Recent content by HwyChile

I bought a new 2014 Toyota a few weeks ago and clayed it and got the same type of scratches. Very short 1"-2" straight scratches at different angles that look like the same type of strokes I was using when I clayed the car. I clayed with DP clay and lube and used a lot of lube but I may not...

The tell-tale sign is that the paint has a squeaky feel to it when you run your clean hand across it, much like squeaky clean glass does with a paper towel (It will actually squeak.). It was easy for me because I only put the Opti Coat 2.0 on a few panels and when I took it off and polished the...

It came right off with just Meg 205 with an LC orange pad and a GG 6" polisher. Of course, it was only on the car for one week. It may take a lot more to get it off once it has time to fully cure, which is about 30 days from my understanding (It may take sand paper at that point.). I would...

OK. It was not clear to me from what you wrote. I am glad you love it, but I don't so I guess we will have to agree to disagree. I got sarcastic after you implied that I was getting paid or had some other bad motives for not liking Opti Coat. When I started this thread and asked the simple...

Yes, the picture sure proves that. Car looks beautiful.

Sorry, but I don't understand what you are trying to say with your post either. Care to explain?

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I was having trouble trying to decipher what he was trying to say and show with the picture. :confused: My best guess was that he thought I was being paid to bad mouth Opti Coat and the picture was how great it worked. :laughing: I wondered who would...

Sorry, but your post and picture do not make any sense. What are you trying to say and what is your picture showing?

No hard feelings. I was just starting to feel like everyone was implying that I was an idiot and it also irked me somewhat with the attitude that everybody should just love Opti Coat. No single product is for everyone. What works for one person may not work for another. I can tell everyone...

Thanks. Yes, I intend to follow up with an eraser or IPA or other paint cleaner. By the way, to be honest, I did not know my car had a single stage paint on it until recently. I don't think Optimum really makes it clear that it does not work as well on single stage paint either. They are...

As far as I am concerned, it does not have any benefits for me. None. That is why I am taking it off. I am just glad that I did not put it on the entire car (just a few panels) and that I hope it is new enough where it may come off a little easier than if if had cured for 30 days. By the...

LOL. I greatly enjoyed your post and I agree about the looks and that Opti Coat sucks as far as I am concerned. I tried to be very clear up front that I had no further interest in Opti Coat, but I guess I was not clear enough or people just did not believe me because the Opti Coat cheerleaders...

Like I said, I understand that most folks love it, but that is true of a lot of things and yet there are some who don't (e.g., ice cream, fishing, football, etc.). I doubt that there is one product that everyone will 100% of the time love. Thanks for the advice. I will try to polish it off...

That was my question. How do I remove it and how do I know it is removed? Somehow this turned into a convince this guy to keep it thread. LOL.

Putting wax on top of it is not the same as having wax directly on the paint. I am not worried about the expense of the Opti-Coat. I gave it away to someone. $70 is no big deal to me if I don't like a product on a $35k car. I don't want to keep a product that I do not like. I am much...