Essence / HD speed

**WRAPT C5Z06** · 03-11-2016, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by ronkh57

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Essence will bond best with CarPro products.

**BadgerRivFan** · 03-11-2016, 09:36 PM

May be true, but it is not made exclusively for CarPro products so feel free to experiment. I wish more people would.

**ski2** · 03-11-2016, 11:42 PM

Originally Posted by silverfox

But I'm telling you that HD speed topped with either HD express or HD Poxy... Looks better than HD polish topped with HD Poxy

Without a doubt!! Use Speed topped with Poxy then Express every few weeks on my wife's Black Golf and even she can tell the difference.

**Calendyr** · 03-12-2016, 01:01 AM

True for most AIO but Essence is different.

In terms of correction, it doesn't correct has well as a compound+polish, but since it has fillers the end result seems to be as good if not better than doing a dual step correction. Plus, you are not taking a lot of clear coat off like you would if did the dual step correction.

In terms of protection, I believe CarPro states about a year. That's twice what a Scelant will give you. Of course you could go with a coating and get multiple years but still, a year is pretty awesome for a AIO.

I think this product could very well revolutionize how we do detailing. Time will tell.

Originally Posted by AGOatemywallet

If you are trying to squeeze the last bit of gloss out of your paint...why would you use an AIO?

AIO's do a lot of things, but they do not do any of them at the level of a dedicated product.

As an LSP, they have less durability than a dedicated LSP. Many have argued that the appearance of an AIO as LSP is not as good as a high end dedicated LSP.

They don't clean as well as a dedicated Cleaner product.

They don't cut as well as a Compound

They don't finish as well as a true finishing polish

If you are only doing your own car, what's the rush.

Skip the AIO

Take your time

**KBsToy** · 03-12-2016, 05:38 AM

THANK YOU ALL for your advice and opinions !!!!!!!!!

I will update later on what happens....

**JSFM35x** · 03-12-2016, 07:35 AM

I've seen you car online and it looks great. Mostly on Autopia.

I just traded my white car in and the best look I ever had was with the polish angel products. Not the most durable but if yours is a garage queen it's perfect. I used prep as you mentioned the HD polish, IOS wipe them Essence to see if it adds anything. It did not in my case so I stopped. Then I did escalate, Viking coat. Look was killer. I needed to keep up beading after a few months with White Alabaster as a drying aid. If I were to do again I would use cosmic instead of Viking coat. My friend Jason used it on his white Audi and it was breathtaking.

**KBsToy** · 03-12-2016, 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by JSFM35x

I've seen you car online and it looks great. Mostly on Autopia.

I just traded my white car in and the best look I ever had was with the polish angel products. Not the most durable but if yours is a garage queen it's perfect. I used prep as you mentioned the HD polish, IOS wipe them Essence to see if it adds anything. It did not in my case so I stopped. Then I did escalate, Viking coat. Look was killer. I needed to keep up beading after a few months with White Alabaster as a drying aid. If I were to do again I would use cosmic instead of Viking coat. My friend Jason used it on his white Audi and it was breathtaking.

Thanks for compliment

my toy is a garage queen and its hard as you know to get white to that certain shine. I just got windows 10 because my old one crashed and now I am have uploading pics to AG and autopia

**silverfox** · 03-12-2016, 07:57 AM

I've gotten 9 months out of DG 105 including winter. That's a $15 sealant. I think the real reason that coatings get better longevity is the prep. In other words if you prep for a good sealant such as FK1000p or DG 105 or Sonax PNS as you would for a coating, you'd be amazed at the longevity you get especially when boosters are used every month. Sealants often fall short because people don't prep properly and often take shortcuts. So if essence alone gives you a year as a coating imo that's nothing to brag about. In fact it's poor in my view.

**Dark Shadow** · 03-12-2016, 08:26 AM

I would say use HD Polish and Menzerna Powerlock for your LSP. I've got stunning results with it on my 02 Oxford white mustang.

**Joe@NextLevelDetail** · 03-13-2016, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by KBsToy

It`s getting warmer here and in no time I will be getting my Artic White Vette out of storage and starting to give her a really good spring cleaning. Wash, Clay, Iron X and wash again. Now comes my problem my car, finish is in relativity good shape, maybe some light scratches from my OCD with washing and QD`s and a coat of FK 1000 put on last fall.

Reading over Mike`s comments on jeweling wax he answered my question on light / colored cars and trying to get the perfect shine. White is hard to get the pop / shine and he talked about using a quality AIO to get it there.

So I was thinking of HD speed or Essence I bought these over the holidays along with other HD / Car-pro products...

Your thoughts and advice please for a weekend detailer

Thanks.
KB

I will be posting a video by today, comparing the cutting abilities of essence on a really bad scratched up f150.

I use foam cutting pad
Foam polishing pad
and finishing pads

To see the difference in cutting and finishing I will post a link shortly