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+1 on what Nick said regarding multiple applicators and many, many towels. CQuartz is rather "smeary" in my experience, so having many clean towels to use for wipe off is a must. Overall it is quite easy to use, but the wipe off process can get frustrating if you're inspecting it with LED...

Essence plus is meant to be used on top of an existing coating for added protection and to fill in minor defects, not prior to applying or reapplying a coating. Essence Plus is NOT a primer. Don't use it beneath a coating.

If there are no swirls, scratches, or other defects that need to be addressed, then paint correction type work is just a waste of time and material. Simply clean and decontaminate the surface to ensure it is properly cleaned. Next, do a simple light polish on the car using something like...

Karcher X Series - 2000 PSI

As I mentioned above, that was with Essence and a MF Cutting Pad. For fine polishing I have found that I prefer the Rupes Yellow or White Pads (we use yellow 90% of the time or more).

Absolutely... results are always largely pad dependent when it comes to getting the most out of fine and medium polishes. Likewise, you can also vary the amount of product used to increase the amount of abrasives over a given area (refer to Kevin Brown's M205 method), however I do not find this...

CarPro Essence technically qualifies as an AIO I suppose.... By manipulating your pad choice, you can get quite a bit of cut out of this product even though it also works exceptionally well as a fine finishing polish. This was Essence on a MF Cutting Pad.

Hey... me too :) Great towel... I've been using the 16x16 Terry Weave towels for drying my personal cars because I can sheet the majority of the water off, and the large PFM towel is just overkill at that point. Just takes 2 of the 16x16 towels to dry my vehicle.

Ha, this thread is over a year old... but thanks guys! Yup, we keep buying flat pads. They are cheap and work well... though I really like the new BOSS pads as well. I have had the Karcher X Series PW for about 4 years now and am not a fan of it... overpriced and cheaply made. Coatings are...

We have been pressure washing pads for years... does not damage foam or MF... works very nicely.

If you squeeze the pads and force them to soak up the water they will sink. Sometimes you just have to let them sit in there a while also.

Well if it is over CQuartz, it is not quite stand alone protection, but rather another layer of protection on top of the existing CQuartz. I have had a bottle of Essence Plus since it was released, but I have still not used it... so I cannot provide any insight.

Thanks Avi!

You're going to do great! Detailing is a great hobby, and with practice you'll have no problems producing the same results :) Thanks!

Good old flat pads... 5.5" and 3"

I have a detailed write up on replacing the batter on the DI Ask-A-Pro Blog... mine had the same issue and it would not charge, took 10 minutes to fix it :)

You could get a cart and hang them on the side.... Or use a pegboard....

You can absolutely re-coat a vehicle. We coat almost every vehicle that goes through our shop, and my personal vehicles are coated. For a well maintained car that does not need paint correction, we recommend a light polish as needed (generally every 1.5-3 years) followed by a new coating layer...

Not sure. It's been over a year since we worked on Matt's and I haven't even done a proper correction on mine yet (too busy working on everyone else's cars). I will take some measurements on my car when it is clean. I don't have any pictures of Matt's car when we were working on it. I only...

I think you're over estimating the "cut" of a 2 step paint correction with a DA machine. You could compound a panel 10x with M105 and a cutting pad, and I would bet that you are not going to loose a great deal of thickness (note: do this at your own risk). If you do a 2 step paint correction...