Car Pro Extreme Gloss Enhancer

[Rsurfer]

I am going to coat two three cars this year and wanted to know the best way to use as the final step before the coating. I just read that this has a shelf life of one year and I am well past that.

Depends on how it was stored. Shake it real well (several minutes) and look at the texture. If its separated and clumpy then toss it.

[waterman]

Depends on how it was stored. Shake it real well (several minutes) and look at the texture. If its separated and clumpy then toss it.

I just shook it up, it is nice and smooth and not clumpy. It has always been stored inside.

[Bruno Soares]

I think they put a shelf life of one year on this due to the SiO2 in the product. I have a bottle of the Essence+ and that one has gotten pretty hard in the bottle, like it cured somehow. I barely used it too, got like 2 hoods worth of product out of it
My Essence bottle is right around 1 year old and still liquid.

[Rsurfer]

I just shook it up, it is nice and smooth and not clumpy. It has always been stored inside.

You should be good to go.

[acuRAS82]

I am going to coat two three cars this year and wanted to know the best way to use as the final step before the coating. I just read that this has a shelf life of one year and I am well past that.

I had a CarPro rep tell me that if the bottle is kept indoors, dry, out of direct sunlight, yada, yada, it should last 2 years or more. I can confirm from personal experience that my own bottle worked fine after 14 months.

I like to apply with gloss pads, slow speed, only 2 passes (apply like a sealant) after I’ve polished down to an already good finish prior. This causes a potential extra step but guaranteed glossy as my eyes after happy hour.

[The Guz]

I am going to coat two three cars this year and wanted to know the best way to use as the final step before the coating. I just read that this has a shelf life of one year and I am well past that.

You can use it as a finishing polish if you intend to compound or you can use it as a one step polish. Just be aware that it does not have the most cut.

I think they put a shelf life of one year on this due to the SiO2 in the product. I have a bottle of the Essence+ and that one has gotten pretty hard in the bottle, like it cured somehow. I barely used it too, got like 2 hoods worth of product out of it
My Essence bottle is right around 1 year old and still liquid.

You’re not missing much.

[limited0602]

I personally had very good luck with it using a Meguiar's microfiber polishing pad.

When I gave it a go, I found this thread and #7 was very helpful (CarPro Essence Definitive Guide Thread [Archive] - Sky's the Limit Auto Detailing Discussion Forum)
-A little goes a long ways (after the pad was primed, I think I used two or three pea sized dots)
-Spread super fast on speed 1
-Raise speed to about 3-4 depending on machine
-Using minimal pressure (about a pound + weight of machine) use VERY slow arm movement across the section and go only one single pass.
-I wiped clean right away, but it said you could wait up to an hour
-After each panel, I would clean the pad before moving to the next (yes I used one pad for the whole car...)