Signature Detailing Exotic! Opti-Coat Pro, Opti-Guard Leather, and Paint Correction

[Greg Gellas]

Ok, it may not be an exotic, but for a 10 year old vehicle, it might as well be.

I was recently contacted by a client, having had previously corrected his Tesla and another vehicle of his. This time he brought me his 2003 Lexus Rx. While not an exotic, I took the time and care as I always do for any car I get.

First, I began with inspecting the paint. Overall for a 10 year old car, it was not the worst I have seen!









I began with a full wash, auto scrub decontamination, and an Iron-X treatment. I then did a test spot and found that M101 with a Meg`s MF pad followed up with a yellow Rupes pad and Optimum`s hyper Polish was getting me amazing correction with a super glossy finish.

As for the paint, I was able to get some really good correction, considering the age of the car.



The right side was corrected.



Additionally, since this is the clients 3rd car, I decided to throw in Headlight restoration. Big thanks to David at Innovative detailing for suggesting the sandpaper grits to use while doing this one.

Headlights Before


After



In addition to the paint correction, the client decided to get an application of Opti-Guard Leather. In order to prep the leather, we decided on a full Leatherique process. I let the rejuvinator oil sit on the leather overnight, and followed up with prestine clean the following day. As for the results you can see from the 50/50`s that all of the dirt and oils were completely removed before the application of Opti-Guard leather.





The before and after photos came out really nice also.




Here you can see the surround on the side view mirrors has de-laminated and missing. We trimmed excess that was bubbling but still there.



Then wrapped the area in Gloss vinyl film. This is NOT a perfect fix, from 2 feet away you can`t even tell. Thanks to leeberbs for wrapping that area and giving me a hand on the entire vehicle.



The roof rack was hand polished and came out amazing





Overall for a 10 year old vehicle, I would say this came out pretty nice!

The leather was buttery soft and clean.









As always thanks for looking Greg Gellas

[mjlinane]

Great job!

[Pats300zx]

Amazing work Greg !!!

[mrclean81]

That looks great. Nice job

[Wors]

Really nice work Greg. Leatherique works really well on leather and leaves seats super soft.

[valleyrider]

I really like how that leather came out, I`ll have to remember Leatherique

[Swanicyouth]

Nice.

What is OptiGuard Leather? A new leather coating??? Beta Test???

[Stokdgs]

Nice.

What is OptiGuard Leather? A new leather coating??? Beta Test???

It is a newer product for Leather, OptiGuard, for Professional use, comes in a 40cc syringe, if you give them lots of paperwork -business license, Liability Insurance paper, they will give you the privilege of paying 150$ for 40cc of the Optimum LeatherGuard product...

They also make a similar product for Cloth Interiors..

All under the OptiGuard Professional Line.

It is what I put on all my vehicles over year and a half ago, and they are stellar.. Good product !! Not-so-good-charges for the product now...

It looks like all their professional line products went up way over 100%!

DanF

[Orinda Auto Detail]

Great work Greg!

[RaskyR1]

Nice work Greg!

[honda2112]

I`ve been carefully steaming leather to open the pores, then agitate with a leather brush and APC 10:1 (wiping immediately). After, I now use 1Z Leaderpgledge (sp? I have no idea) with a foam applicator and I must say I`ve been impressed. You did phenomenal work, but at that price point (Leatherique and especially the Opti) I`d give up, kudos for your effort and patience!