How Does Opti-Coat II Make Paint Look? - Oooh pretty colors...

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

How Does Opti-Coat II Make Paint Look? - Oooh pretty colors...


Check out the results on this 1977 Can Am Corvette with multicolor metalflake black paint!

The Swirl Girls came by to for the final wipe...

Time to inspect for swirls using the Brinkmann Swirl Finder Light

Opti-Coat II for a high gloss, long lasting shine!

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[Bobby B.]

WOW! That came out looking great.

Before-

After-

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

WOW! That came out looking great.

All work done using the new Optimum Hyper-Compound and Hyper-Polish and then sealed with Opti-Coat II

I have the process pictures of Robert, Adam, Chavron and myself buffing out the cars and will try to get to these later today...

The paint came out very glassy and clear, it really brought the colors of metalflake finish.


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[truckbutt]

Hot! Very Hot! The car looked nice too.:wow:

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Couple more whole car shots...

The new Hyper-Compound and Hyper Polish worked great on the custom paint job. We used the compound with the Flex PE14 and the polish with both Flex 3401s and Griot's Garage and Porter Cable DA Polishers.


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[C. Charles Hahn]

Got any "after" sun shots? I'll bet that metalic REALLY pops outside now

 

[ohmy34]

what pads did you use? I have had good luck with their wool pad and foam pad. The last time i used the compound i used the yellow pad on the 3401, an for the polish I used the white pad. Jonathan

 

[Impressions]

we wraped up about midnight, maybe some moon shots

really cool car, alot of angles and ledges to work but Flex with that
3.5" cyan pad was an awesome combination!

BTW.......I really enjoyed wiping up after the girls too! .......or was that drool

 

[TS656577]

I'm normally not much for really "in your face" flake, but that looks good. Especially since the before pictures were very dull.

 

[Harleyguy]

Got any "after" sun shots? I'll bet that metalic REALLY pops outside now

Charlie the metal flake and paint was so dull on this car pictures don't really show how bad it was . But your right I can only imagine how that Metal Flake would look today in the sun . Hopefully the owner will send to sun shot to Mike to post . We worked out butts off on the car .

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Got any "after" sun shots? I'll bet that metallic REALLY pops outside now

We finished the buffing work on the car about 10:30pm so no sun shots last night. Then we took some after shots of the results. I expect to see Dave and his Corvette again in the future so I'll try to get some then...

The paint on this Corvette was what I would classify as hard. There were a lot of swirls and scratches, even sanding marks left in the paint from probably when the car was originally painted. Dave is the third owner and he says he's never going get rid of it as it's just too much fun.

what pads did you use? I have had good luck with their wool pad and foam pad. The last time i used the compound i used the yellow pad on the 3401, an for the polish I used the white pad. Jonathan

I'm working on the write-up of the process for this thread,


Picture & Comments - 1977 Can Am Corvette - Extreme Makeover - Modeled by Amy and Janna



After I get the before, process and after pictures I'll "open" the thread for discussion. We used Hydro-Tech pads on

Flex PE14 Rotary Buffers
Flex 3401 Forced Rotation Dual Action Polishers
Porter Cable 7424XP and Griot's Garage DA Polishers.

Here's Dave the owner and his friend Rick, another Corvette owner using Griot's Garage DA Polishers...


Rick using the Griot's Garage DA Polishers

Dave using the Griot's Garage DA Polishers

Here's Amy and Janna using the Flex PE14s with Cyan Hydro-Tech cutting pads...

Note the girls are showing proper technique by placing the cords over their shoulders...

 

[CEE DOG]

Beautiful car and great work guys rops:

I will add that OC seems to make black paint look even darker which I bet really helps contrast with the flake on this paint! Im the MAN. Im the MAN

 

[rfinkle2]

Wow. Great work. That paint looks crazy glossy.
-The models don't look too bad either!

 

[alko]

The paint on this thing is ridiculous!!!

 

[Harleyguy]

Beautiful car and great work guys rops:

I will add that OC seems to make black paint look even darker which I bet really helps contrast with the flake on this paint! Im the MAN. Im the MAN

The OC did make the paint look darker but I believe in the sun the metal flake would over power the black .It's almost the same affect when we did the Harley in the garage the Root Beer color paint over powered the metal flake until we rolled it outside then we needed sun glasses

 

[Pats300zx]

Wow. Looking good. It's a shame you didn't get any sun shots. Then again you had the girls with the Brinkmans

 

[RaskyR1]

Car looks great Mike!


I personally love the way Opti-Coat makes the paint look and don't see why people are so set on topping it. It do feel its is a sealant like look, wet and glassy describes it well I think. rops: