Someone asked me on Day 1 about the "vegan leather" seat material in Teslas. This material is from a company called Ultrafabrics. I think the seat material is their "Ultraleather" product. Anyway,...
Mike,
Thanks for an awesome class! It was everything I was hoping it would be. As a DIY-er, I got to try tools and techniques that were new to me plus refine things I already knew.
Mike,
I'm interested in this class, but COVID is a complicating factor. What is your class size? And masks are a good idea for polishing anyway, but are you asking students to wear them?
That's a doozie. Aside from its size, it's right on the edge of the windshield; that's going to make it tough for sure. I also see a 2nd spot on the curve at the top of the A pillar.
The guy who did it is a fan of the BRZ/FR-S twins, so he offered a discount on one of the owners' forums. I think it was a pretty good deal.
I mentioned some of the prep in another post, though I...
If will be coating, follow the coating's instructions. For OC 2.0, you would need to remove any residual LSP (using a DA, if necessary), wash thoroughly with Dawn or APC (likely 2x), and then an IPA...
You can get a very nice gloss with OC Pro; should look good on a car with metallic flecked paint. Here's my car immediately after OC Pro application:
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Correct, sorry that wasn't clear. I've got 2 cars that are Opti-Coated, one with the consumer product, the other with the professional product. Prior to my foray into OC, my go-to sealant was...
Whether to seal or coat is purely personal preference. Speaking from my own experience, you have to reset your expectations a bit when switching from sealants to coatings. The coatings' primary...
I have 2 vehicles I applied OC to late last summer/early fall (northern hemisphere), and OC is holding up fine. Both vehicles were polished with OP II before applying OC. One...
I never reported back, but I did re-apply OC to some areas. It seemed to apply just fine, and didn't cause any problems when I overlapped with the areas with OC on them. I'm still not a true OC...
It is my own car. I will likely try to do a spot repair this weekend; at this point, I have nothing to lose because if the repair fails, I'm re-doing the whole panel anyway. I will report back...
I hadn't appreciated the impact of high humidity, but it's clear that was one of my problems during my first OC application. It was quite warm and humid when I applied it, and it seemed to me to get...
Chris,
Thanks for describing a technique to improve this situation. I attempted my repair roughly 3 days after initial application. I used a CCS blue pad with Polish II very gently at low speed...
I just attempted my first OC install over the Labor Day weekend, and I botched a few panels. Despite having researched the tricks to applying OC, and *thinking* I was being careful, I still managed...
So I'm about to embark on my first Opti-Coat 2.0 application. The patient is covered by 3M VentureShield in the front, and the rest of the car has Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant. Questions I...
