Opti-Coat is not a semi permanent product. 22ple, CQuartz etc are semi perm coatings. Your best bet would to be, have some degreed of paint correction done and a coating. If you need help finding a reputable detailed in your area let ms know.I wonder think a semi permanent coating like opticoat would be your best bet. That said, you will probably want to have a professional apply it.
You could prolly get by using optiseal topped with a long wearing wax like Collinite 845
Sounds semi-permanent to me...Opti-Coat is not a semi permanent product. 22ple, CQuartz etc are semi perm coatings. Your best bet would to be, have some degreed of paint correction done and a coating. If you need help finding a reputable detailed in your area let ms know.
The only OC failures I've heard of is where people didn't prep properly. Opti-Coat does last years of daily abuse if done properly.None of these products are permanent. Not even opti coat lasts over a year if the car sees the light of day weekly and the winters are winters, not some california winters where the roads dont see salt 5-6 months per year. If it were summer forever and the car is driven under 5000 miles a year then i'd say opti coat lasts 2 years max.
Then those Finnish detailers aren't doing it right. There are PLENTY of areas of the USA and other countries with harsh weather, and I personally know many who have it and its going strong years in. I'm guessing you haven't had personal experience with this.Multiple reliable Finnish detailers have made the same notice with prooven evidence. I'm not saying it isn't a good product, but saying it lasts for years is a bit wrong. As I stated, the weather conditions up in here are a bit more harsh and it might last for years (which is 3+ years imo) in California. Still I'd recoat it after 2 years, atleast the critical areas.
Nope, I haven't applied it myself. I Just find it very hard to believe it would as good as you are saying because I've seen the pics online and read the stories behind them. Also, two of my friends tried it and I saw it "fail" (fail = lasted under 2 years). It's good if its working properly in your customers cars and I'm not saying its a bad product, just that it isnt as good as the hype suggests up in here in these weather conditionsThen those Finnish detailers aren't doing it right. There are PLENTY of areas of the USA and other countries with harsh weather, and I personally know many who have it and its going strong years in. I'm guessing you haven't had personal experience with this.
Well my experience base is on a few hundred coated cars and dozens of other pro detailers who reside in areas where winter is like yours and all have the same results I do. Ice and salt don't hurt OC PRO. Perhaps the person or persons who installed it for your friends didn't install it correctly. It is absolutely as good as the "hype" suggests. I vetted the product for a year before ever offering it to anyone to make sure it was legit. If your friends had "failures" they should have gone back and had it fixed, don't you think?Nope, I haven't applied it myself. I Just find it very hard to believe it would as good as you are saying because I've seen the pics online and read the stories behind them. Also, two of my friends tried it and I saw it "fail" (fail = lasted under 2 years). It's good if its working properly in your customers cars and I'm not saying its a bad product, just that it isnt as good as the hype suggests up in here in these weather conditions![]()