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[themightytimmah]

I'm not a big HTEC fan - I just don't think it cuts that hard. I swear by M105 these days, although the learning curve can be pretty rough on that product.

[SVR]

Well some people may not like it and I respect their opinions but it's great to have around as it blows away powergloss most of the time

[SuperBee364]

SVR posting about HTEC made me remember that I have a bunch of it gathering dust on my shelf. Since I finally got the SUV back from the shop (it's been in to get fixed four times now for the same problem), I decided to start working on the paint correction. So I pulled out the HTEC, filled up a four ounce bottle to about the three ounce point, then added about a half ouce of Optimum Polish. Wow, I forgot how good HTEC is. It got out some very heavy defects, and finished down *much* better than I remembered. This was with a purple foamed wool pad.

HTEC really is a great product. Especially when you add a bit of either OP or OC to extend the working time. Without the OP or OC, it just seems to dry too fast, so you can't really break it down/work it as much as you'd like. It leaves a bad compounding haze. But add in the OP or OC and you can break it down to darn near LSP ready.

Tomorrow comes the first use of M105.. Can't wait!

[tdekany]

Originally Posted by SVR

Well some people may not like it and I respect their opinions but it's great to have around as it blows away powergloss most of the time

I also love it and use it for getting rid of imperfections, but using #105 yesterday.....

I think I will not order it anymore. I still need to do more comparo but it looks like 105 beats it in cut and look as well.

[SVR]

Thanks for that information superbee, now I have a reason to use the OC as I really don't like it on it's own

Gives a bright rather than dark finish on dark cars
It's a shame that people disagree on product choices, I just plain don't like using meguiars as I like to give my money to manufacturers and family owned businesses (distributors or MFGR's) who give better service. Share the money around
megs has never impressed me

Like where you shop for instance
I go to foodland cause their SA owned and cheaper and I don't want coles or woolworths to have a 100 % market share

[Accumulator]

Originally Posted by tdekany

I also love it and use it for getting rid of imperfections, but using #105 yesterday.....

I think I will not order it anymore. I still need to do more comparo but it looks like 105 beats it in cut and look as well.

But might the EC not be a better choice for repeated use? I've read enough about M105 to believe it's great stuff, but I dunno if it'd want to use something that aggressive all that often

Not an I just think that the products might fill different niches..I think of the M105 as a replacement for my 3M Extra Cut RC. I have to catch myself now and then as I try to use the HT EC for jobs where it's simply not aggressive enough; not the product's fault, it's *my* fault.