hood refinement and re-coat, plus Gloss-Coat

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i had to do a small chip repair, the first chip that has occurred during my time with the car...such a bummer, but life goes on. anyway, i waited a few days because i kept adding clear to finish filling the chip. i cleaned the whole panel, polished the entire thing with a Buff & Shine green foam pad and Optimum Hyper Polish until it was perfect (though it has been coated with Opti-Coat Pro for a couple years and treated like a Faberge egg, it still had some random light scratches here and there) and then went back with a Buff & Shine black foam pad and Opti-Coat primer polish. i am in such a habit of using isopropyl alcohol solution that i ALMOST went to grab it instead of just trusting the chemistry with primer. but, i controlled myself, wiped it down thoroughly with just a fresh Microfiber Madness Yellow Fellow II, nothing else, and coated the hood with Opti-Coat. i am going to also coat it with Gloss-Coat, just to see what happens. my hope is that it will be like a superdupercharged version of Opti-Coat with Opti-Seal or CQF with Reload.

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after i let the Opti-Coat cure about 24 hours, i applied Gloss-Coat. stupid easy, as expected. i believe i'll be able to see how long it lasts on top by how slick the finish is over time, since OCP when bare is squeaky, not slick.

the finish is perfect. everyone loves perfect flats, haha. any discoloration you might see is a reflection of something in my work area.

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Looking good! I'm planning on Gloss Coating my tundra over the holiday weekend.
 
fly07sti said:
Looking good! I'm planning on Gloss Coating my tundra over the holiday weekend.
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thanks. yeah, you'll have fun. it's ridiculously easy. i have used it twice now. much easier than 2.0...and A LOT easier than Pro, which can get hairy depending on so many things.
 
I can't wait until spring to throw my new Gloss Coat on our vehicles! Hood looks great!
 
All the pictures look amazing. Could you see the increase in gloss after the gloss coat was added?

Does the gloss coat feel slick like EXO or BFWD ? Those were the slickest products I have ever used and I am trying to make a comparison in my mind.
 
JSFM35x said:
All the pictures look amazing. Could you see the increase in gloss after the gloss coat was added?

Does the gloss coat feel slick like EXO or BFWD ? Those were the slickest products I have ever used and I am trying to make a comparison in my mind.
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thank you for the compliment.

to be honest, i do not know for sure if i could see a gloss difference. i do not trust my ability to discern it while knowing what i just did to the hood. however, i can assure you of this - the Gloss-Coat feels wayy slicker than Opti-Coat. that i can be sure of. this is apparent during installation and after as well. Opti-Coat gets really grabby after a couple minutes when it starts to react. GC doesn't. i haven't touched this installation yet after putting the GC on last night, but a couple weeks back i did do GC over the original 1.5 year old OCP installation (not fresh) on my trunk lid and it's crazy slick vs. the original OCP, even when the OCP was new. OCP is squeaky. GC is slippery.

Sicoupe said:
Great job! Looks super wet:)
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281 said:
Dam very nice!
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thanks! i know it's only one panel, but the chip repair necessitated all of this. and to boot i really wanted to see about Gloss-Coat on a fresh coat of OCP.
 
Very cool! I just applied Polish Angel Color Match Cosmic on my GT over Thanksgiving, pretty amazing stuff - haven't been able to post a thread as it's been raining since last Friday urghhh! I'm obsessed with coatings for sure lol
 
Nice job. Let's see pics of the chip repair. ;)
 
281 said:
Very cool! I just applied Polish Angel Color Match Cosmic on my GT over Thanksgiving, pretty amazing stuff - haven't been able to post a thread as it's been raining since last Friday urghhh! I'm obsessed with coatings for sure lol
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I am looking forward to reading that review when you post it.

To the OP - that looks stunning - I love the shine.
 
EVOlved said:
I can't wait until spring to throw my new Gloss Coat on our vehicles! Hood looks great!
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Why wait until spring? NOW is the time when your finish needs the most protection. I never understand the thinking behind that.
 
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