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Originally Posted by danponjican  I beg to differ. I'll put my S1 finish up against any polish/pad combo out there. We've been through this already. Obviously, a lot of this is subjective, but I hardly think anyone can quantify anything.
Tod, why would you think S1 is not "for autopians"? |
Because based on my experience it just isn't as good as the products normally talked about on this sight.
Tom from System One said that it is the best product and he tested it against all the big boys. When I asked who exactly he tested it against he mentioned the top sellers in the body shop/professional detailer market, i.e. Automagic, Carbrite, 3M's junky products..
I will concede that System One is better than those products, but when I asked if he tested against
Menzerna, 1Z, etc he said no. They are not big players in the market the product was designed for.
My experience only is that System 1 is kind of like a jack of all trades, master of none.
It will not cut as fast as dedicated compound and it will not leave the gloss behind that a dedicated finishing polish wil. It will remove defects when used with a wool pad (as will every polish in the world, hell even water will remove defects when used with a wool pad) and it will finish out reasonably well with Edge's 100ppi white foam, but not to the level of Menzerna PO85RD, 3M UltraFina-SE, Menezrna 106ff, or even Z-PC.
My experience has led me to believe that while System 1 will get the job done, it will not get it done to the level we are used to and it definetely isn't the product of choice for those who want 100 percent correction and the highest gloss known to man.
Just my opinion though.