Best Optimum Product Combo?

[Heyjohnboy]

Hi. Wondering what you would recommend as the best product combo starting with Optimum Hyper Polish:

Hyper Polish > Car Wax
Hyper Polish > GPS
Hyper Polish > GPS > Car Wax

Or is there a different / better combination of products you woud suggest?

Thanks!

John

[Setec Astronomy]

Following Hyper Polish with GPS is a bit redundant IMO, use one or the other. I could also argue that following GPS with OCW is a bit redundant too, but less so than the former. Generally speaking the point of using GPS would be so you would NOT have to follow it with OCW (a "one-step" rather then the two steps of Hyper Polish followed by OCW).

[mwoolfso]

It all depends on what you are looking to achieve with the combination you illustrated; and what resources you have available to you.

I love following-up with OCW as my LSP after using an AIO. So for me, any AIO (i.e. - GPS) --> OCW works.

GPS and HP are close in cut, too close for me. A more traditional 2-step where you achieve a balanced approach on correction, finishing and protection would be Hyper Polish --> Finish Polish; then followed with OCW. You should get 5-6 months of durability, and more if you top with OCW a couple of months later.

[Heyjohnboy]

I guess that is the appeal of an AIO product, that you don't need an LSP (I must admit, as a newbie I had to lookup LSP).

However, after reading a few hundred posts on a handful of threads that seemed pertinent, I get the feeling that a final wax can add to the deepness of the gloss and contribute to that jewel look that I crave but am still far away from.

My next step is to get a decent DA polisher. My first attempt using GPS with my old 9" polisher got a nice glow but didn't get rid of the minor swirl marks on the factory finish of my 2010 Mazda MX-5. I presume that the dealer added the swirl marks during delivery "prep", as I can't imagine they were there when the car rolled off the factory floor.

So I was thinking of trying HP once I get a decent polisher and wanted to know what the best follow would be, because I don't think HP provides protection, just correction. So I was wondering if ether GPS or OCW would make sense. Maybe my first step should be to try GPS again with a good polisher, before I try HP?

At any rate, thanks for your feedback. I'm really hooked on detailinug now and trying to learn as much as I can as time allows.

[VP Mark]

I suggest hyper polish or polish ii followed by opti seal. Good correction followed by great protection.

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[WRXINXS]

It all depends on what you are looking to achieve with the combination you illustrated; and what resources you have available to you.

I love following-up with OCW as my LSP after using an AIO. So for me, any AIO (i.e. - GPS) --> OCW works.

GPS and HP are close in cut, too close for me. A more traditional 2-step where you achieve a balanced approach on correction, finishing and protection would be Hyper Polish --> Finish Polish; then followed with OCW. You should get 5-6 months of durability, and more if you top with OCW a couple of months later.

I have not used either but based on what I have read and heard Hyper Polish should have much more cut than GPS?

[mwoolfso]

I guess that is the appeal of an AIO product, that you don't need an LSP (I must admit, as a newbie I had to lookup LSP).

However, after reading a few hundred posts on a handful of threads that seemed pertinent, I get the feeling that a final wax can add to the deepness of the gloss and contribute to that jewel look that I crave but am still far away from.

My next step is to get a decent DA polisher. My first attempt using GPS with my old 9" polisher got a nice glow but didn't get rid of the minor swirl marks on the factory finish of my 2010 Mazda MX-5. I presume that the dealer added the swirl marks during delivery "prep", as I can't imagine they were there when the car rolled off the factory floor.

So I was thinking of trying HP once I get a decent polisher and wanted to know what the best follow would be, because I don't think HP provides protection, just correction. So I was wondering if ether GPS or OCW would make sense. Maybe my first step should be to try GPS again with a good polisher, before I try HP?

At any rate, thanks for your feedback. I'm really hooked on detailinug now and trying to learn as much as I can as time allows.

Post some pics of the worst areas when you have the chance. From there, the choice to go GPS or HP will be more clear.

[Chris Thomas]

+1 for Hyper Polish topped with Opti Seal