Optimum Poli-Seal, whats your favorite pad and speed combo?

**Make it shine!** · 09-19-2010, 07:27 AM

I just bought Poli-Seal to replace D151, I tried it out yesterday on my car and was really thrilled with the results. It went on smooth, worked in well and wiped off extremely easy!! I used a PC, orange flat LC 5.5" on speed 4.5. What are your favorite combo's DA or rotary?

**Da Fats** · 09-19-2010, 07:36 AM

Speed 6 5.5ccs white or org pad. But I'm pretty interested in using it with hydrotech pads if I ever order them. Hows it compare with 151 for you? I was considering moving in the other direction... poliseal is the only aio I have played with much.

**trhland** · 09-19-2010, 05:32 PM

i just got this as well. i used it with a blue foam pad with no cut on my tailgate of my truck . the paint was in great shape with very minor marks. and useing my p/c and a soft foam pad . it worked great poliseal just melted in the paint and removed some of the light marks. and left a great finish

i love this stuff.

**Make it shine!** · 09-19-2010, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by Da Fats

Speed 6 5.5ccs white or org pad. But I'm pretty interested in using it with hydrotech pads if I ever order them. Hows it compare with 151 for you? I was considering moving in the other direction... poliseal is the only aio I have played with much.

I would stay with poliseal, I found D151 a hassle to use. Considering I was using alot, most of my DD clients choose the AIO for price and the results for such a quick job. I found poliseal went about 15-30 minutes quicker then D151 with more slickness and shine in the finish. I can't speak for durability yet, as after 1 days it still going strong!!

Has anyone used a rotary if so what pad and speed combo. I was going to try white flat LC at about 1000 on my wifes car and see how the results are. Ofcourse I won't dare use it on a clients car without playing wiht it on my own first!!

**builthatch** · 09-19-2010, 07:05 PM

i only use it with my PC and use green CCS 5.5 or 4" green cyclo pads. i've gone one step lighter (gray) before depending on the clear.

side note for poli-seal n00bs: the key to poli-seal is using the least possible amount possible - 4 pea sized dots will go very far with the bigger pads. it's amazing stuff.

**Da Fats** · 09-19-2010, 10:01 PM

Anything softer then a white pad just seems to soak up way to much product for my liking. White on a DA finishes out great. If trying it with a rotary I'd stick to nothing more then LC grey pads anything more aggressive will cause halograms

**radpp16** · 12-30-2016, 09:49 PM

What do you put on after poli-seal? Wax? Opti-Seal?

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**The Guz** · 12-30-2016, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by radpp16

What do you put on after poli-seal? Wax? Opti-Seal?

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If you are looking to stay with optimum then optimum car wax or opti-seal would be the two products to consider.

**builthatch** · 12-30-2016, 10:55 PM

no need to put anything after poli-seal imo...until the protection disappears. but that's me. i don't think it will hurt anything, but i think with opti-seal, because it's solvent-based, it will basically dissolve the poli-seal protection and re-distribute it and/or exchange for the opti-seal. i guess if you used opti-seal as a drying aid during maintenance washes, it will reboot the protection. but purposely putting opti-seal on right after using poli-seal seems silly.

with OCW, i think that it will not do that but the poli-seal will prevent a good substrate for the OCW to stick to so anything you gain w/ OCW will disappear soon.

but my opinion is why add something to poli-seal when you are doing the AIO to cut out the last step already!

**Mantilgh** · 12-30-2016, 11:17 PM

I guess this would be a better place for this since he bumped this one too.

It can cut pretty well and finishes nice.

Test spot with Poli-Seal and Orange LC Flat pad.

Cleaning up haze with a White LC Flat pad after compounding.