Opti Bond Vs Tire shine

Besides the obvious (gel and liquid), what is the difference between the two? Which one gives a higher gloss?

 

Gels usually give you a higher gloss over the liquids as they tend to be thicker.

 

What tire shine are you talking about? Optimum's or another brand?

 

I LOVE opti-bond. Use it on all my high end jobs.
I can get the exact look I want out of it and the durability is great.

For lower end work, though, I use diluted Megs Hyper Dressing.
No real complaints there either, I just think opti-bond looks better.

Edit: I feel retarded....forgot that optimum made a product called tire shine. Thought you were talking about tire shine in general. :doh:

 

Tire Shine has more gloss compared to Opti Bond 1:1. Neither are greasy or "high" gloss though. I'd use the word sheen.


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mm i think i'll borrow some opti bond somewhere to try it out.
and i see chris got himself the Verizon iPhone 4, gratz, i saw the news that pre-order went poof in 2 hours! welcome to iphone4 family nonetheless haha

 

Love the look of Opti-bond, it leaves my Nitto 555's with a nice matte look. Just though I'd throw that in there, sorry for going off topic.

 

Is this compared to the new Tire Shine? I thought the old version was great! If Opti-Bond provides less gloss (1:1) than the old formula Tire Shine I'll have to buy some Opti Bond.

 

Yes, I was comparing it to the current version. FYI: Opti Bond is tunable up to 3:1 for gloss, but requires more drying time. You can make it look any way you like.

 

Good to know, I thought it was only able to go as far as 1:1.

 

Do most people dilute it? I've always used it straight out of the bottle with no water added.

 

I think most people dilute it 1:1 it seems, including me. It saves product, spreads eaiser, and looks just as great in my opinion. I havent tried diluting it more than 1:1.

 

That's interesting. I'll have to try that next time. I've never diluted.

 

What about non diluted? I'm looking into grabbing a gallon and my customers prefer the glossy look.

 

You can yield high gloss from either as long as you don't touch it. If you spray it on and allow to dry they are both high gloss.

 

i use opti bond 1.1 and love it but i swear it seems to work perfect on some tires and to almost evaporate and disapear on others

 

I have this same problem on tires by certain manufacturers. I assume it has something to do with the specific compound they make their tires out of. On these tires I have to spray a second coat and then be sure not to touch it afterwards.

 

Nice to see you here Jed! I agree. On some tires, it looks awesome. On others, it goes very blotchy and or disappears.

 

I was one who diluted OB 1:1 as soon as I got it [as for some reason I like to put a sprayhead on everything I can]. I found it to work perfect on my BFG AT's and my Kumho ASX UHP tires but terribly on the General Grabber UHPs, however I found Hyperdressing as well as many OTC dressings to work poorly on the Grabbers until 303 ended up being perfect. I haven't tried Tire Shine but I felt like OB was versatile nonetheless and worked well on trim too.

 

Optibond works well for me. I use it straight, and apply it thin thin thin.