David, Re:Ultima Paint Prep Plus

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Originally Posted by DavidB

Ultima Paint Prep Plus – This pre-sealant treatment cleans, lightly polishes and conditions paint, correctly preparing it for Ultima Paint Guard Plus. The ultra-fine polish gently removes fine swirl marks and reduces the appearance of light scratches, while the trade secret Polycharger polymer accelerant primes the surface for a durable bond with Ultima Paint Guard Plus. No other “pre-wax” treatment applies as easily by hand or machine.

Can you tell us more about this product, as the description is a little vague. I'm not sure if this product is supposed to be a light swirl remover(like pretty much any light smr) or strictly a paint prep product(ex. Zymol's HD cleanse or the now out of favor GEPC/SEC)?

What is the application like? Does the product need to be thoroughly worked, or can it be lightly worked?(If by machine would the application be like Klasse AIO?)

If the Ultima brand is planning on bringing out a line of compounds and polishes, how will this product fit into the mix?

[DavidB]

Ultima Paint Prep Plus is a fine polish and sealant in one. It contains a very fine abrasive, a "primer" and a small amount of our sealant technology. Used by hand the abrasives will do enough work to clean the paint and make it ready for the primer to take hold. Used by machine it has just enough bite to remove fine swirls and bring up full gloss, but it won't polish out heavy marring.

I can't go into detail on future polishes, but this is not designed to be part of the Ultima polish line. Ultima Paint Prep Plus is a maintenance polish designed to keep new and like-new paint in perfect condition.