DA Microfiber Polish

[Michael Stoops]

Product Features:

• Removes DA haze from D300 step on delicate clears
• Solution for haze prone delicate clears
• Super fine cleaner/polish
• Perfect intermediate step in a 3 step scenario
• Not paintable

Part#: D30216
MSRP: $17.20

[SwunMurrieta]

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Hey I was right. I will definitely be ordering some of this.

[The Guz]

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Nice addition to the DAMF system. What pad is recommended?

[CCC4me]

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How does this compare in cut and finish to 205?

Are you now going to market the DAMF system as a three step with all three pads and liquids in one box?

[Wors]

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Very cool, how does it compare to D300?

[wifpd4]

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I just went out in the driveway and looked, my Obsidian black, super delicate clear, Lexus broke out in a smile.

[greg0303]

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I just have a technical question: wouldn't it be counter-productive to use this polish and then finishing wax, which is a cleaner wax ? Wouldn't a regular finishing wax be better ?

[Rick McDonough]

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I just have a technical question: wouldn't it be counter-productive to use this polish and then finishing wax, which is a cleaner wax ? Wouldn't a regular finishing wax be better ?

Good question. They had two things in mind when they formulated this product: 1. People who are going to go with a different last step product, other than D301 DA Micro Fiber Finishing Wax. 2. A cleaner for the DA Micro Fiber System if people have soft/sensitive paint and they need something that’s a bit less aggressive than D300 DA Micro Fiber Correction Compound.

[Michael Stoops]

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Hey I was right. I will definitely be ordering some of this.

Yes, we noticed that

Nice addition to the DAMF system. What pad is recommended?

The finishing pad, always.

How does this compare in cut and finish to 205?

Are you now going to market the DAMF system as a three step with all three pads and liquids in one box?

Cut is well below that of M205. We don't have any plans at the moment to package all liquids and pads into a single kit, no.

Very cool, how does it compare to D300?

D300 is the correction compound, D301 the finishing wax. D302 is a finishing polish designed specifically to remove any haze that might occur in the correction step with D300.

I just went out in the driveway and looked, my Obsidian black, super delicate clear, Lexus broke out in a smile.

Sounds like the perfect candidate for D302, David!

I just have a technical question: wouldn't it be counter-productive to use this polish and then finishing wax, which is a cleaner wax ? Wouldn't a regular finishing wax be better ?

Great question, Greg. On more delicate paint where hazing occurs with D300 we see mixed results with just D301 as a finish. Many people have instead moved to M205 on foam to refine the finish before applying their favorite wax or synthetic sealant. By offering D302 we can offer the user the opportunity to stay fully within the microfiber system to do everything if they so desire. But the intent of D302 is to remove DA haze with an intermediate step prior to waxing. So applying D301 after D302 shouldn't be a problem, unless the paint is so very sensitive that it doesn't like microfiber for application of the wax. In that case, it is recommended to move to a different wax/sealant applied via foam finishing pad.

Now, we know you guys like to experiment, so even though D302 was designed as a microfiber driven finishing polish we know someone is going to try it on a foam finishing pad. Go for it. We have, and it's pretty terrific.

[RaskyR1]

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Sweet! I'll post my feedback after I get a chance to use it.

[STRIFE]

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Sounds like people with black or dark paint just drooled a little.

The 3 DAMF fluids are going to further enhance the abilities of the average detailer....I look forward to adding this to my arsenal

[jankerson]

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Sounds like it might be a really good jeweling polish on a foam finishing pad perhaps.

[C. Charles Hahn]

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The product copy says "Not Paintable" -- presumably this means silicone or some such substance in the formulation, so.... durable fillers?

[RaskyR1]

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Look what showed up on my doorstep today.

[Michael Stoops]

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The product copy says "Not Paintable" -- presumably this means silicone or some such substance in the formulation, so.... durable fillers?

The microfiber system is part of the Detailer Line, not Mirror Glaze, and as such all of the liquids in it are not "body shop safe". But, um, "durable fillers" like a certain product that suddenly became very well known for exactly that? No. Do a test side by side with both D302 and that other product, and then strip them both (if you can fully strip that other product). You'll lose a bit of darkness with both once they've been stripped (you could say that about almost any product) but you'll go backwards with regard to defect removal with that other product and not with D302 (or dramatically less so). That assumes that by "filling" you actually mean the hiding of defects rather than the elimination of defects. A bit of darkening of the paint is a different matter altogether and that can ONLY be accomplished by leaving something behind. Stripping that something will remove the darkening, but if that product is truly filling, stripping it will also reveal defects that were once hidden but are now revealed. If, on the other hand, the product darkens but does not fill, then stripping it will cause a loss of that darkening but the defects will still be gone.