Car Pro Reflect - Awesome!

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So after washing my daily driver this weekend I noticed that some sap had etched the paint on the hood! So I had to break out the griots and the ultimate compound to fix her up. Afterwards, since I had all my stuff out, I went ahead and ran a pass of Car Pro Reflect finishing polish over the hood. Wow, the gloss and reflectivity were brought to a new level. Attached are some pics under direct and indirect light. You can really see the flake pop where the sun hits it directly.









 
Very nice. Your car looks great. This is one product I want to try once my other supplies run out.
 
I just used Reflect on my Spring detail for my DD. It worked fantastic as well.
 
Definitely an awesome product. Works very well! It produces overwhelming gloss in a short amount of time, IMO that ROCKS! Why would you ever want to work something longer to achieve the same (or lesser) results..:dunno:

BTW to the OP; your car looks great!


















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During the beta (I think Beta V2) of Reflect early on my first feedback was " it doesn't have a long work time like a finishing polish should!" Avi asked me, "...well is the gloss better than your other finishing polish?" To which I said... "Uhhhh, yeah" and it clicked!!

It's funny that we get used to how something "should" be and sometimes we don't realize progress when we see it.
 
CEE DOG said:
During the beta (I think Beta V2) of Reflect early on my first feedback was " it doesn't have a long work time like a finishing polish should!" Avi asked me, "...well is the gloss better than your other finishing polish?" To which I said... "Uhhhh, yeah" and it clicked!!

It's funny that we get used to how something "should" be and sometimes we don't realize progress when we see it.
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And ther you have it...BAZINGA
 
Nice little review I am debating between reflect and hd polish. Your results look great though good work!!
 
Would love to try this stuff but it would take a lot to drag me away from HD Polish...
 
I heard or read somewhere that another way of measuring
polishes' progress is by their having longer work times...
while also providing a glossy-finish.

I'm sure that wasn't from some production-detailer,
or production-detailing forum, though.


Bob
 
OP - awesome, looks great. Can you tell me the technique you used? I'm getting ready to use Reflect today for the first time. What speed setting, how much pressure, and I'm assuming slow arm speed?
 
DARK HORSE said:
Definitely an awesome product. Works very well! It produces overwhelming gloss in a short amount of time, IMO that ROCKS! Why would you ever want to work something longer to achieve the same (or lesser) results..:dunno:

BTW to the OP; your car looks great!
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CEE DOG said:
During the beta (I think Beta V2) of Reflect early on my first feedback was " it doesn't have a long work time like a finishing polish should!" Avi asked me, "...well is the gloss better than your other finishing polish?" To which I said... "Uhhhh, yeah" and it clicked!!

It's funny that we get used to how something "should" be and sometimes we don't realize progress when we see it.
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Yeah, to answer both of you, it's just what I am used to, polishes with longer work times! :) I'm not against it at all, anything to save time, but like another poster stated just need to get used to it. I was kind enough to be given some by another member months back, haven't got around to using it yet.
 
GreatAvalon said:
OP - awesome, looks great. Can you tell me the technique you used? I'm getting ready to use Reflect today for the first time. What speed setting, how much pressure, and I'm assuming slow arm speed?
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PM Corey (CEEDOG) for some more tips on using Reflect. The trick is to use very little product (I'm talking 2-3 drops per section, no priming at all), use moderate machine speed, and clean the pad very regularly. Work the product for 3-4 passes to breakdown the product and then wipe away effortlessly.

In my experience with learning how to use Reflect, most "issues" came from using too much product.
 
zmcgovern45 said:
PM Corey (CEEDOG) for some more tips on using Reflect. The trick is to use very little product (I'm talking 2-3 drops per section, no priming at all), use moderate machine speed, and clean the pad very regularly. Work the product for 3-4 passes to breakdown the product and then wipe away effortlessly.

In my experience with learning how to use Reflect, most "issues" came from using too much product.
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Thanks for the advise! I'll be sure to keep the amount of product to a minimum and be aware of how much I am using. Corey has PM :D :xyxthumbs:
 
I actually primed the pad, so maybe that was a no-no, however it wasnt soaked with product by any means. After each section the pad felt like it was dry, so maybe I didnt use enough to mess it up. I used 3 dime sized drops, and my sections were rather large to be honest, the hood above was 4 sections. I just kept going until it sort of soaked into the paint and then easily wiped off the small amount of left over residue. I had the Griots on 4k and used moderate pressure ( not correcting pressure by any means ). The Honda has very soft paint so it isnt very difficult at all to correct or to polish.
 
Just wanted to add that there was some sort of extra pop to the paint I have not noticed before after using this product, almost like it brought out a lighter shade of blue around areas of direct light, for instance where the sun hits or a strong overhead light. The paint is a very dark blue, perhaps its the flake being more noticeable.
Also, I dont know why the sun isnt doing one of those sparkly things where it hits like I see in other peoples photos - using an iPhone camera BTW.
 
KneeDragr said:
I actually primed the pad, so maybe that was a no-no, however it wasnt soaked with product by any means. After each section the pad felt like it was dry, so maybe I didnt use enough to mess it up. I used 3 dime sized drops, and my sections were rather large to be honest, the hood above was 4 sections. I just kept going until it sort of soaked into the paint and then easily wiped off the small amount of left over residue. I had the Griots on 4k and used moderate pressure ( not correcting pressure by any means ). The Honda has very soft paint so it isnt very difficult at all to correct or to polish.
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^It is more of an issue on soft, black paint.

KneeDragr said:
Just wanted to add that there was some sort of extra pop to the paint I have not noticed before after using this product, almost like it brought out a lighter shade of blue around areas of direct light, for instance where the sun hits or a strong overhead light. The paint is a very dark blue, perhaps its the flake being more noticeable.
Also, I dont know why the sun isnt doing one of those sparkly things where it hits like I see in other peoples photos - using an iPhone camera BTW.
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Sun "stars" come from using a small aperture (f/11-f/22)... not something you can control on an iPhone... not even sure if it would work well with such a tiny lens anyway.
 
KneeDragr said:
Just wanted to add that there was some sort of extra pop to the paint I have not noticed before after using this product, almost like it brought out a lighter shade of blue around areas of direct light, for instance where the sun hits or a strong overhead light. The paint is a very dark blue, perhaps its the flake being more noticeable.
Also, I dont know why the sun isnt doing one of those sparkly things where it hits like I see in other peoples photos - using an iPhone camera BTW.
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I can assure you that the extra pop that you are seeing will probably go away once you IPA wipe the surface.

I've used this product before and was impressed by it, but a lot of the pop does go away with a wipedown.
 
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