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I am using optimum instant detailer as a drying aid nice gloss every third wash I use the ceramic wax . Then I squeeze in some hyper seal some were in there for the protection.

Sounds good I was mixing optimum car soap with power clean to get the power clean to cling to the wheel especially in the barrel. Don't see it at carzilla yet

Simply amazing Love it

The only product that optimum makes that i dont like is this sponge . I just like microfibers I can see the dirt I am picking up when dirty I just use another clean one to me it's just foolproof and the microfiber gets into small areas. One good thing about the sponge is it holds a lot of liquid if you just want to soak the paint with onr . To get that heave dirt and salt off I can get alot off with my pressurized pro 12 ik filled with onr. If I was doing mobile detailing i would have two of these. One filled with water to rinse another with onr. I have a small 12volt compressor that would easily pump these up to 60psi. If there is no water then I would bring them filled even with warm water. Hmm got me thinking.

I just washed my car yesterday has been to cold and wet the last couple of weeks so the paint was nasty. I used my ik pro 12 sprayer with onr you can pressurize this thing to 60 psi . Sprayed the hole car then rinsed I got maybe half the dirt off. Another layer of onr then washed with microfiber wash mitts. Oid as drying aid the temperature was maybe 1c work great .

Great welcome Another detailer gone to the dark side Ron lol. I went from optimum car soap to onr right away and have loved it. About 5 years now. Get the gloss coat on the car and all the other optimum products just look and perform better. My list Gloss coat great protection and gloss Onr a must Hyperseal protection love it The new ceramic wax goes on even at 4c so does hyperseal I just rotate through these products as a drying aid .

Lol. Can't go wrong. Only a brand new car can come close to my 15 year old paint. I worked as a carpenter doing renovations for 30 years over kill was always done for beams I guess that's were I get it from lol.

Hi tak I think I have used just about everything optimum has as a drying aid . Hyperseal I believe will give you the best protection and ontop of my glosscoat on silver metalic paint i get a more mirror like shine. I also use The new ceramic ultra wax is more of a wet look. Economy wise I think the instant detailed is really the best. Of course I pile all of it on top of each other lol. I like to get a couple of coats of hyperseal on before the winter sets in for the protection. Have fun .

Thanks Ron Ya it was the foamer just didn't mix well a little onr in hot water and used microfiber to spread it around then microfiber to pick it up looks like new. Next time will go back to spray bottle.

Hi. Decided to give my car seats a good wash. They looked great when they were still wet but after they dried there was a lot of white blochy spots looks like dried product . My method Vacume Steam them Used optimum air foamer at 1 to 3. Really I could not get it to foam . Steam and scrubbed then wiped with microfiber. Maybe steam again and wipe?

Sorry Yes i also like onrww makes a great drying aid. I mix a little wax with it in a weed sprayer use this after a onr wash .

I just received my order of optimum products from carzilla in Calgary my onr says its v5.

I remember drying before glosscoating . it was a big job two or three soaked towels. Now it's one waffle weave towel to dry with a drying aid . When doing my contact wash i really soak the car with a microfiber wash mitt in onr splashing it every wear ( keeping my practice of using lots of product lol) the extra onr just rolls of the car theres really nothing left to dry now I can use this saved time to use more products and lots of it . My list of drying aids are wax ,hyperseal, and now I will be using instant detailer and ultra ceramic wax every other wash. Applying glosscoat is alot of work but its wort it washing the car is easier and a glossy shine A onr wash on top of glosscoat is almost scratch proof hope this helps.

Just got my new order of optimum products today including ceramic wax. Last week I did a Decontaminating wash with power clean and mdr then onr wash to get the paint clean to the glosscoat and then hyperseal as a drying aid. My method is a little squirt on the wet panel dry the area then add more with a foam and microfiber pad in the dry area and buff with soft microfiber just to get a good coat on (this also keeps up with me using to much product and over kill lol). It leaves a very mirror Like finish. Then today I did a onr wash and used the same method with the ultra wax ( more over kill protection on top of protection great) i did not get a sprayed for this for some reason I used one from the regular wax worked perfect its a little thicker than the regular stuff and I had to buff it a little could not be from using to much must have been the cold lol. It was about 8c and the sun was on the car. Ok now what does it look like. Compared to the hyperseal mirror like finish it gives a little more of a wet look . My Honda element is silver metalic. I really like the product I am hoping it will last longer than the regular wax .

Buy rinsing off onr you are defeating the hole purpose of this product the idea is to dry the car with onr on the paint to stop from scratching the paint and the protection of the onr . You can use a drying aid like optimum spray wax ,hyperseal, that's what I do . Even with out a drying aid I have not put a scratch in my car in 6 years of using these products. My car is glosscoat I strongly recommend it.

Interesting I usually use wax as a drying aid I think this gloss detailer concentrate would work perfect i am not really worried about water spots. Then every second of third wash use the ultra ceramic spray wax . Should be good over kill on top of my gloss coat lol. Does concentrate me I mix with water our use full strength.

Well I was warned about putting the tire protection on snow tires washed them with diffrent types of tire cleaner and power clean so many times lost count the tires are about three years old . Wow that's a lot of brown . So I will stick with the gel . A lot easier to put on as well. I think I will stick to the gel on my Michelin summer tires.

I think hyperseal is one of the top five products from optimum. I am using it on top of glosscoat . I find to get that really good slickness and more gloss is after a power clean wash then paint prep . As for the sprayer i don't use one at all I just pour some on to a 3 inch round microfiber pad and apply it . After the car is done I do the doorjambs and rims to gef all of the product out of the pad. Just my 2 cents worth lol.

Your problem is that this is a repaint they just use the color code on the inside of the door and paint the bumber. Your paint is faded over time so they don't match . A higher end bodyshop will match the paint. My 08 element has a few repaints done they matched the paint .

Hi Brad b I had the same problem looked like my gloss coat was gone on my roof and hood . Turner out it was contaminated with all the pollen were getting here. I just used power clean ( almost full strength) on the hood and roof. I purchased optimums air foamer work brilliantly nice layer of thick foam just were i wanted it used a microfiber washmitt soaked in onr moved it around a bit then added a little more foam keep this up for five minutes did not let it dry out. Rinsed off car then onr wash . Back to normal .

Sorry to hear Good luck with the adjusters . Have a good time . I got the pollen of my car looks great. I have been in northern Ontario camping the smoke from the wild fires when mixed with rain left some strange looking product on my car . Power clean to the rescue.

Come on guys no way the stuff evaporates so fast ,it's just in another world of product great product buy the way . You have optimum spray wax and onr that work great some one could try it then report on what kind of mess this creatates lol

Ok so optimums products are magic and D G is a wizard lol. The problem that I had with my gloss coat is gone. It rained hard here for a couple of days. I never touched the car its beading water now maybe still not as glossy as is was when the gloss coat was applied. So I guess the gloss coat self cleaned itself . One other possible problem why it got contaminated might be my wash procedure with onr I use a bucket with a screw on lid so I can keep onr in there for a few weeks never had a problem. I use several wash mitts never put a dirty mitt back in my onr bucket. But not the last couple of weeks I was reusing same mitt. Yesterday i noticed pollen in my onr bucket floating around . Could be a problem plus the layer on the car . I have ordered optimums air foamer will use it with some power clean and do some decontaminating and everything should be good . I will do a review on the air foamer. Thanks for the input

Thanks I think I have the same problem . I will do some decontaminating and see what happens.

Thanks Ron I will decontaminate and hyperseal the hole car. I wonder if all the pollen we are getting here in Toronto contaminated the car it was quit something it was every were and a thick layer every day for about 4 or 5 days.