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Old 09-27-06, 09:38   #1 (permalink)
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Preview of New Optimum Hyper Compound

Ron has been doing alot of testing with the new OHC and this past Saturday I got hold of perhaps the worst Porsche I have ever seen. It was scratched beyond belief.....it amazed Ron just how bad it was (I'll post full pictures later in Click and Brag).

This new Hyper is alot more aggressive than the older Hyper but it still has a long working time and the low dusting is also still there.

Here is a picture of the Porsche hood while on the lift being serviced before we got it. Notice the condition of the hood in the light?





Well after Ron took out some dings he ran the new Hyper over half the hood with a yellow foam cutting pad at 1500 rpm's. It removed 97% of the heavy scratches and left behind minimal swirls, considering it's a more aggressive compound plus a foam cutting pad.

Here is a picture of the left half after being buffed and then rigt side untouched.





The picture quality ain't all that great but I'll post up some better ones in my next post tomorrow. You can see that the new Hyper left behind some halograms but they were easily removed with the following polishing steps.

We also wet sanded the rear quarter panel with 3000 grit paper and it removed all the marks with a yellow pad. I thought it would swirl more but as long as you work it comes out very nice. Stopping to soon will cause more swirls.

It seems to be on the aggressive level of Hi-Temps Extreme Cut/Powergloss...perhaps even an edge or so more. I'll be interested to see what others think as they start using it.

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Old 09-27-06, 09:48   #2 (permalink)
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Will be looking foward to futher review Tony. You know ever since you turned me on to HT HCL it's my goto polish for tough panels.

So when I hear something has the possiblity of besting the ECL I've got to try it.

Is Dave just re-formulating the Hyper Compound or will there be different cut's of the same product?

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Old 09-27-06, 09:58   #3 (permalink)
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Hey Morbid.....

This is a tweaking of the Hyper. Body shops wanted more cut and a faster cut also so David....basically revamped the whole formula. It has new abrasives in it but they wouldn't work in the original Hyper formula so he had to build a new beast from the ground up.

I just used up my last 4oz sample on this Porsche. I used it with both wool and an orange pad and if I had to I could finish out with it on a light colored car and a polish pad.

It tends to like the higher rpm range when cutting, like 1500 to 1700. Slings just a bit but David is going to try and correct that minor issue.

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Will this new formula be very compatible with a PC? The current formula works pretty well with a PC, you just have to be sure to work it in quite a bit.
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Thanks for the reply Anthony. As I undersand it Dave produced the last version of HC with a wool pad in mind. So it was interesting to hear you mention working this new stuff with a foam pad. Is Optimum moving away from that?

Again keep us posted as to your testing and also when the new product will be available. I told myself I wasn't buying anymore polished till I used something all up. Yeah right.

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I sure could have used it on the E320 I did this week. 10 years without polishing!

Another new product to look forward to.
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dang and I just ordered the old HC
 
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I sure could have used it on the E320 I did this week. 10 years without polishing!

Another new product to look forward to.
Dang! I thought that only people in san antonio treated cars like this.

The hyper will give the body shops what they want but to make it detailer friendly has been hard.

With harder clears coming to the market it will be dificult to remove swirls from wool compounding. This product will offer light swirling that you should be able to remove in one to two steps with the polish.

Just a side note I don't work for Optimum. I'm friends with David and he values my feed back. I do a lot of work for a body shop and have the ability to give him feed back very fast.
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shoot, I too just got the OHC, and a little more bite would have been nice with the beater I tested it on.
 
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How well does OHC do using the PC?
Ive am buying the whole optimum line and menzerna line BUT i see that almost everyone uses a rotary with optimum.
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Very interesting to hear this...

Looks like faint hologramming on the polished side of the bonnet, would the OHC perhaps respond to a couple of low speed passes (900rpm say) at the end of a set to refine the finish further?? This is a technique I use with aggressive compounds such as Power Gloss and G3 to avoid hologramming... Just a thought...

Looks like it performs brilliantly though, and Porsche paint (in the UK anyway) is very hard.
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I just baught the old stuff a few months ago. I'd love to get my hands on some of the new stuff now though
 
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