OptiCoat care
 

What do you use for regular washes???

Should be the same as if you didn't have Opticoat. That being said, Optimum no rinse.

Same as if you didn't have it - you'll notice the water will bead instead of running off. The only difference is you don't have to wax it unless you want to. Other than that - washing, detail spray, etc is all the same.

My car is opti-coated and I use optimum no rinse + optimum spray wax

Mine is opti coated as well and I just use the 2 bucket method with a cordless leaf blower to blow off 90% of the water and get the crevices, and a really high quality microfiber towel to finish it off lightly. I also sometimes put on optimum spray wax

Yes.. I was told Opti can still scratch...:bonk: so there you go - hence my questions.

this is my basic method to wash..

https://www.google.com/search?newwin...an+wash+method

On a serious note, /Drive Clean has a really excellent car wash demo video that I would encourage you to watch. I'd assume many of these principles apply even to an Opti-Coated car.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Sqi1lAj1A"]Audi R8 BLACKBIRD: Basic Car Wash Techniques - /DRIVE CLEAN - YouTube[/ame]

Thanks... Im not new to car washing.... more so new to Black Cars with soft-thin azz paint. This is my 3rd Black vehicle. The other two were not as touchy as this one is. I'll see how the Opti Coat goes...

Just be glad you didn't buy a black Mitsubishi.

Water. Car soap. Wash mitt. Towel. Don't forget special ingredient of love.

I use whatever results from this:
http://gomotors.net/photos/3d/96/fap_a1713.jpg?i

Fresh. Too bad infinite died from a fiery crash due to all the Opticoat on his car. :(

My car swirls like crazy no matter what. Subaru Problems. I have clear bra all on the front, hood and side mirrors. Helps take a beating for sure.

I only use the triple distilled tears of Tibetan orphans mixed with yak piss, aged three days in the Alabama summer sun, then frozen and shipped overnight express to my address where I store it at 72 degrees in my basement for 3 months before using it. Before you use it to wash the car you have to mix in 17 ounces of bison undercoat per gallon of water added.

It's a bit of a process to be honest but only the best for my BRZ.

Really I just use quadruple distilled Belvedere and the cure for cancer at a 10:1 ratio.

I'm glad I ran into this thread... the 2014 CSG BRZ is opticoated.

I love you guys.

it's washes the same way as other cars w/o opti-coat.

Opti-coat isn't a force shield, you can still scratch up the paint if you wash with improper technique, but the coating makes it much harder to be scratched.

that being said, I use the Gary Dean technique

Gary Dean is indeed the most awesome method I've seen. A bucketload of Sasquatch and ONR is what I use.

Trust me. BMW's Jet Black is much worse. Just breathing on it wrong scratched it. LOL

As others have posted just use your regular wash product in a correct manner and you will be fine. if you find your coating loosing some of it beading or shine then a heavy maintenance wash will help. A good APC usually gets things back to normal.

I've thought very hard about Opti coat, i've finally decided to get it on my fathers RS7 when it comes in the next coming months, something tells me it'll only last 2/3 years.

I also gave it some hard thought, and ended up paying to get it done professionally. I think if I had to do it again I'd pay a professional for paint correction and then apply it myself, cutting the cost in half. Waxing a car is quite laborious so the time saved from waxing is worth it, plus you can do things like dry it with a leaf blower.

That's true, but theres one more thing to factor.

When the car gets swirl marks, which it will in no doubt. I'd have to eventually buff the car, once i start buffing the clear coat, bye bye goes the Opti coat.

It's perfect for the average car guy who wants their car looking good, but i'm really nip picky, even though right now my FRS is covered in swirls.

Any one tried CQuartz Finest Nanotech Ceramic Coating?
http://cqfinest.com/about.html