3m or menzerna

[kmshabeer2005]

Guys, i would like to know what differentiates menzerna Compounds & polishes from 3m compounds and polishes. Please spread some light

[medicscott]

Let's leave it at night & day. The difference is monumental. Pretty much every aspect from ease of application to final look Menzerna is better technology. I wouldn't use 3M polish if a truck backed up with a free lifetime supply.

Sorry, just my opinion.

[kmshabeer2005]

Thnx medic Scott.

[7.3powerstroke]

I wouldn't use 3M polish if a truck backed up with a free lifetime supply

[spewking]

I can't compare, but I can say that menzerna products work well and are easy to use. My go to....

[Mike Phillips]

Guys, i would like to know what differentiates menzerna Compounds & polishes from 3m compounds and polishes. Please spread some light

I'd say everything about them is different from the carrying agents to the abrasive technology.

Do a search on this forum for how many times I use the term,

abrasive technology


Also note, at the time I'm writing this, not a single 3M product states in the directions it's for use with any type of DA polisher. The directions all state for use with rotary buffers.


I even have an article for that and not the sceenshot I took of my Facebook page and what I say about the screenshot or the question I'm asked.


For Use with Rotary Buffer Only - Read the Directions

[Billy Baldone]

Scott, I'm confused on how you feel about the 3M products. Your post was not very clear, could you please elaborate?

[FUNX650]

•It'd probably be easier to list the many similarities
of and between these two Brands' abrasive liquids.

•But to be a little more specific:
-Menzerna's polishes, that contain diminishing
abrasives, have long-lasting lubricating oils. This gives
those polishes a long working time---long enough to
allow the break-down of the abrasives, with less chance
of dry buffing; less dusting; etc.

Note:
-The drawback to these types of long-lasting lubricating
oils is that they can be very resistant to removal from
a vehicle's panels. As such...and often depending on
the type of LSP that'll be applied...the removal of these
lubricating-oil's residues makes "panel wipes" a most
necessary part of the overall detailing processes.


As to 3M:
They were the forerunner (the inventor, so to say)...
of almost "all-things-abrasives" in products:
'Nuff said!


Bob

[top189h]

Ease of use for me goes hands down to menzerna, and for that reason, they're what I use the most. I do however love 3m ultra fine.

[Hoytman]

I'd say everything about them is different from the carrying agents to the abrasive technology.

Do a search on this forum for how many times I use the term,

abrasive technology


Also note, at the time I'm writing this, not a single 3M product states in the directions it's for use with any type of DA polisher. The directions all state for use with rotary buffers.


I even have an article for that and not the sceenshot I took of my Facebook page and what I say about the screenshot or the question I'm asked.


For Use with Rotary Buffer Only - Read the Directions

I agree with Mike's comments above, but I'm not going to read any more or any less into it other than exactly what he said.

I think it odd that 3M hasn't addressed DA polishers/polishing at all. I'm not sure why that is considering 3M seems to like being "everywhere", except for in that particular market.

As to using their products with a rotary. All I will say is that when working on my Trashed Trailblazer project I wished I'd have ran out of M105 more soon and found my 3M Perfect-It II Compound much sooner (also have the EX Compound). What a pleasure to work with it was, not drying out too quickly, nor gumming up on dead paint, and a pleasurable working time. I found the polish to be the same. Never tried to use them with my DA because of what the directions stated. I did go back to the DA with M205 to finish, but not for any particular reason.

For rotary use I seemed to like using my 3M products. It is a shame they haven't addressed polishing with a Dual Action machine, at all that I'm aware of.

I'm looking forward to trying some other products that Mike so often uses that can be used with a rotary and a DA, they are Pinnacle Advanced Compound and Advanced Polish, as well as Wolfgang Uber Compound and their respective polishes. I just bought Wolfgang AIO.