[HPIA4v2]

product table.
Menzerna cut rating for IP (not SIP) is > PO106FF but my un-scientific test (rubbing a dab of each polish between my thumb and index finger) indicate that PO106FF has coarser abbrassive materials in it.

Well, I've got this review and sold on IP:
http://www.fullthrottlev6.com/forums...ad.php?t=43050

and also don't want to buy SIP which only comes in 32oz, thinking I won't be polishing cars more than once in a year.
Well the only thing left is to try them I guess.

[haper]

Originally Posted by HPIA4v2

and also don't want to buy SIP which only comes in 32oz

maybe someone more knowledgable can add to this but i think there are many variables when determining whether SIP or IP should be used; type of clear coat (ceramic?), softness of clear coat, machine or hand applied, rotary or orbital, etc.i went ahead and got the SIP, worked well when coupled w/ 106FF, both were recommended by the forum sponsor who know the year and make of my car and that i was a newbie using a flex.

i'd be willing to trade enough of my SIP (to do one car - 3 oz) if you have anything to trade in return?

[HPIA4v2]

Originally Posted by haper

maybe someone more knowledgable can add to this but i think there are many variables when determining whether SIP or IP should be used; type of clear coat (ceramic?), softness of clear coat, machine or hand applied, rotary or orbital, etc.i went ahead and got the SIP, worked well when coupled w/ 106FF, both were recommended by the forum sponsor who know the year and make of my car and that i was a newbie using a flex.

i'd be willing to trade enough of my SIP (to do one car - 3 oz) if you have anything to trade in return?

Haper thanks for the offer.
I just got started in detailing myself so I doubt I have anything you want for trade.

[san~man]

Here's the Menzerna chart from Autogeek:

LINK

[328i]

I could never get good cut from Intensive Polish, and I didn't like it because it dusts too much. But I remember it froze when I first got it so that might have affected it. Regardless, I love SIP because it doesn't dust as much.

[exceldetail]

Theres always Optimum......

[ScheerSpeed]

SIP>IP

[328i]

Originally Posted by exceldetail

Theres always Optimum......

While I do love most optimum products, their polishes are not one of them...they do work well for increasing work time or keeping dust down when mixing them into other products.

[picus]

Alright, let's get with some facts. 106FF and SIP *do* have harder abrasives than IP/FP. In fact, that's the entire idea - they are ceramiclear polishes afterall. That said, IP still has more cut than 106ff; it has larger abrasives, and (arguably) more of them. I think one of the issues that people have with 106 is that it will fill; and because of this it often seems like it has more cut than it does. Actually, if I am not mistaken even FP has more cut than 106ff, but you would never know unless you prepsol each time you use 106.

Between SIP and 106 there is rarely a need for IP/FP, however as anyone who has used SIP extensively knows when you have silicone on the surface of the car it is a nightmare to use; that's where IP comes in.