Ok, let me state that I am not in the same league as the experts on here like Seer. Before I bought this car I bought all my car cleaning and care supplies at Kmart. Since I bought this car I stepped up on the care and have tried a number of higher end products like (Zaino, Fusion, Pinnacle Souveran, BFWD etc. The following is my thoughts on Opti-Coat 2.0 (OC).
I love having my car look great but I love racing it more. Part of racing is always trying to win which results in hours working on stuff. As a result I was looking for a product that would look great and last longer than the stuff I had tried. OC claims that it will last forever but if it last a couple of years I will be happy.
From my reading on this product the key is making sure you have a clean surface for the OC to bond to. Also, since this is a "permanent" coating you better have the finish the way you want before you apply it. I foamed, washed, Ironx and Tarx, clayed, polished, jeweled, foamed and the did a wipe down with eraser before applying the OC. As you may imagine this took a lot of time.
Applying OC is about as easy as you could get. You simply wipe it on and as long as you don't do too much it bonds to the paint, no buffing off required. The first few panels I did I used too much and needed to wipe the excess off. This is very easily done with a MF towel. It is very cool to watch the OC bond, it flashes off in seconds.
I did this in my garage with pretty good lighting and thought I was careful but as luck would have it I missed some spots where I applied too much OC. Those spots look like you have some quick detailer on the car that should wipe off with a light swipe, they don't. To fix these screw-ups you need a mild polish. I removed my screw-ups by hand using PO85RD, a very mild polish. It is was very easy to fix these screw-ups which is great because I was pissed I left them.
So was all this worth it? I don't know yet. The car looks great and water flows off the car like no other product I have used. If this lasts I will be very impressed. If the weather holds I will be at the track on Saturday and will get the car very dirty. I will see how the clean-up goes after the track and will monitor how long this product lasts. I will update this thread once in a while to let everyone know what I think but for now I am very happy.
If you were considering this product but were worried about applying it I would say don't worry. It is very easy to use and even if you screw it up it can be fixed in minutes.
Thanks for reading and thanks to the real detailing experts on here like Seer for all their helpful posts.
I love having my car look great but I love racing it more. Part of racing is always trying to win which results in hours working on stuff. As a result I was looking for a product that would look great and last longer than the stuff I had tried. OC claims that it will last forever but if it last a couple of years I will be happy.
From my reading on this product the key is making sure you have a clean surface for the OC to bond to. Also, since this is a "permanent" coating you better have the finish the way you want before you apply it. I foamed, washed, Ironx and Tarx, clayed, polished, jeweled, foamed and the did a wipe down with eraser before applying the OC. As you may imagine this took a lot of time.
Applying OC is about as easy as you could get. You simply wipe it on and as long as you don't do too much it bonds to the paint, no buffing off required. The first few panels I did I used too much and needed to wipe the excess off. This is very easily done with a MF towel. It is very cool to watch the OC bond, it flashes off in seconds.
I did this in my garage with pretty good lighting and thought I was careful but as luck would have it I missed some spots where I applied too much OC. Those spots look like you have some quick detailer on the car that should wipe off with a light swipe, they don't. To fix these screw-ups you need a mild polish. I removed my screw-ups by hand using PO85RD, a very mild polish. It is was very easy to fix these screw-ups which is great because I was pissed I left them.
So was all this worth it? I don't know yet. The car looks great and water flows off the car like no other product I have used. If this lasts I will be very impressed. If the weather holds I will be at the track on Saturday and will get the car very dirty. I will see how the clean-up goes after the track and will monitor how long this product lasts. I will update this thread once in a while to let everyone know what I think but for now I am very happy.
If you were considering this product but were worried about applying it I would say don't worry. It is very easy to use and even if you screw it up it can be fixed in minutes.
Thanks for reading and thanks to the real detailing experts on here like Seer for all their helpful posts.
