I took another shot with the Optimum line.....

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Nicky Pass

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I tried using Optimum Polish over the winter and I didn't like it too much. It never seemed to break down or shine really well. SO...this weekend, I thought I'd give it another shot. THIS TIME....I actually read the bottle!!! It said to use it at a WAY lower RPM then I was using, so I used a white polishing pad and set the PC to 3 and just worked it in....and it turned out great!!!



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I always use it at a higher speed, usually 6 and have never had any issues with it. I was unaware it said to use at a lower speed. It may be referrencing a Rotary.......
 
For me, it breaks down very quickly and produces very consistent results on speed 6. Optimum indicate 1000-1400 RPMs on the bottle, but this is a rotary number, and represents far more energy concentration for a work area than a PC could produce.



Dual action machines do their work by jiggling. The slow rotation does nothing in this context.



If you used it on speed 6 with no result, well, that means you used waaayyy too much product. 2-3 pea sized drops are fully sufficient on a primed pad.
 
I'm doing an 03 white cobra also, and i used Optimum Hyper compound with a green Edge pad with my rotary at 1400rpms, and then i tried suing Optimum polsih with the PC with a white polishing pad at speed 6 and it didn't clear up the little remaining swirls. It was actually adding swirls and wasn't really removing the haze. I've tried so many different combos and i think i have to use a rotary with an edge blue pad, PWC, then followed by Pink Moose with a red finishing pad and it still wasn't perfect.
 
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