3D HD Adapt and Poxy Review - 1940 Studebaker Streetrod detailed by Mike Phillips

Dear Mike. Another excellent in-depth review, and a flawless final result.
How would you compare the Adapt to the equivalent in the Menzerna line?
2500 perhaps? Best regards and thanks in advance.
 
Craig Parker said:
Excellent work Mike, car looks awesome,

curious that you used clay instead of nanoskin.
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Paint felt smooth after doing the Baggie Test but as a good practice I wanted to mechanically decontaminate the paint so I chose the simple method of using clay.

Sometimes you'll see the color of whatever the contaminant is on the paint transfer to the clay and I always find this interesting when it happens. (Didn't see much but some black stuff)

Plus... while many on the forum use Nanoskin products including myself some also use clay so I like to give all options some attention.


Good question.


:xyxthumbs:
 
Excellent Review Mike!

Always funny to see detailers having to correct other detailers work.

As you noticed, the HD Polish is more of a Fine Cut Polish.

It has a finer finish than HD Adapt, yet not needed in this case.
 
Ben@3DHD said:
Excellent Review Mike!
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Thanks Ben.



Ben@3DHD said:
Always funny to see detailers having to correct other detailers work.
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Sad really at this point in time but the reality of the industry.


Ben@3DHD said:
As you noticed, the HD Polish is more of a Fine Cut Polish.

It has a finer finish than HD Adapt, yet not needed in this case.
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That's my experience plus it had already been a long day and doing a second step would have put me home around 2-3 in the morning.


:)
 
Mike, great job as always! It's always good to get your perspective on polishing products, especially since I can't just try them all, being a casual detailer. One question though: Isn't the car really a Packard?
 
I'll be honest, I thought the paint looked pretty good at the beginning.. I could see the swirls and holo's no doubt, but OH MY!!!!!!! Those finished shots are just JAW DROPPING! The depth in that paint, the clarity, and the pop... Can't wait to get my hands on a flex and put some time behind it.. Thank you for this write up!
 
Mike got the shimmer and gloss out of that paint! Amazing results.
 
brianshaeffer said:
Mike, great job as always! It's always good to get your perspective on polishing products, especially since I can't just try them all, being a casual detailer.

One question though: Isn't the car really a Packard?
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Yes!

I think a couple times in my write-up I typed Studebaker but I meant Packard.

It's called

Typing faster than I'm thinking....


:D
 
Re: 3D HD Adapt and Poxy Review - 1940 Packard Streetrod detailed by Mike Phillips

Turned out great! The adapt/poxy combo really made that color pop!!!

Have to give it to HD the no dusting on either cut or adapt huge plus in my books! And really like the longgg play time:xyxthumbs: had little samples of the line after I used and played around with both the Flex and rupes machines I had to acquire cut,adapt,polish,speed,poxy to my arsenal!
 
Re: 3D HD Adapt and Poxy Review - 1940 Packard Streetrod detailed by Mike Phillips

So this is HD Speed with no fillers and sealants right?
 
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hdez said:
So this is HD Speed with no fillers and sealants right?
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Yes... and it's KILLER! :props:

Just tried it (for the first time) recently, and love the fact that it has ZERO dusting, and corrects well. I tried it with 3 different Rupes pads on the Duetto, blue, green, yellow, and it finished awesome each time. Also tried it with the orange LC pad.

Have to be careful with it, (and other HD stuff) not to use much as it'll gum up the pads and start spitting out gummy balls. Still no dusting though! :laughing:
 
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cardaddy said:
Yes... and it's KILLER! :props:

Just tried it (for the first time) recently, and love the fact that it has ZERO dusting, and corrects well. I tried it with 3 different Rupes pads on the Duetto, blue, green, yellow, and it finished awesome each time. Also tried it with the orange LC pad.

Have to be careful with it, (and other HD stuff) not to use much as it'll gum up the pads and start spitting out gummy balls. Still no dusting though! :laughing:
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thanks for the info! Just bought Adapt and Speed and some LC pads too! I'm excited to already test them :buffing:Im the MAN
 
Re: 3D HD Adapt and Poxy Review - 1940 Packard Streetrod detailed by Mike Phillips

Just pay attention to the priming method that HD recommends. You'll use as few as three and as many as six pea sized drops.

But I can assure you... If too much of it gets on the pad it just starts rolling up like boogers!!! :eek:

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cardaddy said:
Just pay attention to the priming method that HD recommends. You'll use as few as three and as many as six pea sized drops.

But I can assure you... If too much of it gets on the pad it just starts rolling up like boogers!!! :eek:

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That's what happened to me with some Menzerna, when I first started using it.

This Adapt polish seems really interesting though. I don't want to add another line, but if I do, I would love to try this.
 
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cardaddy said:
Just pay attention to the priming method that HD recommends. You'll use as few as three and as many as six pea sized drops.

But I can assure you... If too much of it gets on the pad it just starts rolling up like boogers!!! :eek:

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk
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Got it. Thanks man.
 
Re: 3D HD Adapt and Poxy Review - 1940 Packard Streetrod detailed by Mike Phillips

What a beautiful color after the Mike touch. Awesome
 
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