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Wow! That thing is huge.
Nice work!
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PaulMys
Wow! That thing is huge.
Nice work!
Thanks, Paul. I have to break it into little pieces in my mind to not get overwhelmed in my little brain. I enjoyed it though.
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Looks great. Q2 PURE is good stuff. I had it on my Red Sport up until this week. Still have it on my horizontal surfaces with Skin over top of it for slickness and crazy silly hydrophobic water fun. Top PURE with it or even CanCoat to wake up some crazy water behavior and self cleaning/drying results.
Agree though.....lots of real estate on that beauty.
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Your truck looks awesome! Great work and write up and pictures!
That's one thing I like about Carpro Reflect is the short working time that it's only needs. I have not used it much but it's interesting me to have a look at Carpro ClearCut. Reflect seems to be a lot like Sonax EX 04-06 in how it's cuts and finishing. Will be fun to testing out Essence and see if it has also the short effective working time that Reflect has. I can see a benefit to when haveing a non-diminishing abrasive to have a long working time and at the same time does cut quick. Otherwise with diminishing abrasives I think long working time is just takeing you longer to break down the abrasives. And that just take you a longer time to get results. So sometimes when it's talking about the long working time on polishes is sounds to me that's not a good thing. I want it work as fast as possible with great results. And if you need to be working a polish or compound for a long time it's like to me that you would be better off with another combo of polish and pads that are a step more aggressive. As in if you need to be doing 6-8 passes per section. But would get the same results with another combo with 3-4 passes per section. And with something like Carpro Reflect and a longthrow polisher you could even be useing less passes like 2-3. Still getting the results as you would with something less aggressive and way more polishing time.
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Will be fun to testing out Essence and see if it has also the short effective working time that Reflect has.
I use Essence extensively and can say it has a great working time with the right pads. On my Flex I run Hybrid Force pads which seem to absorb the product more and thus create more heat and shorten the working time. I have to run speed 5 or it flashes to a haze and gets too hot and thus hard to wipe off if I don't.
The solution and better results by-far for me are using my Rupes Mille and their Mille pads which are 1/3 the thickness.....really thin pads and then with Essence I can get a super long working time. The composition and type of pad they are doesn't seem to drink up the product and I think overall produces less heat as the product doesn't flash to a haze nor become difficult to wipe off at all. For me it's the way to go. I'm sure with the flex it's a matter of pad choice but I already have a solution thus am not going to worry about it.
Just my experience in hopes that it helps you.
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PaulMys
Wow! That thing is huge.
Nice work!
That's what she said! Lol
Great job that is a lot of real estate! The fender trim looks a little smeared. Is that the photo or coating?
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That white looks phenomenal! Great job.
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TTQ B4U
I use Essence extensively and can say it has a great working time with the right pads. On my Flex I run Hybrid Force pads which seem to absorb the product more and thus create more heat and shorten the working time. I have to run speed 5 or it flashes to a haze and gets too hot and thus hard to wipe off if I don't.
The solution and better results by-far for me are using my Rupes Mille and their Mille pads which are 1/3 the thickness.....really thin pads and then with Essence I can get a super long working time. The composition and type of pad they are doesn't seem to drink up the product and I think overall produces less heat as the product doesn't flash to a haze nor become difficult to wipe off at all. For me it's the way to go. I'm sure with the flex it's a matter of pad choice but I already have a solution thus am not going to worry about it.
Just my experience in hopes that it helps you.
I used the white thin pro pads with reflect and really liked that combo.
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That's what she said! Lol
Great job that is a lot of real estate! The fender trim looks a little smeared. Is that the photo or coating?
It actually is kinda funky looking. It is rubber and I can't make anything look good on it. I've scrubbed the crap out of it with those mr clean pads and what I put on it the other day was a thin coat of 303. I just can't figure out how to get them cleaned up.
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