Mr.Outback Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Just curious:What does one do if a rock chips an OptiCoat finish, especially a long guaranteed one? My Subaru wearing OptiCoat Pro+ got nailed this way: paint's base coat's intact but coating and clear coat are gone from two aprox. 2 mm rock "hits". I assume repair's an out of warranty event and will ask my detailer about it, but I hope it does not involve major surface refinishing just to remove two small chips, especially as base coat's still there. I could go easy way and __carefully__apply clear coat to the chipped area, but do not know if clear coat will bond to the Pro+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron@Optimum Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 no ceramic can protect against rock chips - I've used touch up paint/clear coat with no problem over OCP. I always apply Hyper Seal with every wash for additional protection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Outback Posted December 8, 2021 Author Share Posted December 8, 2021 Thnx for info Ron. I chatted with my detailer and the plan is for my chips to be retouched the same time he is doing another OptiCoat Pro+ job (he said he'll need only a tiny bit of OptiCoat for the touch-up). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron@Optimum Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 most installers keep a little extra from jobs to do touch ups, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Outback Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 Hopefully my retailer touchup will work OK. The Dr. G interviews I watched recently elsewhere on this forum were very illuminating in that apparently one can apply a second coat of Pro on top of existing Pro, and that Pro3 is so thick it can actually be polished to remove scratches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron@Optimum Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 one sale point on Pro3 is that it can be polished without removing the coating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Outback Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 Good to know about pro3 though for my local dealer it remains Unobtainium (He's not Optimum exclusive - nearest of those's 40 miles away). My local detailer had coating left over from another Pro+ job and successfully re-coated the dinged spot. Only a slight dimple (probably due to loss of some clear coat) remains. After hyper-sealing, hopefully it will be good to go for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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