Optimum Compound Via PC - LSP Ready?

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Seeking feedback from others who've use OC (Optimum Compound) via a PC...did it leave a LSP ready finish for you?



I almost always use a rotary, but today I decided to use a PC and OC, just to change things up a bit. I haven't really found OC to be much stronger than OP via rotary, so I figured I'd try OC as my last/only polishing step on a red Mini Cooper with lots of swirls (in the past I've had good luck with a 50-50 combo of OP/OC). Anyways, it came out great. It was glossy as heck and I was able to remove a lot more swirls than if I had used a less aggressive polish. In fact, OC might be the strongest polish one could use as final finishing polish. But this was only one car - what kind of success have other's had with OC and a PC?



Of course, for a detailing hobbiest, one would generally want to finish with something a bit less aggressive just to be sure you were getting the glossiest finish possible, but from a professional's standpoint, must of my customers are blown away with a finish that I'd say is only at 90% max potential - but hey, time is money.
 
I'd say you'd be fine on pretty much any color other than black. Then you *may* have to step down to the polish. When in doubt, use good light to examine the paint.
 
Thanks Scott - most hobbiest detailers would never consider finishing with OC, but from our standpoint, if we are only getting paid to perform a single-step polish and the swirls are bad, I'd rather knock as many of the defect out as possible.
 
I agree oc is the best but you still need of go over the car with the polish. I only spot compound the bad area and polish the rest. Optimum is the coolest stuff I have found. In fact I trashed my other waxes compounds and polishes that took up a hole wall in my shop. now I have three bottles wax polish and compound. then i have two other products the interior cleaner and the tire stuff. Five bottles total and you will have the perfect detail every time! Just my thoughts
 
Talked to Kevin (the primary "tester" of OC during development) and he also feels one can easily finish with OC via a DA polisher, without having to follow up with a lighter polish.



This stuff finishes down quite nicely - MAYBE on black you could see a difference by going to OP, but IMO one could not see the difference between OC and OP when used on a DA).
 
In addition to color, I think paint hardness will have a role in this. I don't think that OC will finish down to an autopian level on soft honda paint for example.



In my experiences though, OC has finished down nicely enough to go straight to wax (though i havent run it against honda paint).
 
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