Product Review for: High Definition Protect - Vinyl, Leather, Rubber, and Plastic Conditioner. I was lucky enough to be able to do a test & review of HD Protect Vinyl, Leather, Rubber and Plastic Conditioner. First off the package came with the Protect itself, a Duo interior applicator, and a pack of eco-wipes. The applicator has two sides, red and white, were the red side is used to apply the product and the white side is used as a scrubber or to clean the vinyl, leather or plastic. Between the two layers is this dense foam which lets almost no product absorb into it thus you use less. I compared HD Protect to my current favorite 1z Cockpit Premium. On to the pics! Here is the bottle and Duo applicator: My dirty dashboard: I cleaned my dash with Meguiars APC cut 10:1 using the white side of the applicator and wiped away with a MF: I applied 1z on the left and HD Protect on the right, the top was left bare to compare: I let both 1z and Protect sit for about 15 seconds then buffed each side, with the tape in place. After removing the tape this is what I saw: As you can see the Protect side made the dash a little deeper looking, yet it was not shiny but still the matte color. The 1z side looks like nothing was applied. This is one of the reason 1z has been my favorite so far because of that. Close up: (Again 1z on the bottom left, Protect bottom right, and nothing on the top) Just to see how it would be if i used a MF and buffed the whole panel, I did so and the sharp line obviously went away but you can still see the darkening effect of Protect kind of. Then I moved to using it on apart of my leather seat to see how it works. So I cleaned the leather with APC and applied Protect to the lower half and top half was kept natural. Product was buffed about 15 seconds after application: So my conclusion: I think this is a great product, it smells great and leave a nice finish behind. It has a darkening effect but does not make it shiny or sticky at all, which is a must for me. The smell of the product is great, has a leathery smell to it but is not overpowering. One downfall is the spray, it is a stream and not a spray but Dave has said he has gotten new spray heads. But I think this may turn into my 1z replacement. I will see how it holds up and after I put a layer down on the whole dash. But from the looks of it 1z Cockpit may of been shafted for duty on my soft touch plastic for cleaning and gauge lens cleaning duty.
I thought cockpit premium was used as a cleaner....but you have used APC to clean first and then applied cockpit as if it were a dressing. :shead: I'm currently using 1Z deep plastic to clean my dash and then follow that up with a protective layer of 303 aerospace. I would be curious to see how the HD Protect compares with 303.
Cockpit Prem. does have a light cleaning ability but also leaves behind some UV protection. A lot of people use 1z as a cleaner and "protectant," but to be fair to both I cleaned the surface so it would start at the same point and level. I do not have any 303 so I could not compare.
I have had my eye on those pads and UNO as well, pads seem pretty nice. Promo for $10 off is still running I think if you wanna jump on it.
I like the darkening effect b/c both the MK4 and the Fusion have black dashes. The sprayer head would piss me off too. Does anyone have a good replacement sprayer for solutions that might be a little thicker or for products that have this problem from the supplier?
Dave already has some replacement spray heads for the second batch. I bet if you talked/emailed him he would put it in the order. I am going to test it later tonight in my SV bottle that has the spray head lk dodo juice red mist
I got a bottle to test as well. I really like the product. I used it on my Nova interior in prepping for a show this weekend. I will try and get some outside shots this weekend. A little goes a long way with this product. The applicator that comes with it is very nice as well
I used it in my SV bottle, has the mist type spray head kind of like DoDo Juice Red Mist, and it works fine in that.
Looks really promising. It sure would be nice to no longer need to keep eleventy different interior products around. Thanks for the review!
Dont have any to compare it to but maybe Pats300zx has some and can do a comparison. I am going to see how it looks after a week as it is suppose to have some good anti-static properties.
I have some that I decided to try as a tire dressing. I haven't been impressed with it in that application, on the basis of its durability. It hasn't got any. Maybe I'll try it on interiors, thanks for the suggestion. If it looks like Vinylex (my long time interior dressing), you've just saved me some money. Thanks!
