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Oh. I missed that. Thanks for letting me know.

Hey Guz, Hate to nag, but got any updates? Would love to hear how things are going when you have time.

Any word on how the DP GR4 Graphene Coating is holding up at the 1-year mark?

Someone asked me on Day 1 about the "vegan leather" seat material in Teslas. This material is from a company called Ultrafabrics. I think the seat material is their "Ultraleather" product. Anyway, cleaning instructions are here and recommended cleaners are here. HTH, Jonathan

Mike, Thanks for an awesome class! It was everything I was hoping it would be. As a DIY-er, I got to try tools and techniques that were new to me plus refine things I already knew. At one point, you polled the class to ask why we'd signed up for *your* class. I thought about that, and my...

Mike, I'm interested in this class, but COVID is a complicating factor. What is your class size? And masks are a good idea for polishing anyway, but are you asking students to wear them? thanks

That's a doozie. Aside from its size, it's right on the edge of the windshield; that's going to make it tough for sure. I also see a 2nd spot on the curve at the top of the A pillar. Here's my process. It doesn't take much work time; more time is spent waiting for things to cure. This is...

The guy who did it is a fan of the BRZ/FR-S twins, so he offered a discount on one of the owners' forums. I think it was a pretty good deal. I mentioned some of the prep in another post, though I didn't address doing any paint correction. That's the biggest pain, because once your coating is...

If will be coating, follow the coating's instructions. For OC 2.0, you would need to remove any residual LSP (using a DA, if necessary), wash thoroughly with Dawn or APC (likely 2x), and then an IPA wipedown. You could clay first, if need be, especially if you'll be using a DA to remove the...

You can get a very nice gloss with OC Pro; should look good on a car with metallic flecked paint. Here's my car immediately after OC Pro application: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0p8fiesoqw0fkc7/IMG_1450_copy.jpg (I couldn't embed the image for some reason.)

Correct, sorry that wasn't clear. I've got 2 cars that are Opti-Coated, one with the consumer product, the other with the professional product. Prior to my foray into OC, my go-to sealant was Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant (DGPS), which I'm still a fan of. And you most certainly get...

Whether to seal or coat is purely personal preference. Speaking from my own experience, you have to reset your expectations a bit when switching from sealants to coatings. The coatings' primary purpose is paint longevity, not appearance. So you don't get quite the gloss or the feel of a...

I'll second this. I have 2 vehicles I applied OC to late last summer/early fall (northern hemisphere), and OC is holding up fine. Both vehicles were polished with OP II before applying OC. One vehicle I had initially gone over with M205 (one of my favorite mild-to-medium defect correctors)...

I never reported back, but I did re-apply OC to some areas. It seemed to apply just fine, and didn't cause any problems when I overlapped with the areas with OC on them. I'm still not a true OC believer, however. It's about to start warming up here in the mid-Atlantic region, and I'll assess...

It is my own car. I will likely try to do a spot repair this weekend; at this point, I have nothing to lose because if the repair fails, I'm re-doing the whole panel anyway. I will report back...

I hadn't appreciated the impact of high humidity, but it's clear that was one of my problems during my first OC application. It was quite warm and humid when I applied it, and it seemed to me to get hazy almost immediately. There was a *very* small window of time to catch and correct those...

Chris, Thanks for describing a technique to improve this situation. I attempted my repair roughly 3 days after initial application. I used a CCS blue pad with Polish II very gently at low speed (~1500 OPMs on the 7424) with some success. I'd say about 40% of where I polished worked as you...

I just attempted my first OC install over the Labor Day weekend, and I botched a few panels. Despite having researched the tricks to applying OC, and *thinking* I was being careful, I still managed to leave some high spots. I understand that high spots have to be polished. Questions: 1) I'm...

Hi Chris, Would you happen to know if a PPF like 3M VentureShield requires any special prep before applying OC 2.0? I don't want to harm the film in preparation for OC. Thanks!

So I'm about to embark on my first Opti-Coat 2.0 application. The patient is covered by 3M VentureShield in the front, and the rest of the car has Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant. Questions I have after reading through this thread: 1) I think OC will adhere to the 3M film, and the film's...