View Full Version : Menzerna Power Gloss VS Meguiars M105
imported_DieselMDX
03-15-2008, 04:34 AM
OK I am looking to get a compound my most aggressive polish is Opt compound and looking for a bit more bite.
Which one do you guys recommend?
gmblack3
03-15-2008, 04:50 AM
What machine are you using either with?
imported_DieselMDX
03-15-2008, 04:52 AM
I have all 3 three but I will be using the flex and rotary.
imported_Dave1
03-15-2008, 05:29 AM
http://autopia.org/forum/machine-polishing/103145-quickie-review-m105.html?highlight=megs+105
gmblack3
03-15-2008, 07:07 AM
It has been a while since I used powergloss, but from what I remember I can echo Todd`s review from above.
Ron Harris
03-15-2008, 07:35 AM
The M105 is the best over all compound on the market.
Very dusty compared to the Optimum products. The couple of times I have used it I had to rewash the car or norinse it prior to applying my LSP.
Todd@RUPES
03-15-2008, 11:40 AM
PowerGloss is terrible IMO. There are so many better products on the market, but I would get M105, or if you want something more traditional look at Presta Strada 1000 or 3M Extra Cut (Perfect It 3000 series)
imported_DieselMDX
03-15-2008, 10:30 PM
thanx guys!
Once you learn to work with Power Gloss you would never go back to M105.
mikenap
10-20-2011, 07:11 AM
Once you learn to work with M105 you would never go back to Power Gloss.
There you go, I fixed it for you. To each their own, but M105 is much more versatile than PG and that alone makes it worth having around. Power Gloss is strictly a compound, where 105 can go from compound to mid-level polish to finishing polish depending on pad selection and technique.
porta
10-20-2011, 07:42 AM
As said before, powergloss is a dedicated heavy compound and itīs doing itīs task very good. I did some wetsanding on a Impala -67, and the compound who did the job best?
Yes, it was powergloss and the products I did test was: 3M fast cut+, Scholl S3+, Meguiars 105 and a couple more I donīt remember.
Oh, I used a twisted wool pad with 2000 rpm -but the car had 6 layers of clear and was very thick. I love to work on cars with much clear; just pound the paint and level it :rockon1:
JohnKleven
10-20-2011, 08:26 AM
You`re comparing a professional product like Menzerna to amateur Meguiar`s? ;)
Fire Suit has been put on!!!
Junebug
10-20-2011, 08:38 AM
I used it on gelcoat when the stuff I bought for gelcoat turned out to be too wimpy. I still keep PG just in case I run into something that doesn`t play nice. I keep M105 around too, I discovered last Saturday that the car I was doing responded much better to M105 than it did with UNO, so I used a little of both, 30% UNO and 70% 105, little dust and fast cut. The car was a Toyota that had been repainted after a tree fell on it. The owner discovered the body shop`s krispie kreme glaze wasn`t permanent! Everything has a place, and I`ve found it`s good to have a back-up if plan A fails.
SuperBee364
10-20-2011, 08:49 AM
It kinda depends on what your expectations are...
If you want a compound that will do some serious cutting and aren`t concerned about the finish the compounding step is gonna leave, then overall, IMO, PG wins (for total cut per application).
If you want a compound that is going to leave an overall nicer finish with less compounding mess, then 105 wins.
Both dust, but PG dusts even worse than 105.
autoaesthetica
10-20-2011, 08:52 AM
I use 105 like a madman. I love the stuff, Rotary, DA, hand applications. For the record 105 on wool on certain paints I can finish down nearly trail free - there is no way in hell powergloss would allow me to do that.
I used to use powergloss years ago, though I have some newer stuff from a customer that sent me a sample, the old stuff I just cant fine improves the surfaces for the tradeoff of cleanup I would have to do both in dust and in finish nastiness.