had to start small and basically drive around to business and beg people to wash their cars for $25-$35. It took a long time to build up to where we are now.
The Essence recommendation was just what I needed. A few weeks ago I did a DIY Gyeon q2 Mohs ceramic coating on my brand new (not even a month old) black Tesla Y P. Over the next few days, I noticed that there were high spots all over.....needless to say, I was pretty depressed about it and regretted the DIY job. At the two-week mark, I hand-washed the vehicle to see how bad it looked. I could see everything. I watched a bunch of videos (high spots are not an uncommon problem I found)....and your solution fixed every area that looked bad. I went ahead and did the entire car (by hand!) so it was even. Thank you for the relatively easy fix. Life saver.
That’s good to hear man. Yeah coatings can be tricky if you don’t know what to look for when applying and leveling. Glad you got it straightened out!
About to apply a ceramic coating on a Chevy High Country ! This makes me a bit more confident it can be leveled long after the fact !
Your customer service is clearly equal to your superb work.
Wow, priceless video Phil! I know I'm 2 years late, but what a game changer of a video! I must say I really appreciate your attention to detail. Almost OCD-ish (that's a compliment by the way). I could watch you fix, repair and update coatings all day long. I would gladly pay you to do my cars if I were local to you. Thank you! 🍻
Thanks so much! Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for continuing to provide real world content. This is building my confidence about coating our jeep when it cools off in Tennessee.
Super informative and helpful Phil! I restarted my business from the 80's(in Miami) for a side gig and so much has changed in technology so these vids help! I am in the car capital of the world, Los Angeles, so I should be able to apply all these tips!
Good Evening Phil + Jess from Australia ;) The Honda is still looking good and those wheels came up a treat, nice of you to re-coat his windscreen for him for free after he had it replaced and what high spot :)
Good morning, Phil ☕
Great glass cleaning/protection tips! The protection on the car still looks good!
Phil kudos to you for highlighting that high spot. Thanks for the advice with such an easy fix. Really liking the content as well.
Nice demo on how to take care of a high spot as well as the windshield coating! 👍
Good morning sir I wanna appreciate you for the new information you’re teaching us and what do use for the products it’s amazing job sir I want to appreciate the way you explaining and teaching what to do if we have the same problem thank you again sir you are the master
You do wonderful work! So easy to work with. Enjoy watching the process that goes into my vehicle and others. Can’t recommend you enough. More work coming your way! Thanks again
Thanks 👍
What can I use to remove CQuartz that was improperly installed on my windshield and get it back to square zero.
Thanks phil for sharing your experience. Ive always been freaked out about high spots. You just raised my confidence on applying ceramic.
Awesome! You’re welcome!
Thanks for this content. This was 100% on point for my issue. Really appreciate this!!
You’re welcome! 😎👍🏼
Cool! I just watched the vid when this vehicle got the coating. I see they still have same wheels, in last vid they were maybe gonna get different wheels.
Great work as always!
Love this channel
I have 1 high spot on a new black car that I cermaic coated 8 days ago with Gyeon MOHS.
So did you say the Essence+ would be enough to polish the high spot out with? If so, would a hand polish be ok as it's just on the corner of the hood.
Hi. Oh yeah just use essence plus with a foam applicator and gently hand polish that high spot and you will be fine.
@@MirandaDetailing Fantastic. Thanks for the quick reply. Subscribed!
@@MirandaDetailing Well, I tried the CarPro Essence+ on that car that I ceramic coated 11 days previous, which had a a high spot.... completely removed it. Amazing product !! Thanks for this great tip.
Awesome!!!
Thanks Phil for another amazing video, couldn't see the high spot though but the tip was all I needed, really enjoyed this video🔥👏👏👍
Great video, very informative.
Keep it up 👍
Thanks so much for this. I just applied the same coating and was super thorough and behold the high spot… can I still do this after using carpro reload?
Aw man! Yeah it happens. Yes you can still remove the high even if you applied reload.
Phil,
Thanks for Your help on a few areas that were tricky on My best buds car. It was challenging! 30+ hours,and of course,there's a high spot,lol. It looks awesome otherwise. Ths is a very helpful video like most vides on Your fine channel. Looking forward to trying Essence +. Thanks for the suggestion. Have a good week.
You’re welcome! Let me know how it goes. 😎👍🏼
Good video. I like the alternative to addressing the high spots. How long did it actually take you to remove the high spot?
Thanks!! It only took a few minutes polishing by hand. Not bad at all.
Dang that finish its so slick the soap is beading up!
Essence has light abrasives, Essence Plus is abrasive free. Both excellent products.
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Thanks for you video about high spots. I just coated my black Tesla with MOHS and it’s been in the garage for 2 days because it has been raining. I just took it out and saw a lot of high spots on the hood. I just ordered essence plus I am hoping that removes the high spots. Seeing high spots hurt my feelings lol
You’re welcome! Hope it works out man! Let me know.
@@MirandaDetailing can you tell me what hand applicator you are using?
Still rocking the SPTA! Love it!!!
Oh yeah!!
Great great video. Thank you.
Really helpful video Phil, thank you 👍😁
Damn high spot came off like nothing! My first car I did was covered in them. Good thing it was my own car lol never had one since luckily knock on wood ! 🙌
You like essence better vs essence plus for high spots?
Cool! How long had the high spots been on there? So Essence and Essence plus are slightly different products so each has their place. Essence has some abrasives in it and can actually act as a medium/fine cut polish and it does have some sio2 in it also. So it can be used as a primer for coatings. But you have to wait 24h before you coat the vehicle. Essence plus has no abrasives in it so it’s used to remove high spots without removing the coating.
I loved the seat, where did you find it? I currently use Griot's fine glass polish do you know how it compares to CarPro? Great info on the procedure for removing a high spot.
Thanks!
We have two seats now. This one amzn.to/2VsQYSM
And this one amzn.to/3jdSgJg
I haven’t used the Griots glass polish yet. But the CarPro Ceriglass is awesome!
What is the music when you are washing the car? Sounds amazing.
Hi. Thanks. I get my Music from Artlist.io
For application of the G5 Glass Sealant, can it be done with a DA? Or easier to do by hand for the ease and speed rather than machine? Notice on the wipe-off was after 30-minutes and seemed easy enough but did smear. Does using a moist MF towel with glass cleaner help?
Hi. I’m sure you could apply it with a da polisher. That actually may spread it thinner. But yes I have used a slightly damp towel for wipe off. Or a mist of C2v3 is even better.
Phil, I'm an enthusiast with a coated daily driver. I get typical marring like on the top of the Honda in your vid. would essance plus be the solution to get those marks out?
Hi. Yes Essence Plus should be a great fix for that. It should fix any light marring and add a little si02 back to the coating.
High spots! lol worth it though i really enjoy coatings. They are a step above waxes/sealant IMO. Maybe a few steps.
I did not see the pre-rinse over the high spot but does it alter the water characteristic?
Hi. No the high spot doesn’t look any different with water behavior.
How do you find your luck with window specific ceramic coatings? I find them to be very finicky and so much more complicated than paint coatings.
Hi. Yeah they are usually a paint to remove becasue it causes some smearing. I just keep using multiple towels and eventually it clears up. The application is easy, the wipe off not so much.
@@MirandaDetailing definitely so, I messed up and applies two layers (me thinking this was a good idea for how much product I had left), live and learn as they all say haha. Thanks for the reply, awesome job on videos.
You wouldn’t need to wet sand . Compound will take any coating off , but also when you do fix high spots your suppose to redo that whole panel that has the high spot
Hi. Well using Carpro Essence or Essence Plus does not remove the coating altogether. In fact it levels it, and adds a little to it. So no need to re coat the entire panel again. That's the great part about using those products. But again it depends on the type of coating. some are to hard to remove in this way and do require wet sanding, like Gtechniq CSL and CSU.
@@MirandaDetailing Is CSL that much harder the c.quartz? I polished off 2 layers of c.quartz with my griots G15, rupes yellow and 3D1. It was about 3 or 4 days old but applied outside.
Yeah CSL after curing fully would need 3000 grit wet sanding to remove.
Hi Phil, what’s the dilution ratio you used for Carpro Reset in the foam cannon?
Hi. about 1:8 I guess. I put about 2 oz in 14 oz of water
Thanks Phil.
What light did you use in this video to visualize the high spot?
Hi. It’s this light amzn.to/3fp2Ufo
How do you like the spray & seal versus the 303 touchless sealant Phil?
Hi. They both act the same. Same application and results. Both are great
Hello Phil and Jess. First i am no pro detailer, just detail my own car. Beading on a car is all very pretty, but you still have water left on the car which can dry out and leave marks in hard water areas. Is it not better to have a product which sheets the water off and leave a dryer panel. there always seems to be a emphasis on beading and not sheeting are there products that will sheet the water of the car ?
Hi. Great question! So I have found that as long as one dries the vehicle quickly, water spots are never an issues. But water spots from rain are not hard water spots and we have found that they are easily removed. But sheeting is great and everything also. But even with a high beading product one can learn to flood the panel and sheet dry the paint. One doesn’t need a sheeting only product to minimize water spotting. But again to each their own. We don’t have issues with water spots so it’s not a problem for us.
@@MirandaDetailing Thanks for the answer Phil. Where i live in the UK, if i detail my car and it rains, then the car beads because of protection. When the sun shines that beading dries and causes marks on the paint. If the water was sheeting from protection then there would be no marks when the car dries from being exposed to the sun. Hope that makes sense.
You’re welcome. Oh another thing I have found is that sheeting products will still bearing water depending on elbow the water is applied onto the panel. I have experienced that before. The water won’t sheet off perfectly when it rains, it will still bead a little. But true it will sheet more than anything and leave the panels more dry.
@@MirandaDetailing Thanks again Phil. Do you by any chance know of any good sheeting products that maybe available in the UK ?
I’m not sure about the UK. But Apex Surface Protection just came out with this
apexsurfaceprotection.store/products/apex-surface-protection-rehydra-sheet
I like the chair....what kind is it?
Sorry Phil...you explain in the end. I should have waited till then. Cool chair
No problem! 😎👍🏼
i hope i can remove CSL as well
Yeah you can knock down CSL high spots in this manner.
Thank you early this morning I did a small section with a wool pad and 3d one follow it up with the same product using rupes yellow pad
Hey I said use car pro essence before this video came out 😎
Exactly!! You got it man!!
Good Morning Phil. The Honda looks great. How do you feel about using Title Wax “Wax N Dry” on a car after washing it with the “Hybrid Solution”?
Hi! That would totally fine. The Hybrid Solutions shampoo is great for maintenance and you can top it with the Wax n Dry also.
@@MirandaDetailing ❤️👍🏾👌🏾
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Hey Phil! Didn’t get a video from you today. Hope That everything’s good?
@keepingupmydetailgame
Hi! I try to drop on Monday’s but sometimes Wednesday, Friday’s and Saturdays.
@@MirandaDetailing 👍🏾
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10th
Love this vehicle color!
Bow to Jess!😄👍
What if its just 3 days
Same thing, just gently use Essence Plus to remove it.
PHIL!!! Sup man. Nice work on the high spot. But I am curious, why not just use that 6" cordless buffer to remove the high spot versus a hand job? I mean, could be a time saver, seeing as how long it took to get rid of it.
And man, I seriously thought you were going to spritz up the arm pits at 20:53 before applying it to the windshield. LOL! Good fake there. Yes I know you were wiping the sweat off since it was crazy humid this weekend.
By the way, congrats on the 30K mark! I don't know why it's not at 1 mill+. It's boggling with the real world scenario you have being in a driveway, using hose water, under trees, etc. I got to spread the word more about your channel.
Hi! Yeah I wanted to show how to remove by hand. I think the polisher would have been fine also, but I always use least aggressive me to do first. I probably could have even used the 1 in polisher and that would be perfect to focus on that spot. Either way would work really.
Yeah it’s crazy hot and humid here!!🥵
@@MirandaDetailing Dude, you're telling me! By the way, pro tip, if it's crazy muggy and hot outside, put the 40* tip on the pressure washer gun, and spray it up in the air. The cool mist falling down is AMAZING! Just don't do it around your wife after she got her hair did. Trust me. I think I lost 20% movement on my right arm.
🤣. Great tip!
Awesome video and tutorial/update good friend. Looks awesome. U wouldn't b able 2 hand polish a more professional grade coatings?b well good friend
Hey man. Yeah if it was Gtechniq CSL or CSU I would have had to wet sand it off with 3000 grit and compound and polish it. Then recoat the panel again.
Thanks for the shout-out Phil.
Nice clear explanation of cleaning the glass.
Really important to flush all the Ceriglass out of the glass. Wet towel works good. Then a good clean with glass cleaner or I use a 50/50 mix of 99% ipa and distilled water. Taping the edge of the glass and covering the rubber moulding before polishing glass is recommended.
How do you find using a DA with 5” pad compared to a rotary with a 3” pad?
Instagram: platinumautoglass
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Hi Chris.
Thanks!
Yeah I stay away from the edges and just use an applicator for the that. I find taping tedious and unnecessary if I’m using this method. I never really use the rotary. But I was thinking about trying it out.
Has anyone mentioned how much you resemble a real life version of Woody from Toy Story!
All the time. Either Woody or Buzz. 🤣😎👍🏼
What the heck! What's the deal with the car manufacturer putting so many body lines on the cars!!?? I just did paint enhancement on a Rav 4, and I don't think the 5 inch pad laid flat once! Geee wizzz. (OK I'm done whinning now). Hi wife.
I know right!! It can be so annoying. 😎👍🏼
Detailers are making more money than mechanics, the upside-down world continues...
We are?
How do you gain more customers when first starting out a actual business ?
Hi. That’s a challenge and it really depends on the area where you live. We had to start small and basically drive around to business and beg people to wash their cars for $25-$35. It took a long time to build up to where we are now.