Mike Phillips
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Jescar Correcting Compound and Micro Finishing Polish - Top Shelf Abrasive Technology
Anyone that reads this forum knows one of the topics I'm fairly passionate about is paint correction. I share a story in my three day classes on this topic that goes like this, it's an analogy that drives home the point that for must of us, the main thing about detailing cars is making the paint look great.
Out of the thousands of car show's I've went to or worked at, I've never seen anyone walk up to a car, open the door, lift out the floor mat and say,
Wow Jim! Your carpet looks great!
What I have seen is myself and others stand around the car on display and say one of the two things below,
Wow! What a cool car and the paint looks great!
or more common...
Wow! What a cool car... too bad the paint is all jacked up.
Can I get a witness?
So Danielle brings me these two new products from Jeff Silver at Jescar Finishing Products. My initial thoughts were, I like the simplicity. Two products and the labels tell me exactly what they are and what they do. Genius.
If I have severe paint defects I start with the compound and follow with the polish. If the defects are not too bad, then I can test the polish and see if that's all I need to get the job done. If the polish isn't aggressive enough then start with the compound first. I like it. I don't need 6-7 other in-between products, it's either one or the other or both.
Now the question is.... do the products actually work?
When I use the word work, I mean will these new products remove defects without leaving their own defects behind.
You say,
What?
I say,
That's right. Will they remove defects without leaving their own defects behind. That's the sign of great abrasive technology and not every product on the market can do this.
Let me explain...
Micro-marring - DA Haze - Tick Marks
These three terms, Micro-marring, DA Haze and Tick Marks are all words for the same thing and that is tiny scratches left in the paint by the abrasive technology. If a product doesn't use great abrasive technology, when used with an orbital polisher it will leave micro-marring behind. Micro-marring is tiny scratches or tick marks that make the paint look hazy. I test all products that come across my desk on black paint. I simply call it The Black Paint Test. If the products can make black paint look perfect they will make any color of paint look perfect. If the products don't make black paint look perfect well then fill-in-the-blank. It's just on lighter colors sometimes you eyes cannot see the micro-marring being left behind. Of the polishing oils mask the micro-marring.
Deep Hologram Scratches or Buffer Swirls
The word hologram is a word that defines a specific scratch pattern inflicted into paint when an abrasive product is used with a rotary buffer. (wool pads and coarse foam pads can also inflict holograms). Holograms are a normal by-product or result when buffing with rotary buffers, compounds and aggressive pads. It's common sense to follow an aggressive buffing step using these things with less aggressive pads and products to remover or reduce holograms. The good news is if you use products that use great abrasive technology with rotary buffers the holograms scratches left in the paint are SHALLOW and easily and quickly removed.
If you use a rotary buffer with inferior abrasive technology, the hologram scratches will generally be deeper due to the abrasives. To remove the deeper holograms scratches will require more work, more buffing time and more aggressive pads and products.
Point being...
No matter which type of tool or pad you use, if you use products that use inferior abrasive technology, besides not leaving the best looking finish possible you will also be removing more paint than necessary throughout the process. Because paint is already thin, especially factory paint, this is bad idea and in a worst-case scenario can lead to pre-mature paint failure.
Here's the good news!
Jescar Correcting Compound and Micro Finishing Polish use GREAT ABRASIVE TECHNOLOGY!
If you're looking for high quality product for your body shop, detail shop, dealership or personal use on your own cars, then you can trust these two new products from Jescar. They passed my black paint test and then I tested them on two real-world cars and I'm happy to say they performed flawlessly and 'yes' left the paint on both cars looking flawless.
Real-world Detailing - 2013 Camaro
Here's the first car, it's a 2013 Camaro that belongs to my wife's daughter.
I used this car for a number of other new product tests here at Autogeek and from these other tests I'll borrow some pictures. I also brought this car in to shoot a new TV Commercial for SCANGRIP. For the SCANGRIP TV commercial I needed,
So the first thing I did was to wash the car to get it clean using the Jay Leno Garage Vehicle Wash. That write-up can be found here,
Jay Leno’s Garage Vehicle Wash - Review and How-to by Mike Phillips
Now that the car is clean, Yancy and I could use it for the TV commercial, that write-up is here
SCANGRIP TV COMMERCIAL - SCANGRIP Swirl Finder Lights - Review with pictures by Mike Phillips
The above write-up shows the swirls and scratches in the paint after washing. I also used this car to test out the new Jay Leno Garage Hand Wax and that review can be found here,
Jay Leno’s Garage Hand Wax - Review and How-To by Mike Phillips
BUT - before I could use the new Jay Leno Garage Hand Wax I would first have to remove the swirls, scratches, water spots and oxidation out of the paint on the Camaro and that brings us to the new Jescar compound and polish.
Anyone that reads this forum knows one of the topics I'm fairly passionate about is paint correction. I share a story in my three day classes on this topic that goes like this, it's an analogy that drives home the point that for must of us, the main thing about detailing cars is making the paint look great.
Out of the thousands of car show's I've went to or worked at, I've never seen anyone walk up to a car, open the door, lift out the floor mat and say,
Wow Jim! Your carpet looks great!
What I have seen is myself and others stand around the car on display and say one of the two things below,
Wow! What a cool car and the paint looks great!
or more common...
Wow! What a cool car... too bad the paint is all jacked up.
Can I get a witness?
So Danielle brings me these two new products from Jeff Silver at Jescar Finishing Products. My initial thoughts were, I like the simplicity. Two products and the labels tell me exactly what they are and what they do. Genius.
If I have severe paint defects I start with the compound and follow with the polish. If the defects are not too bad, then I can test the polish and see if that's all I need to get the job done. If the polish isn't aggressive enough then start with the compound first. I like it. I don't need 6-7 other in-between products, it's either one or the other or both.
Now the question is.... do the products actually work?
When I use the word work, I mean will these new products remove defects without leaving their own defects behind.
You say,
What?
I say,
That's right. Will they remove defects without leaving their own defects behind. That's the sign of great abrasive technology and not every product on the market can do this.
Let me explain...
Micro-marring - DA Haze - Tick Marks
These three terms, Micro-marring, DA Haze and Tick Marks are all words for the same thing and that is tiny scratches left in the paint by the abrasive technology. If a product doesn't use great abrasive technology, when used with an orbital polisher it will leave micro-marring behind. Micro-marring is tiny scratches or tick marks that make the paint look hazy. I test all products that come across my desk on black paint. I simply call it The Black Paint Test. If the products can make black paint look perfect they will make any color of paint look perfect. If the products don't make black paint look perfect well then fill-in-the-blank. It's just on lighter colors sometimes you eyes cannot see the micro-marring being left behind. Of the polishing oils mask the micro-marring.
Deep Hologram Scratches or Buffer Swirls
The word hologram is a word that defines a specific scratch pattern inflicted into paint when an abrasive product is used with a rotary buffer. (wool pads and coarse foam pads can also inflict holograms). Holograms are a normal by-product or result when buffing with rotary buffers, compounds and aggressive pads. It's common sense to follow an aggressive buffing step using these things with less aggressive pads and products to remover or reduce holograms. The good news is if you use products that use great abrasive technology with rotary buffers the holograms scratches left in the paint are SHALLOW and easily and quickly removed.
If you use a rotary buffer with inferior abrasive technology, the hologram scratches will generally be deeper due to the abrasives. To remove the deeper holograms scratches will require more work, more buffing time and more aggressive pads and products.
Point being...
No matter which type of tool or pad you use, if you use products that use inferior abrasive technology, besides not leaving the best looking finish possible you will also be removing more paint than necessary throughout the process. Because paint is already thin, especially factory paint, this is bad idea and in a worst-case scenario can lead to pre-mature paint failure.
Here's the good news!
Jescar Correcting Compound and Micro Finishing Polish use GREAT ABRASIVE TECHNOLOGY!
If you're looking for high quality product for your body shop, detail shop, dealership or personal use on your own cars, then you can trust these two new products from Jescar. They passed my black paint test and then I tested them on two real-world cars and I'm happy to say they performed flawlessly and 'yes' left the paint on both cars looking flawless.
Real-world Detailing - 2013 Camaro
Here's the first car, it's a 2013 Camaro that belongs to my wife's daughter.
I used this car for a number of other new product tests here at Autogeek and from these other tests I'll borrow some pictures. I also brought this car in to shoot a new TV Commercial for SCANGRIP. For the SCANGRIP TV commercial I needed,
A: A somewhat cool car - A Camaro fits this description.
B: A dark colored car so the camera can pick up the paint defects - this Camaro is a dark blue so this will work for the TV commercial.
C: A cool, dark colored car that also has swirls and scratches so we can showcase the SCANGRIP lights and how well they work. Check. This car will also work for the TV commercial as it's daily driver and neglected. AT least by Autogeek standards.
B: A dark colored car so the camera can pick up the paint defects - this Camaro is a dark blue so this will work for the TV commercial.
C: A cool, dark colored car that also has swirls and scratches so we can showcase the SCANGRIP lights and how well they work. Check. This car will also work for the TV commercial as it's daily driver and neglected. AT least by Autogeek standards.
So the first thing I did was to wash the car to get it clean using the Jay Leno Garage Vehicle Wash. That write-up can be found here,
Jay Leno’s Garage Vehicle Wash - Review and How-to by Mike Phillips
Now that the car is clean, Yancy and I could use it for the TV commercial, that write-up is here
SCANGRIP TV COMMERCIAL - SCANGRIP Swirl Finder Lights - Review with pictures by Mike Phillips
The above write-up shows the swirls and scratches in the paint after washing. I also used this car to test out the new Jay Leno Garage Hand Wax and that review can be found here,
Jay Leno’s Garage Hand Wax - Review and How-To by Mike Phillips
BUT - before I could use the new Jay Leno Garage Hand Wax I would first have to remove the swirls, scratches, water spots and oxidation out of the paint on the Camaro and that brings us to the new Jescar compound and polish.
