Is Opti Coat worth the money?
12-07-16, 04:42 PM
#16
Just because you have a full vehicle PPF wrap, does not mean a coating would not be beneficial. The clearbra will preserve the paint from scratches and chips, but putting a coating on top of the film will make your life much easier in terms of releasing dirt and contamination, easily washing dirt and bugs off the paint with minimal effort and just overall keeping the car looking cleaner.
It's one of the best investments you can make second to the PPF. Highly recommend it, it's never too late.
It's one of the best investments you can make second to the PPF. Highly recommend it, it's never too late.
12-07-16, 04:45 PM
#17
Keep in mind you can't do certain things with the PPF as you can with paint.
It's NOT recommended to heavily polish/compound the film when you get deep water spots, etchings, or scratches.
You also should not be clay barring the film for contamination because the clay bar will not glide on the PPF the same way it would on paint (film is urethane so it's a soft rubbery surface that's not a good medium for the clay bar).
Installing a coating will help with keeping the contaminants off the film and in the case of embedded contaminants, to more easily be stripped with a chemical so that mechanical (clay bar) decontamination would not be necessary.
A full car ppf can sometimes run up to or more than $5k around here so spending an extra $500-$1000 for the coating is a small price to pay to preserve the ppf in my opinion.
It's NOT recommended to heavily polish/compound the film when you get deep water spots, etchings, or scratches.
You also should not be clay barring the film for contamination because the clay bar will not glide on the PPF the same way it would on paint (film is urethane so it's a soft rubbery surface that's not a good medium for the clay bar).
Installing a coating will help with keeping the contaminants off the film and in the case of embedded contaminants, to more easily be stripped with a chemical so that mechanical (clay bar) decontamination would not be necessary.
A full car ppf can sometimes run up to or more than $5k around here so spending an extra $500-$1000 for the coating is a small price to pay to preserve the ppf in my opinion.
12-20-16, 11:41 AM
#18
Driver School Candidate
I have PPF and OptiCoat on my vehicle and I wouldn't do it any other way. The PPF is really meant to keep the paint from chipping on the front of hte car. The OptiCoat provides protection on teh car where there is no PPF and makes the car much easier to wash and maintain.
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