Corey Bit Spank
Active member
I recently relocated from Milwaukee to the Detroit area for work. During the commute, a sheet of plastic (probably 2' by 2') flew out of an open semi-truck trailer, hit the car behind, and appears to have hit my rear passenger door flat on. Before anyone asks -- I did not take down the plate and was more concerned about staying safe.
The scratches don't seem to be too bad and only a couple short ones might not fully polish out, which I'm okay with (silver car). My dealer put Zurich Shield (complimentary) on the paint when I bought it in April 2012. I've never used opti-coat, but after reading reviews it appears this Zurich Shield stuff is pretty similar. Some of the scratches appear to just be this coating coming off, kind of like a thin coating of rubber cement (stringy). Does anyone have experience polishing off opti-coat? Is there anything special to it?
Alternatively, the "scratches" might just be transfer from whatever hit my car. I'll start with clay bar and go from there.
In terms of polishing... all of my polishes are over 6 years old (probably more like 10 years old). What's everyone using? I'd be using it with a Cyclo. At least this gives me a reason to use my expensive polisher
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The scratches don't seem to be too bad and only a couple short ones might not fully polish out, which I'm okay with (silver car). My dealer put Zurich Shield (complimentary) on the paint when I bought it in April 2012. I've never used opti-coat, but after reading reviews it appears this Zurich Shield stuff is pretty similar. Some of the scratches appear to just be this coating coming off, kind of like a thin coating of rubber cement (stringy). Does anyone have experience polishing off opti-coat? Is there anything special to it?
Alternatively, the "scratches" might just be transfer from whatever hit my car. I'll start with clay bar and go from there.
In terms of polishing... all of my polishes are over 6 years old (probably more like 10 years old). What's everyone using? I'd be using it with a Cyclo. At least this gives me a reason to use my expensive polisher
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