Your go to compound for one step and 2 step?

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This is my main lineup. I also use 3D one on occasion, just the damn wipe off. I dont keep a wide variety of products, I stick what works well on a variety of vehicles, Menzerna nails it.



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Yeah, 3D ONE is a pain if you use too much product. Don't even think about priming a microfiber pad the way people have been for the past yen or so years. Otherwise you'll spend the rest of your life trying to wipe off that section.

Even with microfiber pads, the lubricating system is going to buffer any dry fibers, but there still has the be "enough" product on the pad.

For instance, with a microfiber I'll start a 5" pad with four to six tiny drops of polish. While I clean the pad with a brush after each section (layer in the process I'll mist a designated old microfiber with ONR 256:1 and wipe the pad off as it's spinning) I sometime don't need to reload for my next section. I refer to this as "stretching", because I'm pulling extra sections out of an application of ONE. The most I've gone is three additional sections without reloading thebpad. Obviously, with heavier defects I'll need to reload with one or two small drops, but even then the wipe off is effortless and easy.

Yesterday was a Porsche that had some really light wash marring. We have a few of those Americana microfiber finishing pads. Made by Lake Country, that utilize the black LC microfiber attached to the old pink LC foam. I grabbed those and the Adam's Swirl Killer 15, and a mini 3" polisher.

I made it around the car in a very short amount of time. The combination removed all bit the deepest of scratches while imparting an LSP ready finish on this dark blue metallic paint. The microfiber on the pads never got clogged, or "full" with that stretching of 3D ONE and the pad cleaning technique.

If you ever feel a pad that wasn't fully washed of 3D ONE you'll feel a bit of residue. This residue is almost tacky. It drags and pulls a bit. I think this is why 3D One works so well though. The product is filled with abrasive particulates in a liquid that both buffers and protects the paint as it's being "attacked" with said abrasives. This is why I tried backing way off with it.

But that's just my relationship with it, my experience.

If I use Menzerna these days it's largely due to nostalgia. That goes for Meguiar's too. I do love those lines but ONE has almost become a crutch. It almost feels like I'm cheating. No dust is such a luxury - especially in an environment where window tint and PPF are being applied. It also helps when I might have to polish out in the sun. That being said I don't see a situation without 400, 2500, and 3500 at the ready.

The Jescar line is really nice too, but it was a pain getting the Medium out on to the pad. The dispenser hole is huge on their 8oz bottles and applies way more product than I want to use. I wish I hadn't sold them... Aside from the horrible bottle caps, Jescar is very reminiscent of Menzerna without the dust.