Optimum Tire Protection Coating (TPC)

Is that tire mounted on a vehicle? Maybe it’s the view from my phone but I don’t seem to see a wheel well or any semblance of a car?
 
Eldorado2k said:
Is that tire mounted on a vehicle? Maybe it’s the view from my phone but I don’t seem to see a wheel well or any semblance of a car?
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LOL, yes, mounted on a 2015 Tahoe. I cropped the pics so you can see just the tire
 
This was done in December. 2 coats.

Maintenance is super easy, just wipe down with a ONR Damp Towel

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Rear
 
Outside Pic was 12/23. Update below Feb 3rd. Roughly 6 weeks later. Multiple snow storms and bitter cold. Didn't wash for 6 weeks. Hard to see in these pics. This is after an ONR wash, crappy garage lighting.

Lastly, Bottle Pic is how much is remaining after 2 cars. 8 tires, 16 coats. Applied via MF towel. If you spray it, I'm sure you'd use a lot less. It's worth the $15 for a bottle.



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The bottle comes with a spray nozzle? Or how are you “supposed” to apply it?
 
Eldorado2k said:
The bottle comes with a spray nozzle? Or how are you “supposed” to apply it?
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Flip top, no sprayer.

From Opti-coat Forum

How to apply: We have found the best results come from either applying with an HVLP gun (NOT the Optibond tire gun) or applying by hand with a medium pile microfiber towel (around 300 GSM) the tire should have a nice even purple color around the whole tire. A single application will give a satin/matte look. Waiting 30 minutes and applying a second coat will make the tire quite shiny. Optimum only recommends up to 3 coats at this time.

Longevity: 6-12 months
 
Setec Astronomy said:
So basically unchanged after 6 weeks of winter driving?
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If the Sun arrives today, I plan on a ONR wash and I'll try to take outside pics to try to match the day of install.

There is a lot still there. Maybe a little less shiny, but the tire is definitely still protected, slick to the touch.
 
The 2nd set of tires seem to have somewhat of a silicone type shine to them but that could be due to the tires. Besides that this product looks interesting enough to check out, especially for the price. Thx for posting.
 
tj98cobra said:
If the Sun arrives today, I plan on a ONR wash and I'll try to take outside pics to try to match the day of install.

There is a lot still there. Maybe a little less shiny, but the tire is definitely still protected, slick to the touch.
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I'll take your subjective description over the pictures.
 
Eldorado2k said:
The 2nd set of tires seem to have somewhat of a silicone type shine to them but that could be due to the tires. Besides that this product looks interesting enough to check out, especially for the price. Thx for posting.
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I agree, the are shinier side-by-side with the others with 2 coats. I think there are three factors :

1. Tahoe Tires are 4yrs old, 44k miles. For 3 of those 4 years, it was not owned by me. Probably not obsessively cared for
2. Altima tires are 1yr old, maybe 6k miles. Since new they've been cared for with my OCD.
3. Altima tires are likely a different compound.
 
tj98cobra said:
I agree, the are shinier side-by-side with the others with 2 coats. I think there are three factors :

1. Tahoe Tires are 4yrs old, 44k miles. For 3 of those 4 years, it was not owned by me. Probably not obsessively cared for
2. Altima tires are 1yr old, maybe 6k miles. Since new they've been cared for with my OCD.
3. Altima tires are likely a different compound.
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IMO age and care have nothing to do with how good or bad a tire can look on its best day. On my old Cadillac Seville all I ever bought was used tires and I never had a problem making an old dirty tire look phenomenal after just 2-3 quik cleanings and then straight to coating and never had a problem with bonding or anything as long as it was a quality tire to begin with.

Here’s a used tire I bought for $30 bucks including mounting. Looks pretty good eh?

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Here’s another $30 dollar used tire on the same car. Looks sweet.

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Here’s the 3rd used tire... Unfortunately I wasn’t as lucky when I picked this 1 as it turned out to be a bit of an ugly duckling.

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An ugly tire is an ugly tire and there’s no amount of cleaning that can fix it. Sidewalls don’t get ugly over time either. That’s why the worst thing you could do is buy a brand new set of ugly tires because then you’re stuck with them.
 
cobra...thanks much for your experience with the product...after I run out of my Tuf Shoine, I think I will give this a shot.

Eric
 
tj98cobra said:
From Opti-coat Forum

How to apply:
We have found the best results come from
either applying with an HVLP gun (NOT the
Optibond tire gun) or applying by hand with
a medium pile microfiber towel (around 300
GSM) the tire should have a nice even purple
color around the whole tire.

A single application will give a satin/matte look.
Waiting 30 minutes and applying a second coat
will make the tire quite shiny. Optimum only
recommends up to 3 coats at this time.

Longevity: 6-12 months
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I’ve always been a staunch advocate of
Opti-Bond: TPC seems like it’d be the
natural progression thereof. Can’t wait
to give it a spin.


Bob
 
Setec Astronomy said:
You know, I typed up a big long comment, but the long and short of it is that I believe they don't test other products. There is a video floating around the AG store with a new product intro for one of the OPT products, with Dr. G and Mike Phillips, and in the conversation, Dr. G says "I'm not a detailer Mike, that's why I rely on people like you".

Dr. G is a lab geek, I think the people in his orbit say "Dr. G, you should make a tire coating" and he asks what it should be like, and he goes off and concocts it and gives them something to test and they refine it.

The forum answer-guy, Ron, doesn't work at Optimum, as I understand it he's some sort of retired sales/marketing guy who monitors the forum from home, and he's not a detailer or even close. When he first took over that job after Chris got dumped, he was really pretty clueless, but he's picked up a lot over the last couple of years. There seems to be a lot of funneling questions back and forth by email.

Optimum has never had full-time people on staff like AG has had with Mike Phillips and Nick, the public-facing Optimum people always have had their own detailing businesses, Anthony Orosco, Scottwax, Chris, Dann, Yvan. It may have changed now, I know Dann sold his business, but he doesn't work "at" Optimum, he's the west coast rep. Yvan had two shops up in Canada and AFAIK he still does, even though he may not be running them day-to-day since he is doing so much PR/training now for Optimum, but who knows, obviously he couldn't be in both shops at the same time, so he may be juggling both of them and the OPT gig also, which would be pretty much par for the course from what I have observed over the years.
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Thank for this information as I was not aware! Very helpful and good to know.

From the photos and experiences, this seems like a winner. I'll pick some up when I can thoroughly wash my tires. This is great for us waterless/rinseless wash guys.
 
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