Review: HD polishes!

[Sizzle Chest]

Just a quickie review: I had to correct a few areas of my Mercedes before I could coat it. The trunk lid and behind the door handles were swirled/scratched up.

I don't have any good before's: I tried everything I could think of, this paint is difficult to photograph imperfections. So you will just have to trust me that the paint needed correcting!

I used HD Cut on my Flex 3401 with a green Rupes pad and then HD polish with a yellow Rupes pad. It took about 3 passes with the Cut and 2 with the polish to knock the trunk lid out! Very impressive polishes. Literally NO dust. Long work time, smells like grape! Yeah!

Good stuff and I find myself using it more and more...and liking it!







Behind the door handle work: I only used HD CUT on these areas. It only took a few passes to knock out the imperfections.












And I LOVE my new pneumatic rotary-it has so many attachments/uses/great for spot correcting and very small hard to get to areas. I used to do these areas by hand and it's a PIA if ya know what I mean.

...Thanks Jae! I really appreciate you humping this back for me!!

 

[The Guz]

Nice review. I used HD for the second time last week and it is indeed a very good polish.

 

[ski2]

Glad you're having positive experiences with the HD polishes!!! Can you tell me where you got the blue foam pad?? Look great for getting behind the door handles!!

 

[expdetailing]

Thanks for the review. Would you mind telling us where that blue cone can be found? Thank you.

 

[Recon 4th 502nd]

Nice review. I used HD for the second time last week and it is indeed a very good polish.

Hey Guz...we talked on Meg's forum the other day.

What Pad Combo have you used with HD Polish; HT Tangerine or Crimson, Meg's Burgundy/Yellow/Black?

Have you tried HD Adapt?...if so, same question.

Thanks in advance

 

[Ebg18t]

More info on the pneumatic tool please.

 

[af90]

More info on the pneumatic tool please.

This.

 

[davidc]

More info on the pneumatic tool please.

It's an air drill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqp0oTZ2i_o

Dave

 

[Heisenberg]

Sizzle how do you like the rupes pads on the flex? Always wanted to try that.

 

[The Guz]

Hey Guz...we talked on Meg's forum the other day.

What Pad Combo have you used with HD Polish; HT Tangerine or Crimson, Meg's Burgundy/Yellow/Black?

Have you tried HD Adapt?...if so, same question.

Thanks in advance

I used a new HT tangerine. I had dusting issues with an older HT tangerine. I had some left over polishing dust in the older pad that I didn't rinse that well. Worked good with the HT tangerine. I have done a test spot with it using a Meg's polishing foam disc playing with the product.

 

[Recon 4th 502nd]

I used a new HT tangerine. I had dusting issues with an older HT tangerine. I had some left over polishing dust in the older pad that I didn't rinse that well. Worked good with the HT tangerine. I have done a test spot with it using a Meg's polishing foam disc playing with the product.

I figured it was the HT Tangerine. I was reading a HD review over on Autopia: Another HD Polish Review where a gentlemen was so impressed with that Combo, he bought a Gallon of HD Polish and 20 HT Tangerine Pads. :xyxthumbs:

 

[Ebg18t]

It's an air drill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqp0oTZ2i_o

Dave

Dave - but what cone is that? What's the cut of the cone? What kind of rpm?

 

[Sizzle Chest]

Glad you're having positive experiences with the HD polishes!!! Can you tell me where you got the blue foam pad?? Look great for getting behind the door handles!!

Thanks for the review. Would you mind telling us where that blue cone can be found? Thank you.

A good friend of mine was traveling and found himself in Taiwan. Met up with and made friends with some detailing people over there (Parker Auto Detailing in Taipei) and saw that they were using these. He picked me up a couple sets and brought them back with him. Same thing with the pneumatic polishers!

More info on the pneumatic tool please.

This.

It's an air drill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqp0oTZ2i_o

Dave

It's actually not an air drill. I had to put an 'chuck' adapter on it to use those cone pads. They are threaded and will accept a backing plate. They are actually purpose built polishers. Multispeed, very quiet, quite powerful and I love them! I have two, one is a 'rotary' and the other is a DA. They are pretty bad @ss!!

Sizzle how do you like the rupes pads on the flex? Always wanted to try that.

I like them. I had a green Rupes pad that was nearing its end and wanted to put it to use! I have used this same combo before, the pads/backer can tend to heat up a bit with the Flex and can and will fail much more quickly than with a Rupes polisher.




More pics of the M7 pneumatic polishers:


The one on the top of the picture is the DA-you can see the counterweight on it.







The one in the top of this pic is the DA-you can see a front shot of the counterweight on it.




Kit that he brought back for me:



It even had some very small, 1" and some smaller pads that came with it. Foam, microfiber. Pretty cool!



Thank you everyone who responded and I hope this helps everyone out!

 

[Sizzle Chest]

Dave - but what cone is that? What's the cut of the cone? What kind of rpm?

I've got a set of 3 cones. Heavy, medium and a light cut. Blue, orange and yellow. I will post up pics of them later on!

RPM: max is 15,000, and it is variable.

 

[rj45]

I've been using HD Polish. I like the end result, but not the dusting. I've tried priming the pad with polish, not priming the pad, misting the pad with water, etc. The water helps, but nothing really seems to work. It's not dusting badly, but it's still a bit of a pita. Even though I polish indoors, could it be the summer heat? Any other suggestions? TIA

 

[DaytonaJae]

...Thanks Jae! I really appreciate you humping this back for me!!

You know how those two tools look like in the airport x-ray machine, right??? You owe me. I'm still walking funny.

j/k

 

[Sizzle Chest]

You know how those two tools look like in the airport x-ray machine, right??? You owe me. I'm still walking funny.

j/k

LMAO man!!!! That's freaking funny as all he!!. I owe ya bud! :dblthumb2:

 

[DaytonaJae]

So I go back to my home country for the first time in 20+ years and what do I do first? Find detailing gear.

My new friends at Parker Auto Detail, Taipei.

 

[ski2]

I've been using HD Polish. I like the end result, but not the dusting. I've tried priming the pad with polish, not priming the pad, misting the pad with water, etc. The water helps, but nothing really seems to work. It's not dusting badly, but it's still a bit of a pita. Even though I polish indoors, could it be the summer heat? Any other suggestions? TIA

If the pads were previously used they sometimes will contain dust from the previous polishing session even if you think they are cleaned out well. I've been using HD Polish since it first came out and never had any dusting even in hot, hot weather.

 

[rj45]

If the pads were previously used they sometimes will contain dust from the previous polishing session even if you think they are cleaned out well. I've been using HD Polish since it first came out and never had any dusting even in hot, hot weather.

Good thought, but the 5'' Meguiar's thin pad I used was new. Polishing was done using an MT300 at 5800 opm with light-to-medium pressure and 3-4 passes.

Considering the many positive reviews HD Polish has received, I'm a little disappointed. Actually, some of the dusting spots wouldn't wipe off certain black trim pieces all that easily. Maybe I got a bottle from a batch that wasn't quite right.

The results were good and the finish looks nice, but I'm not planning on buying more HD Polish.