A detail with Optimum Poli-Seal

I tend to use PS on the DA with an LC 5.5" low profile white pad on most vehicles. If the paint is in real good condition, I'll go with green (less cut, more gloss). If it's not in great shape, I'll use orange. Correction level is obviously dependent on pad choice and paint softness/hardness.



Overall, I find that these combinations provide fantastic results for the customers that don't care about paint correction but just want the paint "clean & shiney". Top it with OS, OCW, OID, or all of the above and you've got a killer shine, especially on light metallic paints like silver.
 
Poli-Seal is like a finish polish. To lightly correct there are two things I do... One is use the white pad and use Optimum Polish II. Or I also made a mix of half Optimum Compound and half Optimum PolishII that I use on a wool/foam blend and then go over with white pad and plain Polish and finish it with Poli-Seal with either red LC pad or grey LC pad. I wipe it all down with Obsessive Details Waterless Wash + Carnauba and it shines it up very nicely. There are multiple ways of doing it and depending on the car depends on which method I use and what I finish it out with. Just remember, the Poli-Seal is not for correcting, it is for gloss, protection and light cleaning.

Good luck!
 
thedetailer said:
mshu7...so do you clay the ones that are not in great shape? OR do you just go to the orange pad?
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Sorry, I clay pretty much every car I touch.



And for those that say PS can't do any correcting, I beg to differ. Here's a Mini-Cooper I used PS on with the Flex last year:



BEFORE:

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AFTER:

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wow, quite a difference there, nice



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Looks good. The bottle says it does light correction. But what I am trying to say is that if your doing an entire car that has halos/swirls, scratches, etc. Go to your white pad and polish or your compound and wool/foam blend pad. I use the Poli-Seal on black cars that have VERY fine scratches from people rubbing their hands on the car when there was some dust and light dirt and it took those scratches right out.
 
another BIG fan here :D



I found it to correct light marks and soft paints quite well, from light swirling anyway. Really like the way theres no residue left to wipe off when you work it well. Straight to OCW is a lovely finish.



LC green or white as already said really makes a difference and cleans superbly.
 
Shawn F. said:
Looks good. The bottle says it does light correction. But what I am trying to say is that if your doing an entire car that has halos/swirls, scratches, etc. Go to your white pad and polish or your compound and wool/foam blend pad. I use the Poli-Seal on black cars that have VERY fine scratches from people rubbing their hands on the car when there was some dust and light dirt and it took those scratches right out.
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I gotcha, and I agree. Obviously, there are all sorts of levels of polishing so for me Poli-Seal is what I go to anytime someone just wants "clean & shiney". Any swirls that PS removes is just an added bonus. If someone wants swirls/true paint correction, obviously I'm grabbing something more aggressive.



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Thanks for your input Mike...



mshu7 said:
I gotcha, and I agree. Obviously, there are all sorts of levels of polishing so for me Poli-Seal is what I go to anytime someone just wants "clean & shiney". Any swirls that PS removes is just an added bonus. If someone wants swirls/true paint correction, obviously I'm grabbing something more aggressive.



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OPS cleans well. Though, it fills more than it corrects, for me anyway. It does not protect well, nor is it durable. Some of the worst waterspotting I've experienced has occurred after using OPS and not topping it on two different cars, one in the spring and one in the fall.



Its saving grace is that it is easy to use and if you top it with a spray sealant its decent.
 
I have used PS with an orange pad many times and have been able to correct quite a bit of swirling. Obviously not going to work with black paint. With light pressure on the last few passes it will leave the finish shiney & glossy
 
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