I took the PC plunge two years ago this month, and even though I’ve used the PC – and the products I bought to use with it -- less than a half-dozen times, I’m seriously considering a polish switch. I’m looking for help with the decision -- basically, opinions on whether it’s a change worth making.
I’m thinking about buying Menzerna’s Super-Intensive Polish (PO83Q) and Nano Polish (PO106FF) to replace the Sonus SFX-2 and SFX-3 I’ve been using. If you’d rather not delve into the semi-long-winded background I’m about to provide, please just let me know what you think of that potential switch.
Here’s the background. I’ll apologize in advance for the length.
After buying the PC at Lowe’s, I bought the SFX-2 and SFX-3 and the DAS orange, green and blue pads from Autopia. When I made the polish-and-pads purchase, I talked with an Autopia “adviser� – a local detailer, I guess – on the phone. It was he who recommended the SFX polishes and the DAS pads. Per his advice, I used the SFX-2 on the green pad. Well, I don’t think I ever accomplished a whole lot of swirl and fine-scratch removal using that combination. (Most of my efforts have been on a Nighthawk Black Pearl 2004 Acura TSX, by the way.) Given my lack of experience with the PC and the products, I have to acknowledge that technique may have had something to do with the results I achieved, although I felt pretty comfortable using the PC fairly quickly. I’ve never tried the SFX-2 with the orange DAS pad, but I did have occasion to try it with a much older Griot’s orange pad, which is a little smaller in diameter and somewhat less thick than the DAS pads. It might be a little firmer than the orange DAS pad, too. (I didn’t have the DAS pads with me at the time; that’s why I tried the Griot’s pad.) Well, I think the SFX-2 was significantly more effective when used with the Griot’s pad than it had been on the green DAS pad. I felt as though my efforts were at least reasonably worthwhile.
Now, having read some raves about them, I’m contemplating giving the aforementioned Menzerna polishes a try, even though I have a lot of the Sonus polishes left and even though the Menzerna purchase would be pretty expensive. What I’m after is the biggest bang for my time investment. If I’m going to go out and spend a good-sized chunk of my day trying to get the car looking its best, I’d to get some impressive results – or at least as impressive as a relatively inexperienced person can reasonably expect to get using a PC. From what I’ve read here about the Menzerna polishes, I’m thinking that they would be a significant step up, effectiveness-wise, from the SFX polishes.
I see that both of the Menzerna polishes (from Autogeek) would come with what’s described as a “low-profile 5.5-inch light cutting pad.� How that pad compares with the DAS pads and the orange Griot’s pad I already have, I don’t know – I’m guessing that it’s similar in firmness to the Griot’s pad and the orange DAS pad – but I assume it would be the best bet for use with the Menzerna products. Agree?
One other question. (Sorry.) Given that the PO83Q would be the primary weapon against the swirls and fine scratches, do you think one of the Sonus polishes I already have would do well enough as a finishing polish to make buying the PO106FF unnecessary? Or is the PO106FF so superior that I definitely ought to buy it as a companion for the PO83Q?
I’m thinking about buying Menzerna’s Super-Intensive Polish (PO83Q) and Nano Polish (PO106FF) to replace the Sonus SFX-2 and SFX-3 I’ve been using. If you’d rather not delve into the semi-long-winded background I’m about to provide, please just let me know what you think of that potential switch.
Here’s the background. I’ll apologize in advance for the length.
After buying the PC at Lowe’s, I bought the SFX-2 and SFX-3 and the DAS orange, green and blue pads from Autopia. When I made the polish-and-pads purchase, I talked with an Autopia “adviser� – a local detailer, I guess – on the phone. It was he who recommended the SFX polishes and the DAS pads. Per his advice, I used the SFX-2 on the green pad. Well, I don’t think I ever accomplished a whole lot of swirl and fine-scratch removal using that combination. (Most of my efforts have been on a Nighthawk Black Pearl 2004 Acura TSX, by the way.) Given my lack of experience with the PC and the products, I have to acknowledge that technique may have had something to do with the results I achieved, although I felt pretty comfortable using the PC fairly quickly. I’ve never tried the SFX-2 with the orange DAS pad, but I did have occasion to try it with a much older Griot’s orange pad, which is a little smaller in diameter and somewhat less thick than the DAS pads. It might be a little firmer than the orange DAS pad, too. (I didn’t have the DAS pads with me at the time; that’s why I tried the Griot’s pad.) Well, I think the SFX-2 was significantly more effective when used with the Griot’s pad than it had been on the green DAS pad. I felt as though my efforts were at least reasonably worthwhile.
Now, having read some raves about them, I’m contemplating giving the aforementioned Menzerna polishes a try, even though I have a lot of the Sonus polishes left and even though the Menzerna purchase would be pretty expensive. What I’m after is the biggest bang for my time investment. If I’m going to go out and spend a good-sized chunk of my day trying to get the car looking its best, I’d to get some impressive results – or at least as impressive as a relatively inexperienced person can reasonably expect to get using a PC. From what I’ve read here about the Menzerna polishes, I’m thinking that they would be a significant step up, effectiveness-wise, from the SFX polishes.
I see that both of the Menzerna polishes (from Autogeek) would come with what’s described as a “low-profile 5.5-inch light cutting pad.� How that pad compares with the DAS pads and the orange Griot’s pad I already have, I don’t know – I’m guessing that it’s similar in firmness to the Griot’s pad and the orange DAS pad – but I assume it would be the best bet for use with the Menzerna products. Agree?
One other question. (Sorry.) Given that the PO83Q would be the primary weapon against the swirls and fine scratches, do you think one of the Sonus polishes I already have would do well enough as a finishing polish to make buying the PO106FF unnecessary? Or is the PO106FF so superior that I definitely ought to buy it as a companion for the PO83Q?
The PO106FF is great I presume since I've used the BFSRC-FP which is the same thing pretty much. But category wise, this stuff is in the same group as your SFX2. Good stuff once you've got everything cleaned up, but you need something stronger to get you there.