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Sizzle Chest

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Ordered a bottle last week. Received it and was excited to try it out.

Victim: Mercedes-Benz C class. Dark silver metallic paint. Paint was in very good shape. The car was coated with PBL V2. The deck lid had some deep RIDS and some spots that were being stubborn/resisting removal! LOL

I used my Rupes Duetto with a Surfbuf pad and Essence on the deck lid. It cut pretty darn well. The filling properties seemed to be very nice as well. It removed some of the areas on the deck lid that were troubling me. It left some of the deeper/heavier spots that I was not expecting to remove. Little to no dust at all. 'Shorter' working time. I then followed up with a CarPro Gloss pad on the Rupes to finish it off.

Now silver is a hard test subject, but that's what I had on hand. To my eyes, the gloss/shine/reflectivity was increased after using Essence. It also removed/filled some of the defects on the deck lid.

Overall: Impressed. Easy to use, little to no dust. Nice final polish. I will keep this stocked in my arsenal for future use!!

Onto the pics! (again, hard to see due to the color and the paint being pretty damn good to start with lol)


Decklid before:











After Surfbuf pad/cutting stage:











After Gloss pad:














Onto the hood!











After Essence:




















The rest of the car was polished only with the Gloss pad and Essence. It was then coated with a coating that AG does not carry. (it did not need claying)

Tires: Adams SVRT
Glass: HD Glass
Cleanup prior to polishing: UWW

It is not a very sunny day here today, but you can see the reflection/gloss in the outside shots.












Thanks for looking!!!
 
It certainly looks like an effective product. Do you see this being added to your normal product rotation, or kind of a "special use" thing?
 
craigdt said:
It certainly looks like an effective product. Do you see this being added to your normal product rotation, or kind of a "special use" thing?
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That would depend. Some variables will come into play. If I am going to coat a car, then I will most likely use it. If the surface is in need of only a light polish I may reach for it. If it is a 'special' car or a dark colored/black vehicle, I would most likely use it if I am doing a 2 step correction, or even possibly just a single stage of correction (light polish needed only)

It appears to be a good product. I like the extremely low dust. The work time is somewhat short, but that is not a huge issue.

Sorry to give you a round-about answer!
 
Very nice job. Just when I thought I had enough polishes lol. Looks like I will be getting a bottle soon.
 
Nice job. Wondering if it will serve well under other coating as you have used it. Only time will tell.
 
Pats300zx said:
Very nice job. Just when I thought I had enough polishes lol. Looks like I will be getting a bottle soon.
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Thank you!!! I know! LOL...never ending!



Rsurfer said:
Nice job. Wondering if it will serve well under other coating as you have used it. Only time will tell.
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Thanks!!! That's really what I want to find out. So far it seems to have played well with the coating.
 
Pats300zx said:
Very nice job. Just when I thought I had enough polishes lol. Looks like I will be getting a bottle soon.
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Can one ever have enough polishes??

Essence seems to be another game changer!
 
Nice write up dude. I thought that was your car until I saw the rear shots.
 
This looks great!


can this be used before applying any coating or is only CQUK preferred?

thanks

jay
 
Every_detail said:
This looks great!


can this be used before applying any coating or is only CQUK preferred?

thanks

jay
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Jay,

I think we all would like to know this but until someone puts it to the test we won't know. I picked up a bottle myself but I haven't had a chance to use it. If I find a donor car I'll try it with 5 coatings and see how it works. I don't want to use anything I have on hand right now because they are all peaked out with their current coatings or sealants. I'm looking for a used car for my daughter and hopefully will find something in the next week. It will be the perfect test subject.....Bwoooohahaha!

Mike
 
Jay, I used it with a non CarPro coating. I wanted to see how well it would work together. So far so good. But I will be doing a long/longer-term test to see if the coating lasts with Essence used as a primer.
 
Sizzle Chest said:
Jay, I used it with a non CarPro coating. I wanted to see how well it would work together. So far so good. But I will be doing a long/longer-term test to see if the coating lasts with Essence used as a primer.
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awesome! Thanks for the feedback.
 
great write up! i came across your post by searching essence since ill be also applying it to a new jaguar. same process like yours, same non-car pro coating ;)
 
mrclean said:
great write up! i came across your post by searching essence since ill be also applying it to a new jaguar. same process like yours, same non-car pro coating ;)
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Thanks Josue! Keep us posted on what you think! Hope all is well!!! :dblthumb2:
 
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