HUMP DIESEL
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I know Meguiars, and I do like using Megs, but does anyone know of other products that are SMAT? I think 3D Products as well
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Other SMAT Compounds and Polishes
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Setec Astronomy
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I believe the Optimum polishes are all SMAT now.
builthatch
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Optimum Hyper polish is SMAT but used to be both.
JHL88
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Wolfgang Über Compound is one that comes to mind.
aim4squirrels
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SMDAT - as in give me SMDAT compound, it's good stuff.
FUNX650
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OK...Then what is the mixture of its abrasives called?
Does it go by something like: rat-a-tat-DAT-SMAT? {LOL!}
[One of the Menzerna compounds goes by AAT.]
Bob
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I always thought the term "hybrid compound" would have been an accurate description.
FUNX650
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As long as "hybrid" works for you...:xyxthumbs:
However:
It makes me think of hodgepodge.
And: Admixture, medley...even mongrel.
Bob
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That's easy.. just called it SMAT DAT. Like "smack that" or "smack dat" for rememberance. :dblthumb2:
FUNX650
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It's been mentioned that at least some
of 3D's/HD's abrasives are non-diminishing.
There are two new, soon to be forthcoming,
3D products that are stated to contain:
"Adaptive Abrasive Technology" (AAT) type of abrasives.
However:
This is not the name of (or probably not the same as) the above mentioned Menzerna's:
"Agglomerate Abrasive Technology" (AAT) abrasives.
It appears to me:
Other Brands do make an honest attempt to not
infringe upon Meguiar's SMAT/DAT nomenclature.
Bob
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Well it doesn't appear to me, to my surprise, that Meguiar's has trademarked the SMAT designation.
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Do we know which of Menzerna's products contain both types of abrasives?
FUNX650
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It has been stated that FG400 has
Menzerna's type of AAT abrasives.
•For further information regarding Menzerna's,
(or any other Brands' "types" of abrasive technologies),
I was told it's best to:
-contact the manufacturer
-contact the vendors
-ask on a "detailing forum"
-experiment with different compounds/polishes
^^^PHOOEY!!^^^
•Even though there probably are manufacturers that use only one "type" of abrasive technology...
-I prefer that all manufacturers would have their products' abrasive technologies become common knowledge:
"chart-able", as it were.
Bob
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HD Cut, Adapt and Polish only use SMAT.
Optimum Hyper Compound and Polish only use SMAT.
Optimum Hyper Compound and Polish only use SMAT.
OK... so are these products and abrasives actually new... or is the marketing terminology the new bit?
As far as we can gather, there is a large range of abrasives which have been in use for polishing for a rather long time. Terminology like SMAT/DAT/AAT/etc. is utterly unknown to the big abrasive manufacturers - so these terms are undoubtedly creations of car care brand marketers. So you need to ask yourselves whether the abrasives they are using are actually new or not. Having discussed this at length with the supply chain, they believe that they would have numerous abrasives which could be considered to me SMAT and a number which would be DAT. As above, these are not new abrasives and have been used in polishes for decades. So, I am inclined to suggest that there are any number of products out there which use these various technologies but you will have no idea what they use, simply because the terminology is invented and (since not all brands will be familiar with this invented marketing speak) thus many products will simply not try to use this marketing approach.
Frankly, I am left suspecting that the whole topic is rather disingenuous.
As far as we can gather, there is a large range of abrasives which have been in use for polishing for a rather long time. Terminology like SMAT/DAT/AAT/etc. is utterly unknown to the big abrasive manufacturers - so these terms are undoubtedly creations of car care brand marketers. So you need to ask yourselves whether the abrasives they are using are actually new or not. Having discussed this at length with the supply chain, they believe that they would have numerous abrasives which could be considered to me SMAT and a number which would be DAT. As above, these are not new abrasives and have been used in polishes for decades. So, I am inclined to suggest that there are any number of products out there which use these various technologies but you will have no idea what they use, simply because the terminology is invented and (since not all brands will be familiar with this invented marketing speak) thus many products will simply not try to use this marketing approach.
Frankly, I am left suspecting that the whole topic is rather disingenuous.
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Of course it's marketing terminology being used in the attempt to garner as large of a market share as possible.
From my experience:
All abrasives will "break down" in due time when you are polishing. When a car-care product manufacturer states that a SMAT type polish has abrasives that will not break down, that...IMO..is not entirely true.
But...Surely:
Different types/sizes/grades of abrasives from different abrasives manufacturers behave differently...and, thus, will require different buffing techniques---including monitoring the buffing cycle (time).
Bob