Just picked this up with a carpro orange pad for my first paint correction. Been getting into detailing alot recently, but a clean car is really let down by swirled paint.
Finally a great video on an amazing polish. This one is what I use when my SMAT abrasives aren't finishing out. Very dependable. I wish you guys still carried the Lake Country Hydrotech, because 2500 was AWESOME on the tangerine or cyan pads. However, it works beautifully with yellow Buff and Shine, or Rupes pads. There are some instances where it works great with Buff and Shine Uro-Fiber as well. Keep up the great work! Maybe 3500 next? That one is one of my absolute favorite finishers.
You can use any pad you want. Correction and finish quality is a combination of polish, pad, machine, and technique. If you are going to do a second step with a different pad you'd likely be better off with a finish polish like SF3500.
What Yanni said is correct! Generally you want to use a light polish with a light pad, but you can change the polish or pad used to tweak your polishing process on the specific vehicle you are working on. For your setup, I would use the Menzerna 2500 with a medium pad and follow up with a lighter pad and polish combo instead of just tweaking the pad power as listed.
We know if we remove swirl mark/scratches it can scrape a clear coat layer, so how to remove swirl mark/scratch but keep a clear coat safe? and what tools and materials we can use?
Imperfections are etchings into the clearcoat, many at different depths and degrees. Light hits the paint and a smooth surface will show a reflection, but imperfections refract light, casing you to see the imperfections. When you polish, you are actually not removing any imperfections in the paint. Instead, you are smoothing out the edges of the imperfections, hiding them from view and improving clarity in the paint. There are many different polishes, many with different degrees of correction power. Simply put, all polishes will remove at least a slight amount of clear to smooth out the edges of the imperfections in the paint. Always start off with a light polish and pad combination first, inspect your results and bump up the power if needed. There are also items that help fill in imperfections to hide them, but these generally only work on very light imperfections and only last a few weeks. Hope that helps!
Hi. I’ve bought some generic polishing pads for my machine, they are classified “light, medium & heavy” cut. Which would you guys recommend I use with this 2500 compound? Thanks.
The 2500 is a light to medium corrective option, so we generally recommend using it with a medium corrective pad. Save the heavy pads for compounds and heavy correction polishes.
I believe he is using a Lake Country HDO orange, polishing. Other pads that work great with 2500: Green Buff and Shine / Hex Logic Yellow Rupes polishing Yellow Buff and Shine Uro-Tec Tangerine Lake Country Hydrotech Cyan Lake Country Hydrotech Yellow Rupes microfiber
The HDO Orange Pad is a great option. Just note that all paint finishes are different, so you may find yourself needing a lighter or heavier corrective pad, or even a different pad/polish combo all together. Test spots are key in helping figure out what pair is best for your specific situation.
Exactly as Yanni listed. It most likely would help in correction, but hurt clarity. Imperfections and car paints are different from vehicle to vehicle, so we always recommend a test spot to figure out what works best for your specific situation.
Menzerna has the best products without fillers! From aggressive cutting to fine polishing. I wish I could still detail cars.
Just bought the 400...2500...and 3500 menzerna polishes
Great to see it in action
This stuff cuts and finishes for me better than 3D ONE. I really love ONE, but this one slays it every time..
Excellent video. I do use menzerna products. But lately I’ve been using Sonax. Great video!!
Just picked this up with a carpro orange pad for my first paint correction. Been getting into detailing alot recently, but a clean car is really let down by swirled paint.
There is nothing like a clean and polished car! Let us know how the detail comes along!
@@DetailedImage dear 2500+3500 how much speed orbital machine ???2500 orange hard pads 3800 black soft pads IS correct ? Thanks from France
Finally a great video on an amazing polish. This one is what I use when my SMAT abrasives aren't finishing out. Very dependable.
I wish you guys still carried the Lake Country Hydrotech, because 2500 was AWESOME on the tangerine or cyan pads. However, it works beautifully with yellow Buff and Shine, or Rupes pads. There are some instances where it works great with Buff and Shine Uro-Fiber as well.
Keep up the great work!
Maybe 3500 next? That one is one of my absolute favorite finishers.
This one. Love the 2500. Haven't use the 3500 but i used 3800
Instablaster...
Any noticeable difference between 3500 and 3800?
@@kazoohakazoo362 - I haven't tried the 3800, personally.
Great product 👍
Really enjoyed the video, can monzerna 2500 be used with medium cut pad , and then with polish pad ?
You can use any pad you want. Correction and finish quality is a combination of polish, pad, machine, and technique.
If you are going to do a second step with a different pad you'd likely be better off with a finish polish like SF3500.
What Yanni said is correct! Generally you want to use a light polish with a light pad, but you can change the polish or pad used to tweak your polishing process on the specific vehicle you are working on. For your setup, I would use the Menzerna 2500 with a medium pad and follow up with a lighter pad and polish combo instead of just tweaking the pad power as listed.
Thanks for the information very useful.
How does this compare to griots correcting cream?
Very similar overall, but I tend to get slightly more cut using the 2500.
We know if we remove swirl mark/scratches it can scrape a clear coat layer, so how to remove swirl mark/scratch but keep a clear coat safe? and what tools and materials we can use?
Imperfections are etchings into the clearcoat, many at different depths and degrees. Light hits the paint and a smooth surface will show a reflection, but imperfections refract light, casing you to see the imperfections. When you polish, you are actually not removing any imperfections in the paint. Instead, you are smoothing out the edges of the imperfections, hiding them from view and improving clarity in the paint. There are many different polishes, many with different degrees of correction power. Simply put, all polishes will remove at least a slight amount of clear to smooth out the edges of the imperfections in the paint. Always start off with a light polish and pad combination first, inspect your results and bump up the power if needed. There are also items that help fill in imperfections to hide them, but these generally only work on very light imperfections and only last a few weeks. Hope that helps!
Good video
Hi. I’ve bought some generic polishing pads for my machine, they are classified “light, medium & heavy” cut. Which would you guys recommend I use with this 2500 compound? Thanks.
The 2500 is a light to medium corrective option, so we generally recommend using it with a medium corrective pad. Save the heavy pads for compounds and heavy correction polishes.
@@DetailedImage great! Thank you for your time. Much appreciated.
If using as a 1 step what pad combo would you recommend
I believe he is using a Lake Country HDO orange, polishing.
Other pads that work great with 2500:
Green Buff and Shine / Hex Logic
Yellow Rupes polishing
Yellow Buff and Shine Uro-Tec
Tangerine Lake Country Hydrotech
Cyan Lake Country Hydrotech
Yellow Rupes microfiber
The HDO Orange Pad is a great option. Just note that all paint finishes are different, so you may find yourself needing a lighter or heavier corrective pad, or even a different pad/polish combo all together. Test spots are key in helping figure out what pair is best for your specific situation.
How different do you think the results would be by simply changing your pad to a euro 50/50?
Likely more correction and slightly worse finish quality. But it's really hard to say because paint is so different across different vehicles.
In my day to day experience with 2500, the foam finishes better, and the microfiber cuts better.
Exactly as Yanni listed. It most likely would help in correction, but hurt clarity. Imperfections and car paints are different from vehicle to vehicle, so we always recommend a test spot to figure out what works best for your specific situation.
formerly sip love this stuff!
2500 used to be PO203S
SIP became 2400.
www.detailedimage.com/Menzerna-M10/Super-Intensive-Polish-PO83-P124/32-oz-S1/
Do you not like the rupes pads
We use many different pads from various manufacturers, but Rupes pads are fantastic and some of our favorite pads to use.
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