Video: OPTIMUM products brand review with special guest Yvan Lacroix!

[OrangeVee]

Hi guys!

In my latest 2 part series, I present the complete lineup of OPTIMUM car detailing products, with my first special guest: Yvan Lacroix. He's the global training director for Optimum Polymer Technologies, and together, we detail a Tesla P85.

Enjoy the videos!

In English:

Part 1:

Part 2:


In French:

Épisode 1:

Épisode 2:

[MattPersman]

Thanks Pan. Yvan is always so convincing with that wash/wax/clay technique hooks and reels me in every time


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[LEDetailing]

Looking forward to watching after work. I enjoy your videos and OPT’s products.

[Klasse Act]

I can't say enough about Hyper polish! I used it back in May to prep my car for WGU ceramic paint coating and my eyes literally watered when I washed the car and took it outside to inspect it, simply amazing product!!

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[OrangeVee]

Thanks to all for your positive feedback! Much appreciated guys!

[Sharply Dressed]

Great videos and thanks for increasing my knowledge about the product line. I do have a question. When using the Zen tool, I noticed the speed when spreading the product and working it was the same. Is it because of the power of the Zen and the nature of the products or should the tool speed have been increased?

[Kappy]

As I watching the videos, three things occurred to me:

Yvan definitely gets the award for "Best Dressed Detailer".

If I had a Big Red Sponge and a Grit Guard, I'd like to do a test using it to wash one side of the car, and multiple towels on the other side, the way I'm currently doing a rinseless wash, to see if over a period of time one side gets fewer scratches than the other.

It almost seems as if many of the techniques discussed on the forum get thrown out when using the Optimum products. Not that that's bad, but just different. I would never think to apply car wax with a clay towel, and would worry about scratching the paint. Then again, the paint on my car is so soft you can't even make direct eye contact with it without it scratching.

[OrangeVee]

Yvan worked on speed 3 on the Zentool.

[OrangeVee]

It almost seems as if many of the techniques discussed on the forum get thrown out when using the Optimum products.

That was my reaction too at first. It blew my mind and I started thinking about all the techniques I had learned over the last 20 years of detailing. But what we need to keep in mind, is the techniques in the video apply to the OPT line of products. It doesn't change how we work with all other brands of products. So what we've always done still applies with other products.

But with OPT, you use the appropriate techniques and all their products work in synergy. The CEO of OPT, Dr Ghodussi, is the man behind the conception of the clear coat and still does consulting for big clear coat brands like Dupont, BASF, 3M, etc. He knows the clear coat since he helped invent it, so it's natural that he also can formulate products to better take care of a clear coat... When you know that, that's when you understand why OPT products are so different.

[MattPersman]

Good technique and products for a busy life style. I’ll share the videos with anyone who wants to do something but doesn’t have a ton of time


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