HD Uno v4, HD Polish, and HD Speed review (pic heavy!)

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So I ordered and received the following HD products;



Uno v4

Polish

Speed

Poxy



I didn't get around to trying the Poxy yet, so I'll review that later. The bottles are very nice, and I'll add they are quite heavy to me (32oz). My only bottle complaint is the dispenser cap, I wish they'd use the ones similar to what Megs uses, but not a deal breaker. I had a classic car to get ready for a car show the following day so I wasted no time, hoping the HD products would make things quicker and easier.



First up I tried Uno v4, and I'll admit I had extremely high hopes for it as I've been reading nothing but good reviews for months.



This is what I was working with initially, pretty much a nightmare.

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After one pass with Uno v4, and H20 cyan, it didn't cut much of the deeper scratches, and left a very haze, micro mar filled finish

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I tried it again, same H20 cyan and Uno v4, it cut a little better, but the finish got worse, and the black looked more gray than black

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I then tried the Uno v4 with a Megs MF cutting pad, and it didn't finish any better, extreme micro marring and hazy

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I gave up on the Uno v4 and went with a Megs MF/D300 combo, and got this after one pass

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I used the Uno v4 just as I've read and tried less and less product, but it just wouldn't finish halfway decently for me. Megs MF/D300 got the job done, while still leaving micro marring, you can see, they hardly show in a picture. I'll give Uno v4 another shot on a car i have coming up, but if it's no better I'll return it or use it for a door stop (it's heavy enough).



Secondly, just to make sure it was that good, i tried the Speed with a GG on speed 5 and crimson H20 pad. It worked VERY well, great gloss, and decent cutting ability even on a crimson pad. I would recommend this no doubt.

The following is Megs MF, with D300, followed by HD polish on tangerine H20, then Speed on H20 crimson. Very nice gloss and very silky and smooth feeling.

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Finally, after using the Megs/D300 on the entire car, I tried the HD Polish with the H20 tangerine, and it provided a fantastic finish, very glossy, very wet look. I finish it out this way. One odd thing about the polish, it's pretty clumpy and thick, it doesn't really spread out throughout the pad after one pass, or even 15 passes. It finally coated the pad when I was almost done with the entire car.



Here is the tangerine pad after several passes, you can see the polish didn't really spread, it left spots on the pad. This didn't hinder it's performance though, as it has an extremely long work time and I think it can easily replace 205 on most applications. It smells like grape soda too!

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Here are some pre LSP shots of the car: Megs MF/D300 followed by HD polish = great combo



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In conclusion, Uno v4 was a disappointment, but I'll try it ago on another car, HD Polish can probably replace 205 and it's very good, HD Speed is very glossy, I'll have to try it more though to see the correction ability.
 
Thanks for your honest review! I think 3D should do a clear guide about new UNO,polish and speed.I'm gonna tell him for sure.

Things have changed a little bit with new line:

-HD speed works with a soft pad and medium/polish pad in paints as a original Porsche clear coat (for a reference),not so hard and if it's not destroyed HD speed can leave finished.Using DA or High Speed,depending your skills and pads and paint reality.In my opinion maybe one of the best AIO,if not the best

-if that is not enough good result in the same paint,you can use green pad and polish with High Speed although paint is worse than in speed using...you´ll finish very good with that medium step..In my opinion maybe one of the best polish,if not the best

-if that doesn't work because paint is so destroyed you can use UNO,and I use black wool pad,I know I'll do marring,I know others compunds finish better...but UNO is fast and no dust..In my opinion not the best compound.3D can improve it of course,but it works fast and efective and is cheaper than most of compunds



Today is HD line option,then inmediately after UNO and bad finish but fast cut I use green pad and Polish and voilà! finish perfect,marring out and ready to finish.You can finish with speed,or poxy or nitro,in black colours speed is great!!!!!!!



I know 3D/Tunch can improve UNO ,but 3D decided to create a new polish and speed because in professional use is not possible to cut,polish and finish perfect with only one product.They accepted it,and UNO is agressive with high speed but much better finish with Dual Action and foam.If you use UNO and orange pad you'll have a very good cutting power.That was first idea with UNO and detailing made simple,and new Dual Action in HD line...although clear coat is destroyed,a "normal" person can detail his car using DA and UNO,polish and speed,slower than a professional with high speed,of course but without any risk...believe me,is possible...and easy.:shocked::shocked:.The new HD Dual Action is 780W power...



Using DA and UNO with orange/yellow pad you'll cut also a lot,depending paint you'll finish with marring,but with medium pad and polish (or speed depending on clear coat) you'll finish perfect,marring out.



3D had to have a compound in the new line and UNO V4 works as a "old school" compound,Meg's 105 works different but with a lot of dust,short open time,I hate this...When 3D gets the same finish without dust,long open time,and perfect finish we'll be really happy :heelclick:heelclick...happier than now,of course:biggrin1::biggrin1:



Bye,bye!
 
RZJZA80 said:
The newest one that was released last week, whatever it's called Uno v4, advanced cut, whatever
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One important distinction: UNOv4 is not the same as UNO Advanced Cut, v4 is the version prior to AC. That's probably going to cause some confusion.
 
C. Charles Hahn said:
One important distinction: UNOv4 is not the same as UNO Advanced Cut, v4 is the version prior to AC. That's probably going to cause some confusion.
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The bottle just says HD UNO, so I don't know what the differences are, they it's the one they shipped out last week.



On their website, it's called HD UNO - Advanced Cut, so that leads me to believe they are the same product.
 
RZJZA80 said:
The bottle just says HD UNO, so I don't know what the differences are, they it's the one they shipped out last week.



On their website, it's called HD UNO - Advanced Cut, so that leads me to believe they are the same product.
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I agree They only have four products on their website HD Uno- Advanced Cut, HD Advanced Polish, and HD Speed Polish/Sealant, and HD Poxy. I purchased the Advanced cut and the HD poxy because I didn't think I had to go from Advanced to Polish being an all in one. I was thinking all I needed was the advanced cut and the Poxy...am I wrong??
 
PrinceValium said:
I agree They only have four products on their website HD Uno- Advanced Cut, HD Advanced Polish, and HD Speed Polish/Sealant, and HD Poxy. I purchased the Advanced cut and the HD poxy because I didn't think I had to go from Advanced to Polish being an all in one. I was thinking all I needed was the advanced cut and the Poxy...am I wrong??
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Others may have different results, but so far, I can't see UNO as a one step, at all. It definitely needs a polish after it. On certain paints, I can see it needing two polishing steps. I'll do more testing because i really hope it was just that particular car that gave the bad results.
 
RZJZA80 said:
Others may have different results, but so far, I can't see UNO as a one step, at all. It definitely needs a polish after it. On certain paints, I can see it needing two polishing steps. I'll do more testing because i really hope it was just that particular car that gave the bad results.
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In all fairness you can't form a complete opinion about a product after just one use. I have quite a few products that didn't blow me away at first and after some time I figured out how to make them work and where they would be put to use. There are exceptions out there obviously but kudos to you for not giving up right away. I'm looking forward to your next review.
 
PrinceValium said:
I agree They only have four products on their website HD Uno- Advanced Cut, HD Advanced Polish, and HD Speed Polish/Sealant, and HD Poxy. I purchased the Advanced cut and the HD poxy because I didn't think I had to go from Advanced to Polish being an all in one. I was thinking all I needed was the advanced cut and the Poxy...am I wrong??
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As Below, HD UNO is not and all in one product, it is a compound.

HD SPEED is an AIO

HD Polish is a finishing polish

HD Poxy is a sealant or LSP



RZJZA80 said:
Others may have different results, but so far, I can't see UNO as a one step, at all. It definitely needs a polish after it. On certain paints, I can see it needing two polishing steps. I'll do more testing because i really hope it was just that particular car that gave the bad results.
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Ok I’ll try to help clear this up.

The current UNO that is displayed on the website is the latest formulation and is branded as HD UNO “Advanced Cut”

The version prior to this was HD UNO “v4”



None of the HD UNO versions are a one step product,

(Although this is determined by the paint and condition of the paint you are working on, as with minor defects and good paint you can have a LSP ready finish with one pass on a green or white pad etc)



HD UNO is a one compound system, (one product capable of different levels of cut based on the pad used)

The level of cut is determined by the pad choice and pressure used. i.e if you want aggressive cut you will need you use a wool pad or a cutting pad, any aggressive cutting will need to be refined via a polish stage. The same for polishing and finishing again determined by the pad choice.



If you’re working on paints that are notorious for marring i.e soft blacks, I would suggest using HD UNO to obtain the desired amount of correction and then refine the finish by using HD POLISH



HD SPEED is an AIO (all in one) or one step product that provides exceptional correction ability (for this type of product) whilst leaving behind a great gloss and a high level of protection.



As with any product range, there is a learning curve involved in order to get the best out of a product which cannot be ascertained via a single use. IMO Different products react differently to different processes and or techniques and sometimes it takes a little longer to learn how to get the product to perform to its best with said process or technique.



Hope this helps



Cheers Daniel
 
David Fermani said:
Great review. What was your process/workflow when using UNO ac? Priming and work time wise?
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On the H20 cyan, I used about 6 dots worth to prime, and an additional dot or two after that, going down to just one dot. Work time was similar to 205, longer than 105 for sure. It seems to stay "wet" for a really long time, even when you finally stop and wipe off. I don't remember the actual time, but i did two full passes before stopping, that's vertical, then horizontal, then repeat that again, I call that two passes.



I did the same with the Megs MF except 4 dots to prime and two then one dot after that, also two passes as mentioned above.
 
Woody Wax said:
As Below, HD UNO is not and all in one product, it is a compound.

HD SPEED is an AIO

HD Polish is a finishing polish

HD Poxy is a sealant or LSP







Ok I’ll try to help clear this up.

The current UNO that is displayed on the website is the latest formulation and is branded as HD UNO “Advanced Cut”

The version prior to this was HD UNO “v4”



None of the HD UNO versions are a one step product,

(Although this is determined by the paint and condition of the paint you are working on, as with minor defects and good paint you can have a LSP ready finish with one pass on a green or white pad etc)



HD UNO is a one compound system, (one product capable of different levels of cut based on the pad used)

The level of cut is determined by the pad choice and pressure used. i.e if you want aggressive cut you will need you use a wool pad or a cutting pad, any aggressive cutting will need to be refined via a polish stage. The same for polishing and finishing again determined by the pad choice.



If you’re working on paints that are notorious for marring i.e soft blacks, I would suggest using HD UNO to obtain the desired amount of correction and then refine the finish by using HD POLISH



HD SPEED is an AIO (all in one) or one step product that provides exceptional correction ability (for this type of product) whilst leaving behind a great gloss and a high level of protection.



As with any product range, there is a learning curve involved in order to get the best out of a product which cannot be ascertained via a single use. IMO Different products react differently to different processes and or techniques and sometimes it takes a little longer to learn how to get the product to perform to its best with said process or technique.



Hope this helps



Cheers Daniel
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Thanks, that makes sense. I only called it HD UNO v4 because that's what I've seen it called and nobody ever corrected anyone for calling it that.
 
Let me just reiterate, I have not given up all hope on UNO just yet, I just gave up on that particular car as I had to have it ready for the next day. I'll try it again, but using an H20 cyan pad, which is notorious for being one if not the best finishing cutting pad, I thought it would perform way better than it did. I'll keep posting reviews on it either way.
 
PrinceValium said:
I agree They only have four products on their website HD Uno- Advanced Cut, HD Advanced Polish, and HD Speed Polish/Sealant, and HD Poxy. I purchased the Advanced cut and the HD poxy because I didn't think I had to go from Advanced to Polish being an all in one. I was thinking all I needed was the advanced cut and the Poxy...am I wrong??
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I think the new line that started to ship end of April has the new look with black labels and much nicer look of the logo,I called 3D and they told me that the advance cut is the HDUNO with black and red label.



Sorry 3D people but the old hd logo was more for cosmetics ??? I ordered only HD UNO and HD POLISH to compare against 105 and 205. I got great results when I used HDUNO with Orange cutting pad and HDPOLISH with Green and Black finishing pad with a DA. I did get marring but after the Polish the results were great, I would say as good or better than 105 followed by 205.



I also used only the HD POLISH on a red Honda with a green pad and it corrected a lot of the spider webbing and swirls.... I did not use the products with a high speed buffer..I will comment once I get more experienced using my friends Makita.... :waxing::waxing:
 
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