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SOFT custom black paint: Opti-coat or no?
My car has new custom paint (March, 2013) - wet sanded and buffed so no orange peel. It scratches and swirls by looking at it wrong. Clay bar marred the crap out of it - I gather it is very soft?
I have it all polished out now and resealed - looks great, but I haven't touched it yet with anything. It is garaged and is a fair weather show type car. I refuse to drive it or show it dirty - even dust bothers me, especially with Black. The problem is to keep it clean means to scratch it...
Would Opti-Coat or another product such as HD Nitro Seal provide a coating that can more easily be detailed (wiped down with QD and such regularly) without swirling/scratching it?
Would something such as Opti-Coat be better in this regard than merely keeping the paint top coated with liquid spray wax regularly? I don't mind keeping it up with such spray waxes, but if there is added scratch/swirl protection with Opti-Coat I would be up for using it. This would be my primary goal/purpose. Long lasting protection from elements is the least of my concerns since it is NOT a daily driver. Am I making sense?
I appreciate the thoughts/recommendations.
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Re: SOFT custom black paint: Opti-coat or no?
This is a good question. I have thought about the same thing. I have a black 67 chevelle that I try and keep perfect. Like you, I can look at it the wrong way and scratch it. I like the look of carnaubas personally so I have just been waxing it and every couple of months a go over it with 85rd and a finishing pad. Sometimes I will use a glaze in between polishing.
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Re: SOFT custom black paint: Opti-coat or no?
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Re: SOFT custom black paint: Opti-coat or no?
If the paint is that soft the. I would go with either opti coat or c quartz. Both are great coatings. The only thing is that waxing will be lost but with soft paint I would go the coating route.
Now coatings are not scratch proof the are just more scratch resistant that a clear coat so keep that in mind
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Re: SOFT custom black paint: Opti-coat or no?
Originally Posted by 66gtk
My car has new custom paint (March, 2013) - wet sanded and buffed so no orange peel. It scratches and swirls by looking at it wrong. Clay bar marred the crap out of it - I gather it is very soft?
I have it all polished out now and resealed - looks great, but I haven't touched it yet with anything. It is garaged and is a fair weather show type car. I refuse to drive it or show it dirty - even dust bothers me, especially with Black. The problem is to keep it clean means to scratch it...
Would Opti-Coat or another product such as HD Nitro Seal provide a coating that can more easily be detailed (wiped down with QD and such regularly) without swirling/scratching it?
Would something such as Opti-Coat be better in this regard than merely keeping the paint top coated with liquid spray wax regularly? I don't mind keeping it up with such spray waxes, but if there is added scratch/swirl protection with Opti-Coat I would be up for using it. This would be my primary goal/purpose. Long lasting protection from elements is the least of my concerns since it is NOT a daily driver. Am I making sense?
I appreciate the thoughts/recommendations.
Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek
The clear layer of paint, with a solid color under it makes it easy for our eyes to see defects on the surface easy.
Clear coat paints are scratch-sensitive, that means that even though they are harder than single stage paints they still scratch very easily.
Black isn't a color, it's a full time job"
I owned a black SUV one time and I would never do that again. I would own a "cool" car in black, but not a daily driver and certainly not an SUV
No coating I've tested resisted scratching either so pick your poison, wax, paint sealant or coating. Finding a good spray wax and then using it often should get you and keep you at the 98% to 99% flawless category.
6/4/12
VT
Originally Posted by glen e
....It's all I use these days....they are buffing when I'm relaxing...and still don't get the powder out of canines!
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