FrankS
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I had applied Opti-Coat 2.0 on my Mom's 2000 Toyota Camry back in July of 2014 on the hood, roof and trunk lid. I was finally able to polish and coat the sides during the Holidays and the exterior is now complete...for now (seems like there's always something you can do 
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Car was washed before the final beauty shots - wanted to try the new Griots Car Wash.
Nice foam and good lubricity
Thick foam - used about 4oz of CG Car Wash and the rest with water in cannon.
Seems like I always get good foam using this PW no matter what soap I use - rated at 1500 psi & 2 gal/min.
I think it's the flow (2 gal/min), more than the pressure, that produces good foam from the cannon.
I had previously removed some old pinstripping and some areas didn't come out too good.
You could see some ghosting of the old pinstripe in some places.
There was one area where I burned through the paint with an eraser wheel trying to completely remove the pinstripe.
New pinstripe was placed to cover up the area of the ghosting and the area that was burned through.
This was the area that burned through, not visible anymore.
It was a little more difficult to place the new pinstripe over the previous pinstripe but I finally managed to get it done.
The front bumper on the passenger side had some damage.
This was my attempt at repairing the damage. I thought it came out pretty good but the paint didn't match.
My mother was okay with it but I wasn't, so I had a local body shop paint the entire front bumper with basecoat/clearcoat for $150.
This is how it came out after wetsanding the repainted bumper with mainly 3000 grit sandpaper to remove some orange peel and paint defects.
Some areas were done with 1500 grit and then 3000 grit. Then compounded with Menz FG400 with Rupes blue pad and polished with Menz 4000 with Rupes white pad using the Rupes mini polisher.
Coated with Opti Gloss-Coat.
Sides weren't that bad since the car was polished about 1.5 years ago.
Sides were polished with Menz 2500 using the Flex 3401 with white hybrid pads and then coated with Opti Gloss-Coat.
New Michelin tires were purchased about a week ago.
After thoroughly cleaning the tires, two coats of DP Tire Coating were placed on the passenger side and two coats of Tuf Shine Tire Coating were placed on the driver's side.
This was a good opportunity to compare the two coatings and I will be updating the longevity of each.
Two coats of DP Tire Coating - Front passenger side.
Two coats of Tuf Shine Tire Coating - Front driver side.
Couple more shots.
These shots were taken after a rain a couple days before the final wash just to show that Opti Coat 2.0 is still going strong after about 5 months.
)Car was washed before the final beauty shots - wanted to try the new Griots Car Wash.
Nice foam and good lubricity
- Foam pre-wash
- Rinsed with pressure washer
- Foamed again
- 2BM (two bucket method) using micro-chenille wash mitt, a different MC wash mitt used for the lower sections
- Different (black) MC wash mitt for the wheels & tires - wheels & tires were previously cleaned just needed a little cleaning
- Rinsed using CR Spotless attached to PW
- Sun dried for about 30 minutes then blew off remaining water with Master Blaster, no drying towel was used - no water spots thanks to the CR Spotless!
Thick foam - used about 4oz of CG Car Wash and the rest with water in cannon.
Seems like I always get good foam using this PW no matter what soap I use - rated at 1500 psi & 2 gal/min.
I think it's the flow (2 gal/min), more than the pressure, that produces good foam from the cannon.
I had previously removed some old pinstripping and some areas didn't come out too good.
You could see some ghosting of the old pinstripe in some places.
There was one area where I burned through the paint with an eraser wheel trying to completely remove the pinstripe.
New pinstripe was placed to cover up the area of the ghosting and the area that was burned through.
This was the area that burned through, not visible anymore.
It was a little more difficult to place the new pinstripe over the previous pinstripe but I finally managed to get it done.
The front bumper on the passenger side had some damage.
This was my attempt at repairing the damage. I thought it came out pretty good but the paint didn't match.
My mother was okay with it but I wasn't, so I had a local body shop paint the entire front bumper with basecoat/clearcoat for $150.
This is how it came out after wetsanding the repainted bumper with mainly 3000 grit sandpaper to remove some orange peel and paint defects.
Some areas were done with 1500 grit and then 3000 grit. Then compounded with Menz FG400 with Rupes blue pad and polished with Menz 4000 with Rupes white pad using the Rupes mini polisher.
Coated with Opti Gloss-Coat.
Sides weren't that bad since the car was polished about 1.5 years ago.
Sides were polished with Menz 2500 using the Flex 3401 with white hybrid pads and then coated with Opti Gloss-Coat.
New Michelin tires were purchased about a week ago.
After thoroughly cleaning the tires, two coats of DP Tire Coating were placed on the passenger side and two coats of Tuf Shine Tire Coating were placed on the driver's side.
This was a good opportunity to compare the two coatings and I will be updating the longevity of each.
Two coats of DP Tire Coating - Front passenger side.
Two coats of Tuf Shine Tire Coating - Front driver side.
Couple more shots.
These shots were taken after a rain a couple days before the final wash just to show that Opti Coat 2.0 is still going strong after about 5 months.
