Is GTechniq P2 Polish SMAT or DAT

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Their site has very little info... anyone know?

If not how would you work with this polish as in working time like a smat or dat?

I'm wanting to do some jeweling with the rotary and a 6.5 gold ccs pad.

GTechniq P2 Jewelling Polish

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FivePoint.0 said:
I would assume it's DAT. Email GTechniq.
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Now why didn't I think of that :doh:

Thanks e-mail sent.

ETA: they'll probably reply "neither is our proprietary super duper secret nano abrasive" :laughing:
 
I remember Mike Philips doing a thing on this. 90% sure it's actually SMAT
 
Andr3wilson said:
I remember Mike Philips doing a thing on this. 90% sure it's actually SMAT
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I read the thread with the white 64 Impala where they used the P2. Didn't see or just maybe missed it. Mike links back to a lot of cars to help explain different things. I probably need to search deeper.

Thanks
 
RedXray said:
ETA: they'll probably reply "neither is our proprietary super duper secret nano abrasive" :laughing:
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Just remember that these terms are really not terms used in the abrasives industry - as far as I can ascertain, they were invented by some automotive marketing person. For instance, I use several abrasives in products but I would not be able to tell you if they are SMAT or DAT. More importantly, the manufacturer of the abrasives themselves, inspite of being a global multinational, could not tell me either! The technical guys I have spoken with can get relate the terms loosely to some more commonly used within the abrasives area but they are not exact matches and, without a full description of what SMAT or DAT actually means (the internet descriptions are incomplete and insufficient as far as they are concerned), they would be unwilling to try classifying on those terms.
 
Frankly all polishes diminish as they are worked. Some take longer than others. The whole SMAT versus DAT argument is really a moot point in my view.

What matters is what works for you.
 
Got the e-mail reply from Rob at GTechniq

The GTechniq P2 is a SMAT
 
I think it absolutely does matter if you're using SMAT or DAT in terms of working the polish.

RedXray said:
Got the e-mail reply from Rob at GTechniq

The GTechniq P2 is a SMAT
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Interesting. I've never heard of a SMAT "jeweling" polish. Thanks
 
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