Opti-coat "Gloss coat" (New Formula)

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I use Opti-Coat regularly for my business, and I had one batch of it turn yellow on me. I attached a photo so you guys could see, has anyone else seen this? I ended up using this batch on my work vehicle because I couldn't imagine throwing it out given the price increase, but given every other "syringe" full of opti-coat has stayed clear I was curious if someone had an answer. I keep these inside where they stay in the shade at about 70 degrees. The yellow batch turned out fine on my vehicle, but I didn't want to risk it on a client's.

Thanks!
 
Heard of it before. Everything I've heard says it still works fine.
 
You better use it fast. Had that problem with a syringe I had, after yellow it turned soft and gooey. At that point the product is not good. My guess as to why it went bad is because I had it for too long, I think I had it for two years or so.
 
Thats odd, I only had mine a matter of days before it turned yellow. I have 6 full syringes currently so I hope these guys don't go yellow!
 
Well you have only had it for a few days but remember optimum knew that opti-coat would be a discontinue product and at some point they had to stop making it in order to bring in opti-gloss. My guess is that batch is a couple of months old.
 
The "Opti-gloss" is what turned yellow after a few days , sorry if I didn't specify!
 
Setec Astronomy said:
You've got way too much air in that syringe.
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Unless that's an around half used 20cc AG exclusive syringe of Opti-Gloss, doesn't the amount in it indicate it's a new syringe? Even brand new unopened syringes come with a large bubble in them.
 
TurboScooter said:
Unless that's an around half used 20cc AG exclusive syringe of Opti-Gloss, doesn't the amount in it indicate it's a new syringe? Even brand new unopened syringes come with a large bubble in them.
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The "large" bubble in a new syringe isn't half the syringe as is shown in the picture. That's way too much air and depending on the ambient humidity perhaps enough to kick it off. As Umana said above, the next step is for it to turn to gel.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
The "large" bubble in a new syringe isn't half the syringe as is shown in the picture. That's way too much air and depending on the ambient humidity perhaps enough to kick it off. As Umana said above, the next step is for it to turn to gel.
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Unless he pulled back on the plunger, why would the bubble be any larger than it is straight from the factory? Given the angle that the syringes appear to be held at, that bubble doesn't look like half the syringe to me.
 
TurboScooter said:
Unless he pulled back on the plunger, why would the bubble be any larger than it is straight from the factory?
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I think you answered your own question. I can't control what people do, I'm just telling you there's way too much air in that syringe and that's asking for trouble. Do you want to ask me how I know? Get back to me when you've used a few more syringes.
 
Yeah I didn't pull back on the plunger lol I honestly think it was just the angle of the photo
 
Whatever you did or didn't do there is a huge air bubble in there and that's something you don't want. Now maybe it's just dry desert air instead of armpit air like here in NJ, but why don't you send that picture to OPT and ask them since I apparently failed the photo interpretation test. Let us know what they say.
 
LOL unfortunately this photo was taken in New Jersey before I moved to Arizona
 
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