Scientific Definition of "Optically Clear"

[lbls1]

Try this link:

http://www.zeusinc.com/pdf/Zeus_Optical_Clarity.pdf



It may provide a better scientific explanation.

 

[Scottwax]

But when you put on a film, which is able to show enhanced details, such as flakes, it is already a distortion - and not the ultimate truth. We are just lucky that the given product is able to reflect that certain spectrum where the refractions of the tiny edges of the flakes play their most important role.

Considering how many of us modify our cars for more power and better handling, why not modify our paint via polishing and LSPs?

 

[imported_memnuts]

Try this link:

http://www.zeusinc.com/pdf/Zeus_Optical_Clarity.pdf



It may provide a better scientific explanation.

Excellent reference.:xyxthumbs



from Zeus article

Optical Clarity

The term ‘optical clarity’ is difficult to define, and the boundaries between ‘transparent’ or ‘clear’

and ‘translucent’ or ‘opaque’ are often highly subjective. What is acceptable for one observer is

possibly not acceptable for another observer.



Kinda explains why some like the sharpness of sealants verses the warm look of waxes and what one person calls "optically clear" and another trying to place an exact definition of such.

 

[lbls1]

Thanks. It is harder to pinpoint an exact meaning, and even a clinical definition may not be 100% applicable in some situations.

 

[Mikeyc]

I think that metallic flake pop is also a kind of distortion and not an attribute of optical clarity. When you see the bare paint - well, that's optical clarity, because nothing alters the original appearance. But when you put on a film, which is able to show enhanced details, such as flakes, it is already a distortion - and not the ultimate truth. We are just lucky that the given product is able to reflect that certain spectrum where the refractions of the tiny edges of the flakes play their most important role.

Considering how many of us modify our cars for more power and better handling, why not modify our paint via polishing and LSPs?

Excellent points!! :bow :bow



This whole "Optical Clarity" thing is just a quasi-scientific term used for marketing a product IMHO.