Menzerna Power Gloss VS Meguiars M105

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  • Menz Power Gloss

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The M105 is the best over all compound on the market.

Very dusty compared to the Optimum products. The couple of times I have used it I had to rewash the car or norinse it prior to applying my LSP.
 
PowerGloss is terrible IMO. There are so many better products on the market, but I would get M105, or if you want something more traditional look at Presta Strada 1000 or 3M Extra Cut (Perfect It 3000 series)
 
fabz said:
Once you learn to work with M105 you would never go back to Power Gloss.
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There you go, I fixed it for you. To each their own, but M105 is much more versatile than PG and that alone makes it worth having around. Power Gloss is strictly a compound, where 105 can go from compound to mid-level polish to finishing polish depending on pad selection and technique.
 
As said before, powergloss is a dedicated heavy compound and it´s doing it´s task very good. I did some wetsanding on a Impala -67, and the compound who did the job best?

Yes, it was powergloss and the products I did test was: 3M fast cut+, Scholl S3+, Meguiars 105 and a couple more I don´t remember.



Oh, I used a twisted wool pad with 2000 rpm -but the car had 6 layers of clear and was very thick. I love to work on cars with much clear; just pound the paint and level it :rockon1:
 
I used it on gelcoat when the stuff I bought for gelcoat turned out to be too wimpy. I still keep PG just in case I run into something that doesn't play nice. I keep M105 around too, I discovered last Saturday that the car I was doing responded much better to M105 than it did with UNO, so I used a little of both, 30% UNO and 70% 105, little dust and fast cut. The car was a Toyota that had been repainted after a tree fell on it. The owner discovered the body shop's krispie kreme glaze wasn't permanent! Everything has a place, and I've found it's good to have a back-up if plan A fails.
 
It kinda depends on what your expectations are...



If you want a compound that will do some serious cutting and aren't concerned about the finish the compounding step is gonna leave, then overall, IMO, PG wins (for total cut per application).



If you want a compound that is going to leave an overall nicer finish with less compounding mess, then 105 wins.



Both dust, but PG dusts even worse than 105.
 
I use 105 like a madman. I love the stuff, Rotary, DA, hand applications. For the record 105 on wool on certain paints I can finish down nearly trail free - there is no way in hell powergloss would allow me to do that.



I used to use powergloss years ago, though I have some newer stuff from a customer that sent me a sample, the old stuff I just cant fine improves the surfaces for the tradeoff of cleanup I would have to do both in dust and in finish nastiness.
 
Power Gloss is the most terrible compound I've ever used. I can't see myself ever having a situation where I need to reach for that stuff. I'd probably go with 3000 Trizact before PG. Yuck.



I still wish they would bring back to original version of M105!!
 
David Fermani said:
Power Gloss is the most terrible compound I've ever used. I can't see myself ever having a situation where I need to reach for that stuff. I'd probably go with 3000 Trizact before PG. Yuck.



I still wish they would bring back to original version of M105!!
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Same here. I still have 1/2 of a 32 oz bottle of the original formula. It's kinda like that special bottle of Scotch: only bring it out for the right occasion.
 
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