helmet993
10-11-2011, 03:44 PM
I don't have a porter cable machine polisher so I don't really need any cutting/polishing products unless they are really easy to use by hand.
My car is 15 years old, Arctic Silver in color, and I like to keep it shiny, there are some imperfections in the form of microchips from road spray and a few rock chips but for 90k miles it still looks nice.
Basically what I'm trying to say is I'm not going to polish it until I find someone local that is well recommended to do that. It was last polished about 3 years ago.
Since then I have been using Optimum Opti Seal and Optimum Car Wax and Optimum Instant Detailer.
My stuff is almost gone, except I have a lot of the Opti Seal left. Will the opti seal be useful with any of the other brands?
So, I am preparing to order more and I checked out a few other brands.
1. Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant with Deep Gloss Spritz Sealant (in that order, with proper application and curing time of course)
2. Blackfire All Finish Paint Protection with Deep Gloss Spray Sealant...not sure I want this because it has some mineral spirits in it.
3. Fourstar UPP with Fourstar Ultimate Spray Wax Plus
I'm leaning toward the Wolfgang...
Here's a pic of my car with the Optimum products.
http://helmreich.smugmug.com/Cars/993-C2S/DSC02665/654233127_dKqtx-L.jpg
So my questions:
1. Will I benefit from using Wolfgang or Fourstar over Optimum?
2. Will the Wolfgang or Fourstar provide a different 'finish' look? (Color, bring out the brown, blue, etc in the Silver?)
3. Are the protection levels the same approximately?
4. Will the opti seal be useful with any of the other brands?
My car is 15 years old, Arctic Silver in color, and I like to keep it shiny, there are some imperfections in the form of microchips from road spray and a few rock chips but for 90k miles it still looks nice.
Basically what I'm trying to say is I'm not going to polish it until I find someone local that is well recommended to do that. It was last polished about 3 years ago.
Since then I have been using Optimum Opti Seal and Optimum Car Wax and Optimum Instant Detailer.
My stuff is almost gone, except I have a lot of the Opti Seal left. Will the opti seal be useful with any of the other brands?
So, I am preparing to order more and I checked out a few other brands.
1. Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant with Deep Gloss Spritz Sealant (in that order, with proper application and curing time of course)
2. Blackfire All Finish Paint Protection with Deep Gloss Spray Sealant...not sure I want this because it has some mineral spirits in it.
3. Fourstar UPP with Fourstar Ultimate Spray Wax Plus
I'm leaning toward the Wolfgang...
Here's a pic of my car with the Optimum products.
http://helmreich.smugmug.com/Cars/993-C2S/DSC02665/654233127_dKqtx-L.jpg
So my questions:
1. Will I benefit from using Wolfgang or Fourstar over Optimum?
2. Will the Wolfgang or Fourstar provide a different 'finish' look? (Color, bring out the brown, blue, etc in the Silver?)
3. Are the protection levels the same approximately?
4. Will the opti seal be useful with any of the other brands?