Polish Angel Esclate Lotion - Review

[Angus]

For this review I’m going to share my experience using Polish Angel’s Esclate Lotion as part of my DD’s autumn prep-routine.

Description from AG's sister site Autopia on Polish Angel Esclate Lotion:

Polish Angel Esclate Lotion is a paint cleansing cream designed to restore shine and intensity of color on your vehicle’s painted, chrome, and aluminum surfaces. This unique formula doesn’t just glaze over and fill imperfections, but actually targets light scratches and swirls marks, smoothing them out and eliminating them. Polish Angel Esclate Lotion removes impurities and old waxes so that you can work toward a perfectly reflective paint surface.
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Now it’s been awhile since I last did a full detail on this car. I could easily see the paint was suffering from a bad case of water spots and was totally contaminated - the baggie test felt like 80 grit sandpaper! But other than a few lite scratches I couldn’t find any major defects or issues that required polishing.

In general, if your paint is already in good shape using a paint cleansing cream/ pre-wax cleaner or glaze is a great way to save time, while maximizing the depth and clarity of your paint prior to applying a new LSP.

After washing the car down, I decided to use an ultra fine traditional clay instead of my “fine grade” nanoskin wash mitt in an effort to avoid marring the paint as much as possible:

Directions on label:

Directions on PA’s website:

1. Shake well before use - Check.
2. Apply by hand with a pre-wax applicator pad, or by machine with a finishing pad - Check
3. Buff off with a clean dry microfibre cloth - Check​

I apply a few small drops of Esclate Lotion to a finishing pad and get to work on a test spot:

Water spots galore!

Enter Esclate Lotion:

Wholy smokes - the water spots are gone and look how much the flake pops now!!! What a difference after only 2-3 passes!!! I love this stuff!!!!

Results
All in all, it took around 90 minutes and ~1/4 of the bottle to go over the entire car with Polish Angel Esclate Lotion.

A few more 50/50’s:

Left after PA/ Right before PA:

Roof close up: bottom after PA - top before PA (notice the water spots)

Features & Benefits (per PA’s site):

• Easy to apply - Yes
• Dust-free (contains no fillers) - Confirmed
• Removes light scratches, tar, tree resin, road grime - Confirmed (for the most part)
• Use by hand or by machine polisher - by Machine Confirmed
• Does not leave residue on plastic or rubber trim - Confirmed
• Suitable for chrome and aluminum rims - N/A

Cost
Make no mistake, Polish Angel Esclate Lotion is a premium product hand made in Germany. And as such it commands a premium price: a single 200ml (6.8 US fluid oz) bottle of Polish Angel Esclate Lotion cost $29.99 or $4.44 per oz over on Autopia. :wow:


Conclusion
As I`ve shown, Polish Angel Esclate Lotion is easy to use, and does a very good job at preparing the paint for your favorite LSP. Is it the perfect replacement for polishing your paint? No it is not. Although I was able to remove the majority of water spots, there still some left that Esclate Lotion didn’t touch. And I’m ok with that. After all this is a chemical paint cleaner not an abrasive polish.


Additional Observations:
Most detailing chemicals give me headaches. It’s a fact of life I’ve gotten used to and wear a 3M Paint Project Respirator whenever I’m compounding, polishing, or applying a coating in my garage. Thankfully however after using Polish Angel Esclate Lotion w/o a respirator I did not get a headache. A fact I wanted to share since I know others suffer from post detail headaches like I do.

Hope you enjoyed this review!

 

[ronkh57]

Loving PA

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Very nice review Ian! I see it really transformed the paint on your BMW! Well done.

What machine did you use for the application? I see a FLEX in the foreground of the product.

BTW, get rid of the RFT tires... Thanks for sharing.

 

[Angus]

Loving PA

Me to, Ron. PA makes awesome stuff.

Very nice review Ian! I see it really transformed the paint on your BMW! Well done.

What machine did you use for the application? I see a FLEX in the foreground of the product.

Thank you, Sir! You're correct I used my 3401 + hybrid black finishing pads for application.

BTW, get rid of the RFT tires...

Haha. First chance I get brother!! Right now I need to get snow tires on it ASAP.

 

[custmsprty]

Nice write up.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[AZpolisher15]

Wow. That clarity is really nice.

 

[MIsnowman]

Looks great!! I really like my PA products as well, but I couldn't get the results I was looking for using Escalate with the Flex. Using it with my mini has yielded outstanding results. I'm really liking the Viking coat on my truck right now as well.

 

[Sicoupe]

Great review! Thanks for sharing my friend.

 

[Angus]

Nice write up.

Thanks for sharing.

Wow. That clarity is really nice.

Looks great!! I really like my PA products as well, but I couldn't get the results I was looking for using Escalate with the Flex. Using it with my mini has yielded outstanding results. I'm really liking the Viking coat on my truck right now as well.

Great review! Thanks for sharing my friend.

Thanks for the kind words, fellas!

 

[RippyD]

How does this compare to any other finishing polish, like Menzerna 4500? Is there a reason to use PA Escalate over something else other than prepping for a PA coating?

 

[Angus]

How does this compare to any other finishing polish, like Menzerna 4500? Is there a reason to use PA Escalate over something else other than prepping for a PA coating?

Good question. On an abrasive scale from 0-10 with 10 being a heavy cut compound like FG400, FG4500 would be a 3, and PA Esclate would be a 0. It has no cut at all.

As far as using PA Esclate as a prep for Viking Coat or Glasscoat vs something else I really can't say.

 

[RippyD]

Good question. On an abrasive scale from 0-10 with 10 being a heavy cut compound like FG400, FG4500 would be a 3, and PA Esclate would be a 0. It has no cut at all.

My bad - didn't realize it was a cleaner only and not a polish. Given that, how would it compare to something like Wolfgang Polish Enhancer?

I guess I'm really asking if the PA stuff is about the same or significantly better than similar products. I don't doubt that it's good.

 

[MIsnowman]

Escalate is not just a paint cleaner. It has abrasives and definitely has some cut/correction ability. I was surprised by the amount of correction I got from it on my truck. Obviously it isn't going to take out deep scratches, but it had no trouble removing light swirls.