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What Is the Best Applicator For OC2.0?

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:35:31 +0000

I have been reading several threads/reviews and people seem to be using different applicators to apply it. For example:

-Included Applicator wrapped in a blue shop towel
(Absorbs extra product, but minimizes high spots - but what about lint?)

-Included Applicator wrapped in a CarPro Suede Microfiber Cloth
(These are expensive, and I don't know if the 10cm (3.9in) would cover the applicator ; it was said they minimize high spots but don't use extra product)

-MF Applicator
(Come claim it is easier to spread, but how do I know which one to use?)

My main concern is proper application, with as few high spots as possible. I am not conserned with conserving product, I don't care if it takes a whole syringe to cover my car....

What is the best applicator to use?

Using the included applicator with a blue shop towel

Opti-coat 2.0 on new car / repainted whiecles

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:05:43 +0000

Hi everyone!

I´m new to Opti-coat and to this forum, but i have been working with carcare since 1997, more like a hobbie untill a few years ago when i started a small carcare buisniss beside my ordinary jobb as a truckpainter. Enough said

I have 2 questions about Opti-coat 2.0

1. Can i put opti-coat 2.0 on a new delivered car, or do i need to wait to let the paint cure?

2. How long do i need to wait untill i can put opti-coat 2.0 on a resprayed panel?

Cind of same questions but i personaly think i can put opti-coat on a new whicle, and with the repainted panel i just need to wait a few weeks.

Any one can help me out?

kind regards.

Porsche 911 Turbo 997 Full correction detail by KC The Detailien

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:37:03 +0000

how to detail RM 1.3 Million ride

Thank you for your much awaited patience, and anticipated posting. I thank the Above for this opportunity for allowing me to detail this exotic! A Porsche 997 Turbo!! After going much obstacles & hurdles, finally this is the time to share with you.... the encounter....

After this detail I went thru quite a bit of challenge & calamity, a week late had a L4 Slipped disc. (May 2011) My whole world collapsed, having to feel the worst torturer & feeling for not being able to carry my baby again! worst still is this my last detail?????

During the first 2 weeks complete flat resting (& months of recuperation) makes me to think & perhaps to consider again meaning of life!
Look what have I done to my back? anyway who cares what u have detail!

My struggles of

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The Prize Vs the Price

what if I turn vegetable,Although there are a few of of tears but many moments of fears"is that worth to risk ? (at the price of my life)??????"

READ ON.......

starting with the most contaminated place - the wheels certainly

with POWER Clean + agitated with soft bristle hair away caked up brake dust

before Alienized

now

later we repeat till it is clean

close up

well getting it resprayed would be easier than correcting & maintaining it...partially true

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The most expensive cars in the world - RM 100 Mill - the Ferrari 250 GTO sells for £20.2m

and the paint has to be kept original
check it out here but in our used car dealer - Boss no need to worry its a new paint (thats my worry)

ta da

I remembered this saying "the greatness of a man is determine by the price he is willing to pay to achieve his goal" ...I took almost 11 months to overcome and tell myself is worth sharing my Prize & price with you

for the complete write up pls read more at porsche 911 turbo 997

BMW M5 F10 Paint corrected and Opti coat Protected by The Detailiens

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:02:16 +0000

OPTI COAT BMW F10 M5 -

The ultimate Driving BMW..........get OPTI COAT, a permanent car exterior protection * Car Life time

first in Malaysia...probably in the world

Presenting to u ..............

sheer driving machines....sheer driving Monstrous machine

with a 560 horsepower

coming soon.......a complete write up

1st in the world - opticoat by Seech & KC the Detailiens

now EASY EFFORTLESSLY & EFFECTIVELY maintain with

Most oxidized and extreme Head Lamp Restored Opti coat Protected by Detailiens

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:45:27 +0000

My buddy went off overseas for some years & upon return he found his pair of Xenon Head lamp

after polished with PlastX Clear Plastic with rotary, both wool & foam pad at 1500 rpm

close up

an evenly sanded pic

Restoration continues with polishing off
Opt Hyper spray Compound - OPT double side wool Pad then Step down to 3" wool pad @ 1500 RPM rotary

finishing off with OPT Hyper spray polish - OPT double sided foam pad & 3" polishing pad @ 1200 rpm finishing at 600 rpm

IPA Wipe down

Ta da the permanent OPTI COAT

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Opti-Coat 2.0 forms ceramic bonds (Si-C)at very high temperatures and will not be damaged by extreme heat. Therefore, it can be used to protect wheels, brake calipers, engine compartments without any issues.

from here

ta da

it was OPTI COAT protected

tested with fire - xenon lighting

I could have save my time & effort by walking away.....

choose this day

to face or not to face......that thin line make a huge difference....

Full write up

http://thedetailers.blogspot.com/2012/02/doctor-head-lamp-rm-8000-head-lamp.html

Use Distilled Water To Dilute Opti-Clean?

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:00:04 +0000

I bought the concetrated versions of Optimum Opti-Clean and Power Clean. Is it best to use distilled water to dilute these products with? I just wanted to make sure before mixing them up!

Optimum Poli Seal after claying

Mon, 14 May 2012 05:12:42 +0000

Does poli seal have enough cut to remove any micro marring left behind by a medium grade clay bar? I would be using poli seal with a white polishing pad and a FLEX DA. Thanks for your help

Cure time for opti-seal?

Sun, 13 May 2012 20:21:15 +0000

What's the cure time for opti-seal?

ONR's cap measurement

Thu, 10 May 2012 06:59:44 +0000

Does a full cap from the 32 oz bottle equal 1 oz? Sorry still waiting for my ONR to arrive.

New Sprayer for OCW?

Tue, 08 May 2012 03:48:19 +0000

Would I be able to use OCW with a new bottle and sprayer so I can spray a finer mist while applying? The bottle that OCW comes with is ok, but the spray isn't very fine. Thanks for your help.

2011 Sierra- Using Chris' Method for Opti Bond

Mon, 07 May 2012 21:08:57 +0000

This truck belongs to a repeat customer who is in construction contracting. His trucks are usually dirty, especially in and around the doors. His wishes for the truck were an inside and out wash and wax. The budget covered that only. Being a repeat customer, I did more than that for him. I also tried a few new things on this job too.

As it arrived:

Dirty with bugs on the front:

There were a few scratches in the paint as well that needed attention:

The chrome was in dire need of some attention:

The fender skirts with residue in the seams:

A light paint scuff in the back top part of the cab:

The trim needed some attention too:

Dirty and salt stained interior:

1990 Original Owner Z28 Opti Guarded

Mon, 07 May 2012 21:03:08 +0000

This is the car I mentioned in the teaser post the other day. To recap why I was so excited to do this car, it was from the era that my family was active in selling GM cars, namely Pontiac, Buick and GMC. I fondly remember driving Firebirds as demos that I ordered for myself. 1990 is also the year I got married, so that has sentimental value too. It is a one owner car with 64,000 km (40,000 miles) on the odometer and is obviously garage kept and well cared for.

Having said that, it is still 22 year old paint with all the issues that go with it. The owner only wanted the exterior done, but wanted it as nice as possible including the application of Opti Guard. Game on Baby!!

Here are some shots of what it looked like when it arrived. When you looked closely, there were a ton of stone chips all over the paint, and not just on the front end either. There was also a fresh, deep scuff on the passenger door and scratches on the roof from the glass roof removal. These are the issues I was dealing with:

Here is that scrape..what a shame!

The mirror was marked up too!

Love these wheels and tires! Time to improve on them!!

The black cut-outs by the lights needed some attention; they weren't scratched luckily, just faded. The trim on the hood was in some dire need of some UTTG!

First up was the wheels. They were sprayed with Carbrite wheel acid and agitated and then rinsed and sprayed with Zep Citrus for further cleaning and also for acid neutralization. The raised white letter tires (they look so cool!!) were heavily scrubbed with a stiff brush and Zep Purple. I also tried a magic eraser on the worse ones, but it didn't help that much...agitating with the brush did the best job for me.
The wells were cleaned with Zep Citrus.

Next the car was foamed with a strong mix of DG 901 followed by a Dawn wash. There did not seem to be any wax evident on the surface before, and there sure wasn't any after those 2 steps!

The car was then brought inside wet and was clayed using blue Riccardo. This is strong clay, and the paint needed it. I microwaved the piece for about 30 seconds before using it to make it as pliable as possible to reduce the marring it instilled. The clay still marred the paint, but what it was removing was worth the extra effort. Besides, I planned on compounding every square inch of the paint anyway!

There was also some staining in the paint. Something had run down and stained it in several places:

Next up was the paint chip filling. This step took a very long time. I spent a minimum of 1.5 hours going around the car filling in the chips and scratches. I used both a pointy toothpick and a micro brush depending on the size of the repair I was doing. I also attempted to clean up the bottom of the front lip the best I could as it was nasty from scraping up against a curb or two during its life. I wanted the paint to have as long a time to cure and harden as possible so I wanted to do this right away.

The wheels were next to get some attention. These are the original factory wheels which to me, just adds so much value to the car. Everything about it is original, down to the AM/FM, Cassette player. The washing took care of cleaning them up, but the gray inserts in the wheels were dull and needed some polishing. M105 was used with a mf and then buffed using a Mothers wheel cone and my drill. I've owned this cone for probably 4 or 5 years and this is the first time I used it. It did a good job. The rest of the face was done by hand with M105 and a mf. They were buffed off and then prepared with ERASER for the OG step. OG was applied with the block and suede mf method, my favourite. The tires were dressed with Opti Bond, neat. The wells were dressed with foaming tire spray.

To battle the paint, I started with the worse spot on the door. I went all around the car with the PTG. I was very curious what kind of readings I was going to get, which of course, would determine how I could proceed with how aggressive I could be compounding. Unfortunately for me, the door with the scrape was measuring high 80's to low 90's in that area. Not what I wanted to see!! I very gingerly started with my black wool tuff buff pad and M105 using very low speed and low to moderate pressure with my Dynabrade rotary, only working for seconds at a time. I was able to slowly get it better (I was constantly checking the readings!) but the paint was down to mid 80's...time to stop buffing! Wool was used where the paint was the worst. For the rest of the car, I used my Megs DA and a yellow B & S pad and M105. That was followed with a white B & S pad and M205. I followed that step up with a blue B & S pad and 85rd, and did the top surfaces with it. It was not making a huge difference, but still wanted the extra amp on the top surfaces.
Here are a few 50/50 shots. The first one is the door that was done, and the front fender not. (I should not even have to say that, LOL)

Another one on the rear 1/4 panel:

The big issue with this car was filling in the chips and scratches. I busted out my bottle of Langka and employed a new method to use it. I used one of my suede mf towels and the CQ block. Now, the Langka stains the block, so I put it in a baggie. The result was that the block held the mf tight and flat and allowed me to level the chips and fill-in's quite nicely. Many of them I was able to level completely. Some had the paint pulled right out so I had to repeat the paint process. A light touch is so important with this stuff! That big scrape on the side on the door ended up being filled twice. There were a bunch of old touch ups on the car that seemed to be done with a darker shade of red. I removed the paint from those and re-did them. This really cleaned up the appearance of the car for sure!

Opti Coat Coverage

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:12:47 +0000

Hi Chris, Finally got to use the Opti Coat. As was my first time I tried it on my fishing boat first. Its a ranger bass boat. Buffed it all out Using the Optimum polishes. Got it looking good, then came time to do the Opti Coat. No surprises, No problems. I wish I had taken pictures.
I used a total of 12cc of product. My question is, Is there such a thing as using too little of the product? Is the a way to figure the coverage? Like the average motorhome
I am hooked on Optimum products.
Thanks. Bob

GMC Farm Truck Clean Up

Sun, 06 May 2012 02:35:58 +0000

A woman I used to work with that I Opti-Coated her new Durango a few months ago called me up and said her husband wanted me to clean up his truck before he went on a turkey hunting trip (Don't ask me why b/c I didn't). He's a farmer and this truck gets driven thru rice fields and who know what else so needless to say it was pretty bad.

Here's some befores

And yes the interior was just as bad, luckily he did use rubber floor mats

I first took the pressure washer to the wheel wells to knock off all the caked on mud, next I used bleche white on the tires and wheel brightner on the rims to cut thru the bad stuff. I then soaked the wells, tires, and rims with OPC and got to scrubbing, after this they were nice and clean.

Next I hit the lower panels with the PW and knocked all the mud clods off then foamed them with a mixture of Dawn and OPC and washed the sides of it to get down to all the tar I would hafta remove. A can of Tarminator and a lot of elbow grease later she was tar free. I opened up the doors and hit the jams with the pressure washer before pulling it into the garage.

Since it was so big and still pretty dirty i mixed up 4 gallons of ONR solution. I usually don't ONR cars this dirty but it's starting to heat up around here and even in the shade I have trouble with water spotting (bad city water) when doing a bucket wash. I hafta say I was really impressed at how well it cleaned!! I believe this is how I'm doing all cars from now on. It took all I had not to break out the new Flex but he just wanted "nice and shiny" . So I coated it with OCW and UTTG on the trim and moved on to the interior.

I first removed the floor mats and scrubbed them with OPC and set them out to dry. After a good vacuum I proceeded to clean the interior surfaces and door jambs with a MF soaked in ONR. I sprayed the spots on the seats with OPC, scrubbed, and then extracted with my LGM. Lastly I cleaned the interior windows and call it done.

Now the afters

Opti Coat Question

Thu, 03 May 2012 01:16:00 +0000

Maybe this is a question for a painter, but in the near future I plan to get my BMW wheels repainted via powder coat. I would like to OptiCoat them before putting them back on the vehicle. Anyone think this is ok, or do you have to wait a few months? Does that rule apply to powder coat? I would ask the wheel place, but I'm guessing they don't know about OC.

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Plans to tweak Hyper Compound?

Wed, 02 May 2012 21:17:26 +0000

Are there any plans to give the Hyper Compound a little more cut. The OHC is a great product but even with rotary and wool it struggles with some of the harder paints.

Hello from Glenn Dale Md.

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:15:01 +0000

Serious enthusiast that was raised by a pro detailer father...so you know how that goes.
I only detail my vehicles and that of my ex (can't have my son riding in a dirty car).
Looking forward to experimenting with, and hopefully switching to, the Optimum lineup.

On another note, as I am compiling my product list, was wondering about the 6.5" mf pads on a 849- good idea, or no.

Shelf Life of Does Leather Protectant

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:06:17 +0000

Bought a 17 oz bottle of Leather Protectant yesterday at a retail outlet then realized the name had been changed to Protectant Plus some time ago. Should I be concerned that this bottle has probably been on the shelf since before the name changed??

New & Improved Opti-Seal

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:15:00 +0000

Hello everybody,

I just noticed that there is a new version of Opti-Seal. I just wonder what exactly has been improved...

Thanks Mike

Finish polish by hand

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:54:37 +0000

Would I be able to use finish polish by hand? Such as a paint cleaner? Would it cause light swirls? I would be using a very soft foam pad by hand. Thanks