Optimum Finish Polish Review.........

Nice. Glad you liked it. The other Optimum polishes are great as well. They are my go to for plastic polishing as well. They seem to work better than polishes designed for plastics.
 
KillaCam said:
Kind of disappointing when you have all those pictures and no shots in the sun. Any black car is going to look glossy in the shade.
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I take shots of the car in the sun to show before and after in removing defects, or use lights.
It's not easy to get reflection in the shade IMO, well not on camera anyway.
I was blown away at the shot at night at how well the polished worked for me, the black paint never looked this dark, ever.

Thanks for looking:dblthumb2::dblthumb2:
 
swanicyouth said:
Nice. Glad you liked it. The other Optimum polishes are great as well. They are my go to for plastic polishing as well. They seem to work better than polishes designed for plastics.
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Thanks to you swanicyouth I found a polish that I love and can use as needed.
You were so right about the long work time.
You were a big help:dblthumb2:
 
john b said:
nice job,how much product did you use? 3 drops and primeing?
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When using the DA I put four small drops of the product onto the pad, no priming, well a couple of mist of the DP Quick Detailer to start out.
With the rotary I put it on the paint in lines that came out about the same as the drops.

In one picture It showed how well it spread , so even like.
I love the Optimum Finish Polish:dblthumb2:
 
Great review, I too would have liked to see a sun/halogen shot but enjoyed the pics you posted. I love this stuff! It makes the metallic in my Black magic GTI really pop! I've used it with an LC orange pad and the cut it pretty decent. It finished off perfectly with the orange pad/rupes.
 
I'll try and get a sun shot soon.
Worth the time:)
Just need sun.

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jankerson said:
Looks great Kevin. :dblthumb2:
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Thanks jankerson.
It's sure worth trying man.
Stuff is very good in m making the paint shine to a higher level.
Just don't expect it to remove defects as you would from your Meguiars 205.

However it will give you more deep, darker shine over the 205 IMO

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Nice review Kevin.. As you continue to use this polish, you'll find that it takes a lot less polish to get the job done and the cut that the pad will provide is better utilized when using less polish. This is a truly versatile polish when using a pad dependent mind set. I've seen good defect removal combined with superb finishing using a Flex 3401 with a Poorboy's World 5.5" red finishing variable contact pad for use with Flex VRG polishers. (Only available at PB's website)

This truck had what I'd call medium level paint defects before using Optimum Finish with the 3401 and that red PB's pad. The photo is before adding any wax or sealant.

 
tuscarora dave said:
Nice review Kevin.. As you continue to use this polish, you'll find that it takes a lot less polish to get the job done and the cut that the pad will provide is better utilized when using less polish. This is a truly versatile polish when using a pad dependent mind set. I've seen good defect removal combined with superb finishing using a Flex 3401 with a Poorboy's World 5.5" red finishing variable contact pad for use with Flex VRG polishers. (Only available at PB's website)

This truck had what I'd call medium level paint defects before using Optimum Finish with the 3401 and that red PB's pad. The photo is before adding any wax or sealant.

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Well thats great to hear being I love it.
I have many pads so I'll give it a go soon on my next detail

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Nice work Kevin, glad to see you're back in shape.

Great review, and awesome results. This polish seems top quality.

I have also to comment on this red truck above, looks beautiful Dave. My 'cutoff' is this before wax look, very well done mate.

I've also liked your pictures, and it's fully understandable if there are or not sun shots (please, don't want misunderstood here). Sun shots are great, are important, I like them, but they are not the only worth shot.

Generally, I have little to no time to get pictures, so I end up taking a lot fast pictures and then select some to share with you. Generally the best pictures have a reflection of some weird scene or a family member 'walking around semi-naked' reflected on my best sun shot. Just move on to the next!

By the way, I do believe AGO is (also) a good place for sharing product thoughts, techniques, and good shots as well, but 'perfect shots' are not as important as the whole idea within the thread. That being said, I use my cell phone camera and never edit even brightness of any picture.

Recently I was choosing between a Flex 3401, a Rupes, or a New Camera... I believe you know what I ended up buying!

I also don't ever use my AGO topics for 'marketing' purpose with clients. They are to share details of a work, give suggestions and receive suggestions, by a Detailer, to Detailers.

To help you, I've took a picture of what's above my head right now.



Would this make my work less valuable?

Sorry, I can't wait for those clouds to move away and get a better picture. Client is arriving and want his car, clean, 'like new', and BACK to his home... It's sad, but we have to live with it.

When I look to this kind of sky, I mentally sing..

'Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,
Please shine down on me.

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,
Hiding behind a tree (a cloud, a wall, a roof, lol)

These little children are asking you (these are us!)
To please come out so we can play with you.

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,
Please shine down on,
please shine down on,
Please shine down on me.
 
Tato said:
Nice work Kevin, glad to see you're back in shape.

Great review, and awesome results. This polish seems top quality.

I have also to comment on this red truck above, looks beautiful Dave. My 'cutoff' is this before wax look, very well done mate.

I've also liked your pictures, and it's fully understandable if there are or not sun shots (please, don't want misunderstood here). Sun shots are great, are important, I like them, but they are not the only worth shot.

Generally, I have little to no time to get pictures, so I end up taking a lot fast pictures and then select some to share with you. Generally the best pictures have a reflection of some weird scene or a family member 'walking around semi-naked' reflected on my best sun shot. Just move on to the next!

By the way, I do believe AGO is (also) a good place for sharing product thoughts, techniques, and good shots as well, but 'perfect shots' are not as important as the whole idea within the thread. That being said, I use my cell phone camera and never edit even brightness of any picture.

Recently I was choosing between a Flex 3401, a Rupes, or a New Camera... I believe you know what I ended up buying!

I also don't ever use my AGO topics for 'marketing' purpose with clients. They are to share details of a work, give suggestions and receive suggestions, by a Detailer, to Detailers.

To help you, I've took a picture of what's above my head right now.



Would this make my work less valuable?

Sorry, I can't wait for those clouds to move away and get a better picture. Client is arriving and want his car, clean, 'like new', and BACK to his home... It's sad, but we have to live with it.

When I look to this kind of sky, I mentally sing..

'Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,
Please shine down on me.

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,
Hiding behind a tree (a cloud, a wall, a roof, lol)

These little children are asking you (these are us!)
To please come out so we can play with you.

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,
Please shine down on,
please shine down on,
Please shine down on me.
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I just try to give as much information that I can when trying a product for the first time, you never know if it will help someone.
After every detail I take pictures, however I don't post most of them, who has time for it.

Whenever others post their work I not only look at the pics but more on what they are saying.

A picture isn't worth a thousand words alone when it comes to detailing products.

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HateSwirls said:
Well thats great to hear being I love it.
I have many pads so I'll give it a go soon on my next detail

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Don't be surprised if you see the product separate and curdle like small curd cottage cheese after an extended sit on a shelf somewhere. With Optimum polishes, sitting on the shelf too long tends to cause this, at least on my shelves. I don't recommend quart size bottles unless you're going to use them.

I shook the bottle like the "animal" that I am and then poured the product into a clear Yorker bottle and it reconstituted to some degree but was still somewhat clumpy. I polished a good number of cars with this clumpy finish polish and noted that it definitely works just as good as before it separated so it's pretty much a non issue.

Over all I love the stuff too and you can't beat the price.

One good thing with Optimum is that when talking to Dr.G and explaining any issues with his products, he always offered a replacement to me though I've never took him up on it.
 
Good compliment about the good Doctor G., Dave ... giving credit where it is due. That says a lot about the character of Dr. G.
 
tuscarora dave said:
Don't be surprised if you see the product separate and curdle like small curd cottage cheese after an extended sit on a shelf somewhere. With Optimum polishes, sitting on the shelf too long tends to cause this, at least on my shelves. I don't recommend quart size bottles unless you're going to use them.

I shook the bottle like the "animal" that I am and then poured the product into a clear Yorker bottle and it reconstituted to some degree but was still somewhat clumpy. I polished a good number of cars with this clumpy finish polish and noted that it definitely works just as good as before it separated so it's pretty much a non issue.

Over all I love the stuff too and you can't beat the price.

One good thing with Optimum is that when talking to Dr.G and explaining any issues with his products, he always offered a replacement to me though I've never took him up on it.
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First thing I noticed was when I grabbed the bottle of the Optimum Finish Polish was the product was so thin as well as the bottle itself.

Sure hope it doesn't turn to cottage cheese:)

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Sorry sun-pics-only-count-crowd. There is no sun in my garage.
 
I think Optimum polishes are best used with a rotary.

Nice job! :dblthumb2:
 
FivePoint.0 said:
I think Optimum polishes are best used with a rotary.

Nice job! :dblthumb2:
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I agree with you but I found I got good results using my DA too, just takes a little longer compared to using my rotary.
Either way you'll get great results using the Optimum Finish Polish IMO.
 
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