I think the whole idea of getting product(s) to give that 'little extra' working time is whey there ARE SO MANY different products. I mean at the end of the day you could likely do most every car you've ever seen with 2 compounds and 2 polishes. Yet if you ask anyone you know, that is serious about detailing, either as a hobby or business (
but I suspect on the business end that by that point most have honed it down to where they stopped trying this and that and comparing one to another long ago) that most have more compounds sitting around and more polishes than they ever use, or will use.
Not talking about the sheer volume of product in ounces in that it can't be consumed, but that they have stuff that they've bought that they just don't use, tried and don't like, bought to try but haven't done it yet, caught a 'sale', whatever.
Getting back to the working time though,
Amen to that!That is where you find what you like, and use it. Trying a spritz of water works with some, then will make another one gunk up. Mineral oil is a GREAT tool to get product to work longer, but I've wondered "At what cost?". :dunno: Sure it makes everything work longer, it's an oil after all! But how does it affect cutting power? How does it help/hurt the abrasives, especially in a compound vs. a polish.
When I've use it, (and I keep a bottle on my cart) is if a compound happened to flash over, perhaps the panel was too warm, hot and humid day, etc..... and for some reason it just wants to stay on the paint. Then is when mineral oil helps re-hydrate the product or just plain dissolves the bind between the product and the surface to where you can remove the product without harming the paint.
On polishes however it seems like you can never get a small enough amount of it on the surface and spread around with equal dilution throughout the product itself to be a mixture anything other than hit or miss. More like if you just premix it with the polish you're better off than trying to splash some here and there. (If that makes any sense at all?) :dunno:
In any event, it will help products work longer, much longer... and with more predictable results than water actually. (Doesn't need re-application like water.) Just have to then find
yet another process to help remove the residue.
If it's compounding then the polishing step will remove it, but with polish you end up with IPA, Eraser, etc.
And everyone wonders why we spend so freaking much time and money on this crap! :laughing:
