Power Gloss

I was just recently given a quart bottle of PG and was wondering how it compares to M105? M105 is the only product that I've used to date, so far. My neighbor asked me to work on his Dodge Charger, which has a little bit of paint transfer on the rear bumper and also some light swirling on the hood.

How well does it finish down?

 

Power Gloss is more aggressive and does not finish as nice as 105 does.

 

I was under the impression that 105 had more cut.

 

105 has some nice cut but not as much as Power Gloss.

 

Thanks, you saved me some money.

 

How, you should have both, they are both great products.

 

Thanks for the info. I guess I'll save the PG for those vehicles that are heavily ridden with defects.

 

Haha ok fine, I'll probably get some sooner or later.

 

I too was under the impression that 105 had more cut but when I was working on a car recently, I just wasn't getting the results I wanted. I was using 105 with the GI white wool. I got the PG out on a whim and was surprised that it was doing a better job. As Dana said, 105 finishes down nicer, but you still have to follow it with something so for bad paint, I'll still reach for my PG.

 

Would I be able to follow PG with M205 or would you recommend that I follow it with a different Menzerna product?

 

I'm not sure that 205 will clean up the marring left by PG. It will all depend on the pad you applied the PG with. Typically though, if you are using PG, its a three stepper. PG on a cutting pad, PF or similar product on a polishing pad to clean up PG marring and then a finishing pad and polish.

 

I agree with Ken, but 205 is a very nice clean up polish. Plus you will not know unless you try cleaning up PG with 205. I always follow up 205 because it just doesn't have as nice a finish as 85rd or UF.

 

I learned the hard way that you need to follow up 105 with a finishing polish, I was dumb and thought it would finish down nice by itself then after doing a big panel and doing a IPA wipedown quickly realized the oils hide a lot, and needed another step or two.

 

I know that this is going to sound odd, but has anyone ever mixed PG or any other aggressive polishing compound, with some finishing polish, to lessen the "bite"?

 

PG, for me in the Denver climate, dusts WAY more than 105!!!!!

Handy Andy

 

i want to get 105 bad since SIP didnt do full correction in one pass and powergloss would leave to much marring. so i think 105 is between SIP and powergloss right? i like to work polish untill full correction is done instead of doing 2 passes and then i can do 203 after 105

 

105 dries relatively fast, so you're going to want a lubricating agent because the work time without one is like 30 seconds.

I've found that Powergloss is kinda weird, at times I've gotten more cut with M105 and sometimes more cut with the powergloss. However, MOST of the time, powergloss cuts more, and when it does, it cuts like a monster. It's good to have both IMO, the PG has a lot of cut but when you get a real beat up car with a hard clear, it's definitely worth it to have.

 

ok then what about M95? it says that you can work it longer with abrasives not diminishing as fast, looks like it has same amount of cust as 105 as well

 

I'm not sure, but just so you know, 105 and 205 are both Non-diminishing abrasives, meaning the cut is going to stay the same till it dries out. The cut is determined by the user by the speed they use it at and the amount of pressure they put on the machine.

 

I've used M95 previously via Flex 3401. It has a good amount of correction ability and leaves a nice finish. Could be a good candidate for a 1-stepper.