What is Opti Coat?
 

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Why this treatment would appeal to you.

-You like a clean vehicle but don't have the time, interest or knowledge maintaining it.

-Living circumstances make it difficult maintaing your vehicle. Ie. Condo, no driveway, or living in dormitory
- You like having extra protection (2 micron buffer)


Opti-Coat is a hard wearing, aftermarket, ceramic clear coat for superior resistance to scratching (9H) and chemical etching from environmental impacts.

How Does Opti-Coat Protect the Factory paint?

A single layer of Optimum clear coat measures approximately 2 microns in thickness. Compared to other "paint protection" sealants, Opti-Coat is more than 100 times thicker with tests showing a wax coating measuring less than 0.02 microns.

This allows Opti-Coat to effectively absorb damage that would otherwise affect the factory paint layers. Swirl marks, light scratches, chemical etching is not only decreased by the harder clear coating, but the factory paint is protected by the thick outer Optimum coating.

The Optimum Coating is also resistant to acidic substances such as bird droppings. Unlike your factory clear coat that can be permanently damaged, Opti-Coat will not etch or dissolve when in contact with these acidic substances and a clean, glossy clear coating is maintained.


How Is Opti-Coat different to other paint protection/sealants?

Opti-Coat is not a wax or sealant like other products on the market. It is a ceramic clear coating very similar to factory type clear coats.

A layer of Opti-Coat measures approx. 2 microns in thickness, or about 100 times thicker than your typical wax or sealant. Unlike paint protection sealants such as PTFE, Nano Sealants, GlassPlexin that degrade over time and are easily removed through washing with water or chemicals, Opti-Coat does not degrade and cannot be removed by chemicals such as heavy duty truck washs or even caustic degreasers. It is totally resistant to these chemicals and produces a permanent film that is chemically bonded with the factory paint layers.

Opti-Coat is effectively the vehicles new outer clear coat. It is far more resistant to chemical etching than factory clear coats and far more resistant than competing paint protection sealants. The 2 micron layer also provides a thick buffer between any damage and the factory paintwork.


What are the benefits of applying Opti-Coat to my car?

Opti-Coat will provide the owner with a superior clear coat film that is highly resistant to chemical etching, harder than factory clear coat to reduce swirls and scratches, and a permanent hydrophobic surface that is easier to clean and stays cleaner for longer.

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Things that can deteriorate or destroy the coating

- Abrasion IE. trading paint with other cars, polishing, wet sanding, repainting, harsh rubbing of any sort

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List of Preferred Paint Reconditioners offering this service.

Canada

Southern Ontario

Hamza N. @ Elevated Car Care. hamza@getdetailed.ca. We use Opti Guard.

BC

Ken Wilson @ Autowekes Exclusive. Please Call 604.561.5121 for more information.

Alberta
-Edmonton. Troy @ Auto Obsessed. AutoObsessed.com for more information
-Calgary. Please see Calgary members about Carlos


Saskatchewan
Deluxe Auto Detailing. http://www.deluxedetailing.ca/ for more information.



U.S.A

NY & NJ

Greg @ http://signaturedetailing.com/. Please Call 973-886-1306 for more information.

SoCal

Tuan @ http://glossworksla.com/. Please Call (626)675-9350 for more information.

South Carolina

Forum member MikeNap for more information.

GA

Mike @ http://www.mirrordetailing.com/. Please call (770) 354-7010 for more information

Tennessee

Corey J @ As Clean as it Gets Auto Detail. Please call 865-323-4234 for more information

PA

Josh @ OC Detailing. 406 Little John Drive, Dillsburg. Serving Harrisburg with Available Mobile Service

thanks for the write up

The links for USA don't seem to be working. Nice write up. Any techs by Las Vegas or will be in town for SEMA? Thanks

Opti Coat is the consumer product and Opti Guard is the professional product.

I accidentally got some Opti Coat on one of my windows. Any advice on how to remove it?

So how long does opti coat last?

Tap'd from my G-Nex

You can actually apply it to windows if you want, the OC 2.0 stuff at least. If you want to remove it, just polish it off. Same process as if you want to remove it from paint.

A Long Long Time, up to 5 years. I recommend you go back to your installer every three years to have it redone so that you have a bit of leeway on your paint.

Please Unique Auto Care in Wakefield, MA to the list. @Rickrack did my car as well as @Sony's car and the work was impeccable. My car still shines like new with not a swirl mark on it.

I second Rick he freakin rocks!

Anyone know of a place in NC that does this?

I actually put MikeNap as SC, he's in North Carolina. PM mikenap


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Very interested in doing an opti-guard for maximum protection.. I can't really give my car regular car washes where I live. Do you know of any good shops that do it in the SF bay area?

Also, if I plan on adding some aero stuff (body kit, spoiler), do you recommend waiting until I finishing adding on everything to do the optiguard or do the optiguard before the adding anything so none of my OEM paint is covered by the aero stuff?

Try contacting Jeff @ http://www.immaculate-reflections.com/

He is fully mobile and can come to you, not to mention he does awesome work.

I suggest you get your paint Opti Guarded right now, because the better condition it is the cheaper is it going to be. Less polishing, after you get your aero parts you'll have to wait 30 days for the paint to cure ( I believe they don't come painted) then after that you can get that Opti Guarded as well.

The reason I suggest OptiGuard on paint first is because that's more "valuable" , its your car's original paint, protect it. The aero parts is after market paint, stuff from body kits usually gets scuffed anyways Opti Guarding them isn't as important, the spoiler maybe though.

See what Jeff says and maybe he can help you out.

Cool, thanks for all the information and the recommendation. I just emailed Jeff to see if he can do it.

Got your email Chris and replied back. Thanks!

Hamza no love for me after my posts with all of the 86's? :iono:

I got love for everyone, Jeff just really wanted to do one of these awesome cars.


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Hamza, you didn't list me on your post for detailers for opti coat. That's all. ;)

A member on the forum asked about clearbra and you advised them to skip it since a repaint of the bumper and hood will be the same price. I haven't gotten a clearbra for my car yet based on that advice from you.

But now you are saying to protect it since original paint is more valuable than a repaint.

So which advice should I follow? The advice you give is contradicting and some of it is exaggerated. I'm not sure what to think or to believe you or not.

I will bring my car somewhere else, will find another person to detail it for me. There's other selection available.

The reason I advised against clear bras in because even if you do get them, you may still get rock chips, no matter how careful you are. Rock chips don't really annoy me, I've learned to live with them and even ignore them but for the people they do annoy you should wait for lump sum of them and get a repaint. Usually it's just the bumper.

Now OptiGuard is really a Permanent Wax with some scratch resistance properties, nothing like a clear bra. Opti Guard is on the whole vehicle, I would be a fool to advise anyone to repaint the whole car (just because it looks bad, I'd put myself out of business). I would love for everyone to keep there original paint jobs but sometimes it just doesn't happen.

What does happen is accidents, vandalism, paint over-spray, and other paint calamities like bird bombs, tree sap etc...

The fact of the matter is probability, its more probably that your going to get rock chips then end up having severe paint etching all over your car. OptiGuard is a type of insurance on your for paint, as well as making your vehicle look amazing.

It's hard for me to explain but basically what I'm trying to say is keep your original paint job for as long as you can, repaint when necessary. Don't bother protecting(OptiGuard; them though, even though there going to be beat up they'll still look good ;) ) things that are going to get beat up anyways (you'll know better then me what parts they are) Lips, skirts, extensions and bumper. Usually stuff that eats a lot of gravel.

I'm not going to lie, I'm sad to see your business go but really there only two other options (Two other authorized installers).

Kevin @ GTA in Detail...EXCELLENT WORK! Great Guy and he's probably Opti Coated/Guarded more cars then anyone in the city.

Bryan @ Concours Touch... EXCELLENT WORK! Very nice guy, super busy, mobile. He's probably second in OptiCoating/Guarding cars in the city. Most importantly he's my mentor as are a lot of detailers but if I ever need info on something I ask him.

One example would be myself, now this is a true story. It can be confirmed by the guy who hit me, the body shop and the painter.

Two weeks ago, my mom bought a '12 Civic (I know, I know it looks ugly and the features aren't even that great)

After she picked it up and brought it home, I wanted to take it for a test drive so I picked up my buddy and slowly proceed up the road. I was stopped on a red light when someone rear ended me (Car had 99KM and to us it was 2 hours old). Now if I had a clear bra, the clear bra would have been wasted and I would have to get a repaint anyways so the effort in preserving areas that are more probable to be injured are a waste in my eyes.

I know it's sort of irrelevant because no one clear bras a rear bumper and since the other driver was at fault they had to pay for the damage and theoretically my clear bra if I had one there but I hope you understand where I'm coming from.


I one more thing I've just thought of, is if you have a Ferrari, Lambo or any other exotic please do not follow my advice a bumper repaint for those types of vehicle will costs 10x any clear bra which makes my points irrelevant. My advice on this forum should only be followed by FRS/BR-Z owners or comparable vehicles.

David Fermani is here in Michigan and does an amazing job...did several of the BRZs on the forum here

Truth be told guys this thread is going down in less then a week. My sponsorship is ending and I won't re-sponsor until August. I'm going to Denmark for a student exchange program at the end of January so I won't be here to help members out anymore.

I'll do my best to step in and answer questions as I have time. I'm sure with the help of a few others we can handle the questions while you're gone ;) You still be reachable via FB?

That would; be awesome, a well informed community is a efficient and productive community :) Funny thing about our little community I've already landed a detailing job in Odense, through some networking.

I'll be available through FB for sure.

+1 for Mr. Fermani, he the OG-G (OptiGuard Gangster). I believe his thread intially sparked EVERYONE's interest in this miracle product.

Denmark! thats awesome. Hope we see some pics in the detailing forums

Fortunately there are still some knowledgeable detailing sponsors here like myself and Phil (Detailers Domain) who can help out with any opti-coat questions (probably some others too)

Of course everyone can always consult with the map provided by Optimum which shows all of the authorized installers in your area

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