Essence / HD speed

May be true, but it is not made exclusively for CarPro products so feel free to experiment. I wish more people would.
 
silverfox said:
But I'm telling you that HD speed topped with either HD express or HD Poxy... Looks better than HD polish topped with HD Poxy
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Without a doubt!! Use Speed topped with Poxy then Express every few weeks on my wife's Black Golf and even she can tell the difference.
 
True for most AIO but Essence is different.

In terms of correction, it doesn't correct has well as a compound+polish, but since it has fillers the end result seems to be as good if not better than doing a dual step correction. Plus, you are not taking a lot of clear coat off like you would if did the dual step correction.

In terms of protection, I believe CarPro states about a year. That's twice what a Scelant will give you. Of course you could go with a coating and get multiple years but still, a year is pretty awesome for a AIO.

I think this product could very well revolutionize how we do detailing. Time will tell.



AGOatemywallet said:
If you are trying to squeeze the last bit of gloss out of your paint...why would you use an AIO?


AIO's do a lot of things, but they do not do any of them at the level of a dedicated product.

As an LSP, they have less durability than a dedicated LSP. Many have argued that the appearance of an AIO as LSP is not as good as a high end dedicated LSP.

They don't clean as well as a dedicated Cleaner product.

They don't cut as well as a Compound

They don't finish as well as a true finishing polish


If you are only doing your own car, what's the rush.

Skip the AIO

Take your time
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THANK YOU ALL for your advice and opinions !!!!!!!!!

I will update later on what happens....
 
I've seen you car online and it looks great. Mostly on Autopia.

I just traded my white car in and the best look I ever had was with the polish angel products. Not the most durable but if yours is a garage queen it's perfect. I used prep as you mentioned the HD polish, IOS wipe them Essence to see if it adds anything. It did not in my case so I stopped. Then I did escalate, Viking coat. Look was killer. I needed to keep up beading after a few months with White Alabaster as a drying aid. If I were to do again I would use cosmic instead of Viking coat. My friend Jason used it on his white Audi and it was breathtaking.
 
JSFM35x said:
I've seen you car online and it looks great. Mostly on Autopia.

I just traded my white car in and the best look I ever had was with the polish angel products. Not the most durable but if yours is a garage queen it's perfect. I used prep as you mentioned the HD polish, IOS wipe them Essence to see if it adds anything. It did not in my case so I stopped. Then I did escalate, Viking coat. Look was killer. I needed to keep up beading after a few months with White Alabaster as a drying aid. If I were to do again I would use cosmic instead of Viking coat. My friend Jason used it on his white Audi and it was breathtaking.
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Thanks for compliment :) my toy is a garage queen and its hard as you know to get white to that certain shine. I just got windows 10 because my old one crashed and now I am have uploading pics to AG and autopia
 
I've gotten 9 months out of DG 105 including winter. That's a $15 sealant. I think the real reason that coatings get better longevity is the prep. In other words if you prep for a good sealant such as FK1000p or DG 105 or Sonax PNS as you would for a coating, you'd be amazed at the longevity you get especially when boosters are used every month. Sealants often fall short because people don't prep properly and often take shortcuts. So if essence alone gives you a year as a coating imo that's nothing to brag about. In fact it's poor in my view.
 
I would say use HD Polish and Menzerna Powerlock for your LSP. I've got stunning results with it on my 02 Oxford white mustang.
 
KBsToy said:
It`s getting warmer here and in no time I will be getting my Artic White Vette out of storage and starting to give her a really good spring cleaning. Wash, Clay, Iron X and wash again. Now comes my problem my car, finish is in relativity good shape, maybe some light scratches from my OCD with washing and QD`s and a coat of FK 1000 put on last fall.

Reading over Mike`s comments on jeweling wax he answered my question on light / colored cars and trying to get the perfect shine. White is hard to get the pop / shine and he talked about using a quality AIO to get it there.

So I was thinking of HD speed or Essence I bought these over the holidays along with other HD / Car-pro products...

Your thoughts and advice please for a weekend detailer :)
Thanks.
KB
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I will be posting a video by today, comparing the cutting abilities of essence on a really bad scratched up f150.

I use foam cutting pad
Foam polishing pad
and finishing pads

To see the difference in cutting and finishing I will post a link shortly
 
KBsToy said:
It`s getting warmer here and in no time I will be getting my Artic White Vette out of storage and starting to give her a really good spring cleaning. Wash, Clay, Iron X and wash again. Now comes my problem my car, finish is in relativity good shape, maybe some light scratches from my OCD with washing and QD`s and a coat of FK 1000 put on last fall.

Reading over Mike`s comments on jeweling wax he answered my question on light / colored cars and trying to get the perfect shine. White is hard to get the pop / shine and he talked about using a quality AIO to get it there.

So I was thinking of HD speed or Essence I bought these over the holidays along with other HD / Car-pro products...

Your thoughts and advice please for a weekend detailer :)
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HDSpeed with green pads. Simple and very effective for what you describe. Not the longest lasting sealer but it works. If you're looking for a real pop out of the paint, I would follow it with a nice quality glaze like White Light and then top it off with a strong sealer.
 
ESSENCE!
Nothing comes close to it!
I'm done with wax or sealants. They are all going in the trash.
 
GOATMAN06 said:
Thanks for taking the time to do that review, Nice Job. Were you using the lake county white polishing pad? What type of finishing pad did you use? thanks again.
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No problem I'm glad you wnjoyed.

Yes it was a lake country thinpro white polishing pad.

I feel that got the best results of all 4 pads I tested.

The finishing pads I tried microfiber finishing, and foam finishing.

The microfiber finishing left micro marring, but corrected better then the foam finishing, the foam finishing finished better but didn't correct as well.

Remember if your going to use Essence as a one step use a foam pad.

If your going to do a multi step correction, it doesnt make much sense to use Essence with a microfiber cutting pad, then essence with a foam polishing pad.

Use the normal compound you like, then essence as a finishing polish.

But essence really shines as a finishing polish, or a beautiful one step.
 
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