Products that allow you to work forward?

[Setec Astronomy]

okay, so in general summation speaking for the mainstay of compounds & polishes unless otherwise stated in their instructions, you need to wipe off the residue before applying another, different product.

Even Optimum in their instructions tells you to wipe off the residue.

[steelwindmachine]

Setec, thank you for confirming that.

[Setec Astronomy]

Setec, thank you for confirming that.

It's right here on the product page: Optimum Hyper Compound Spray

or here: Optimum Hyper Polish Spray, Optimum spray polish, hyper spray polish, Optimum car polishes

or here: Optimum Finish Polish 8 oz., car polish, finishing polish, final polish, black car polish

Or if you go to one of the Optimum sites you can see the same.

[InnovativeAutoDetail]

The downfall with Optimum's Hyper Compound and leaving the residue, is that you cannot tell how you did on defect removal. I know you test spot, it still is like you are hoping it turned out well and them moving on to OPT Hyper Polish. It does save time though and after a test spot doing 6 passes over some hard Talon paint, I dug in and finished the hood in 15-20 minutes. I then waxed and sealed the hood and it looks great, minus the fact of that hood had deep enough scratches for wet-sanding.


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[InnovativeAutoDetail]

[QUOTE=InnovativeAutoDetail;1485690]The downfall with Optimum's Hyper Compound and leaving the residue, is that you cannot tell how you did on defect removal. I know you test spot, it still is like you are hoping it turned out well and them moving on to OPT Hyper Polish. It does save time though and after a test spot doing 6 passes over some hard Talon paint, I dug in and finished the hood in 15-20 minutes. I then waxed and sealed the hood and it looks great, minus the fact of that hood had deep enough scratches for wet-sanding.







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[Crispy]

I'm not sure I am getting the point here.

You apply a compound or polish and remove the residue.

You clean before any LSP.

What is the question?

[InnovativeAutoDetail]

I'm not sure I am getting the point here.

You apply a compound or polish and remove the residue.

You clean before any LSP.

What is the question?

Optimum states you do not have to remove OPT Hyper Compound residue before you polish with OPT Hyper Polish as they are part of the "Optimum Synergy," as in that they work together.


Ben Bailey - Owner, Innovative Auto Detailing in Shreveport, Bossier City, and Haughton, Louisiana. ben@innovativeautodetailing.com / www.innovativeautodetailing.com / 864-398-7167
Active Duty USAF Meteorologist
#1312 2013 Grabber Blue Boss 302/1998 Mustang GT
Business: 2016 Transit Connect 2.5L LWB XL

[Don M]

OK, I'm lost. Is he asking about applying a compound/polish and going to the next step without removing the compound/polish or is he talking about polishing, removing the residue then an IPA wipe down to remove the "oils" before continuing?

[steelwindmachine]

my inquiry was about whether or not there were any compound or polish products that would allow you to apply one and then apply the next without having to wipe off residue. It seems that other than the Opt Hyper products, that no, for compound to polish and to most LSPs, you need to wipe in between.

[Setec Astronomy]

OK, I'm lost. Is he asking about applying a compound/polish and going to the next step without removing the compound/polish or is he talking about polishing, removing the residue then an IPA wipe down to remove the "oils" before continuing?

For a long time, there have been some step-saving ideas coming out of the Optimum camp. I remember years and years ago Scottwax talking about polishing with the early versions of the Optimum polishes, and wiping off the residue with OCW, in a "wipe and wax".

Today, Yvan is pushing the same kind of thing...compounding and then polishing right over the compound residue without removing it first, then removing the polish residue with OCW (at least I think that's what's being advocated). I don't really think it's that much heresy, I mean modern compounds are capable of pretty good finishes, so it's not like having rocks-in-a-bottle residue left on there, and the base in the Optimum polishes does let you polish down until there's basically nothing left, without dry buffing. Plus, this is also promoted for production detailing environments (Yvan owns a couple of production shops), not for your garage queen.