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GT-R and Chrysler 300
Regular of mine wanted to get his newly acquired GT-R taken care of and protected before he did anything other than recently adding wheels. The paint was in great shape surprisingly and really only needed a few spot touch ups (mainly the lower panels). The 300 was a nightmare. It had such soft paint (much softer than the GT-R which those are known for) and nothing seemed to work on it but M205 and a black LC pad.
I'm also copying my post from another thread since it didn't seem to drive any interest or any questions. IMO, I think this is something people should be aware of especially since it could have ill effects and cause more work.
Went to Opticoat (pro version) a GT-R and Chrysler 300 this weekend. The GT-R was fine, had 2300 miles so it wasn't a huge ordeal. The 300 had some of the softest paints I've dealt with, even more so than the GT-R. After 4 or 5 different combinations, the ONLY thing that was working on correcting the finish (wasn't terrible but not great) was M205 and a black LC foam pad. Finished it down near perfect.
Anyways, after cleaning and prepping with Car Pro eraser I went to apply the opticoat. What I noticed was the coating was flashing ALMOST instantly to the point where it was leaving streaking and not self leveling all that well. I hadn't run into this on the GT-R so I was veryyyy baffled. Not all the panels were like this but about 3 or 4 so I had to polish it off and reapply but this time I immediately wiped softly after applying and that seemed to do the trick. VERY frustrating and made me re-think a couple of things and my process. I knew M205 had some tricky oils in it but I wanted to give Dr. G a call and discuss a few different things with the paint system and the products used.
He explained that with M205 having the agents inside and being pretty much an anomaly to a lot of other polishes, Eraser wasn't fully cleaning the surface of the polishing oils. I had done two wipe downs so this wasn't a great feeling. It was recommended that use OPC to clean the surface OR a stripping wash and try it that way. Dr. G explained that since some of the oils were remaining it was causing the instant flash/streaking and OPC would fix that.
I wanted to share my experience with others because I hadn't run into this before with 2.0 and M205 previously, so knowing the concentrate in the Pro version was much stronger, it made me a little worry some. Again, I had tried a few different combinations that were correcting, but were marring pretty badly. And anything that I tried to follow up with wasn't clearing it up. This is a perfect example of a test panel and thankfully I was able to get it knocked out.
Exterior:
- Chemical Guys Citrus Wash (twice) Once after polishing
- Speedy Prep towel medium
- Wheels/barrels were hit with CG Diablo wheel gel & various brushes
- Wheel wells and rubber were hit with APC 5:1 & various brushes
- Tires dressed with Show Room FX White Pearl
- Wells treated with CG Bare Bones
- M205 LC Black Foam
- Car Pro Eraser
- Green Magic for exhaust/stainless
- Optimum Opti-Coat Pro
Both were polished, and then Opti-coated (paint,plastics,wheels)
Now for the 300
Questions/Comments always welcome.
Thanks for checking it out.
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Great job! Sweet cars
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Great job! Both cars are looking good!
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Thanks Fellas. I really wanted to raise awareness for the folks using OC and different scenarios regarding different polishes/techniques.
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Nice job. I really like the 300, the rims look good along with the looks of the car.
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is that a monster truck or jeep in the back of that sweet reflection
EDIT: its a jeep. got any pics of that ?
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Originally Posted by Lim3
is that a monster truck or jeep in the back of that sweet reflection
EDIT: its a jeep. got any pics of that ?
I will after this weekend. Supposed to receive a correction and opticoat as well.
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