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Old 11-28-2008, 04:48 AM
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Default Help: Menzerna One-step Acrylic Jacket or Klasse All-in-One?

I'm looking for a one-step product to apply to my silver Audi A4 and dark-grey Acura MDX. Both cars currently have a good paint finish, no swirls, and no major blemishes. Which of these products will provide the best results, with minimal effort? I am plan on applying them with my Porter Cable and wiping off by hand.

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Default FMJ applied with the PC (black pad) is the only way to go...

I can do a single coat in about 10 minutes, application and removal. Bonus to the PC application is that you can't possibly get it to go on any thinner by hand.
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Default 2nd. An A-I-O alone won't provide very long-lasting protection. If you want the slight cleaning

capabilities of an AIO, then you should then top with something like FMJ or 1Z Glanz.
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Default i've never used FMJ, but i really like AIO. super easy to use with great results.

i use it on my silver A4 and grey 08 Highlander.
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Agree, KAIO is a great base for other LSP's. Looks great with a couple of coats of UPGP.
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Default Werkstat Prime Strong--Like KAIO on steroids

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Default Have you applied this with a PC or other machine?

Did you use a light cutting pad? Did it do a sufficient job of cleaning up the paint as well as protecting?

I've got a bottle of this stuff and I want to use it to clean up the A4 before the winter. Not really interested in doing a top down 36 step detail, so I thought I would do this and spare myself the agony of Menzerna polishes before the winter. Just not sure how well it will clean the paint (if at all), and whether it will do anything for light swirling or whether I should just use a finishing pad.
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Default inside--

Audi's have about the hardest clear in the industry. No AIO product is going to do much good on removing swirls and scratches on an Audi. I usually use it following a finishing polish, usually on a red or black pad on a PC or Flex 3401.
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Default Klasse AIO all the way! Menzerna Acrylic Jacket has more "correcting properties"...

and is a great product all around, but if you have little to no swirls I would go with KAIO. Menzerna's is so much harder to remove, and stains black trim.

Hope this helps.
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Thanks!
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