Essence / HD speed

[tenblade2001]

I sympathesize with you. I have a white car and really want it to pop. I used Optimum hyper polish ( white and orange pads) followed by PNS. For a white car, the secret is contrast; make the white as white as possible and the black as black as possible.
The Hyper Polish is super easy to use..the PNS is a little tricky.

2012 E92 Alpine White M3: Optimum Hyperpolish, PNS/BSD

[TTQ B4U]

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

HDSpeed with green pads. Simple and very effective for what you describe. Not the longest lasting sealer but it works. If you're looking for a real pop out of the paint, I would follow it with a nice quality glaze like White Light and then top it off with a strong sealer.

[Detailing by M]

ESSENCE!
Nothing comes close to it!
I'm done with wax or sealants. They are all going in the trash.

[Joe@NextLevelDetail]

Check out the video I just made with essence

https://youtu.be/48OL5Egs6Bw

[GOATMAN06]

Check out the video I just made with essence

https://youtu.be/48OL5Egs6Bw

Thanks for taking the time to do that review, Nice Job. Were you using the lake county white polishing pad? What type of finishing pad did you use? thanks again.

[Joe@NextLevelDetail]

Thanks for taking the time to do that review, Nice Job. Were you using the lake county white polishing pad? What type of finishing pad did you use? thanks again.

No problem I'm glad you wnjoyed.

Yes it was a lake country thinpro white polishing pad.

I feel that got the best results of all 4 pads I tested.

The finishing pads I tried microfiber finishing, and foam finishing.

The microfiber finishing left micro marring, but corrected better then the foam finishing, the foam finishing finished better but didn't correct as well.

Remember if your going to use Essence as a one step use a foam pad.

If your going to do a multi step correction, it doesnt make much sense to use Essence with a microfiber cutting pad, then essence with a foam polishing pad.

Use the normal compound you like, then essence as a finishing polish.

But essence really shines as a finishing polish, or a beautiful one step.