OC Now Stronger?

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RAG

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Seems to me my newest bottle of Optimum Compound is a bit stronger than the first few bottles I had (purchased when it first became available). While detailing a car today my OC was getting low so I grabbed for the new bottle I purchased recently and immediately noticed increased compounding swirls (applied via rotary). I can't say that I noticed increase defect removal, as I had already wet sanded and heavy compounded twice (aftermarket paint). I'm thinking maybe David decided to sneak in a few more abrasives (a good idea if he did) after many people were finding almost no difference between the polish and original compound. Today, after the OC I followed with OP...and even though I used the same type of pad, there was a large difference. I'm not even sure they would admit to tweaking the formula, but I can say that my two bottles are not the same (thankfully).
 
Companies are always upgrading and tweaking their products as they find ways to improve them. Usually, you don't hear a thing officially.



Either that or you have a mislabled bottle of Hyper Compound. :nervous2:
 
Hmm, I *do* find a fairly significant difference between the compound and the polish.



Did you perhaps mist the pad with anything(water, QD)? I have found that doing so greatly increases the aggressiveness of OC.



Did you change pads when you started the new bottle of OC?
 
epcivics - I'm not sure you got me. When OC was first released, most would agree that it was hardly more aggressive than OP (I too found this to be the case). But now that I got a new bottle, the OC seems stronger.



I did switch pads and no, I didn't prime.



Priming with water or QD increases the aggressiveness huh? My guess would be because the QD or water does not provide the proper lubrication as do the untambered oils in the polish.
 
RAG said:
epcivics - I'm not sure you got me. When OC was first released, most would agree that it was hardly more aggressive than OP (I too found this to be the case). But now that I got a new bottle, the OC seems stronger.



I did switch pads and no, I didn't prime.



Priming with water or QD increases the aggressiveness huh? My guess would be because the QD or water does not provide the proper lubrication as do the untambered oils in the polish.
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No no, I gotcha, I was just trying to see if there was another variable that perhaps was missing. :)



The reason I asked about the pad change and misting of the pad is because those are the only two instances that I have seen dulling/swirling, etc from OC. Whenever I change my pad I have a tendency to use less product, therefore it is not sufficiently primed. I then buff the area and have a tendency to *not* decrease the area I am buffing to compensate for the lack of polish on the pad...essentially I am dry buffing.



Obviously if this swirling that you saw remained constant, that was not the issue. I was just pulling straws for the sake of finding out what was going on.



I should also state that I don't have *that* much experience with the OC, I am only half way through my first quart.



Does any of that even make any sense? :D
 
Yes, perfect sense. Thank you.



I should clarify by saying that it isn't like the OC left heavy swirls like when I use SSR 3 or #84 (or even Hyper), but under by halogens I could see increased buffer marks, but nothing dramatic.
 
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