I received my order of 4 HD products and 4 3D products today (shipped in 2 days with the cheapest shipping!). I will be updating this thread with my reviews of these products.
List of what I bought:
-HD Uno
-HD Interior kit (like this: How to clean & protect the interior or a dirty Ferrari w/ High Definition Products)
-HD Total (2)
-HD Waterless wash kit (2)
-3D Trim Care Protectant
-3D APC
-3D Liquid Leather
-And, accidentally, 3D Ultra (tire) Protectant
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My first review: HD Free
This is a fantastic product. I had high hopes for HD products and this exceeded my expectations. It took 3 (supplied) microfibers to clean my 1-week-dirty car and I can honestly say it looks better than my normal washes. I highly recommend this product as a waterless wash. I used it on soft Acura paint and couldn't find any marring.
Edit: have used it 3 times so far on the Acura and no extra marring has occurred. Definitely a happy customer!
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HD UNO:
Attempted to use it on sanding scratches with wool and it had a lot of cut, but it didn't seem to have quite as much cut as Meg's Ultimate Compound by rotary, but more cutting power that Meg's UC by hand (hopefully that makes sense). I used it by rotary on a blue (no-cut) LC pad to get the wool holograms out and turned a 3 step polish into a 2 step polish! This dark green (almost black) car had no holograms left over at all from HD UNO! Would definitely buy again.
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HD TOTAL, HD DUO pad, HD PROTECT, 3D Liquid Leather
Excuse the low quality sort of dark pictures and the accidental date stamps. Had to change my camera settings afterwards and then it was too dark outside to retake the pictures.
My interior has been looking a little too shiny for my taste lately. Too much 303 Aerospace and not enough dusting is to blame (I think it sort of turned the dust into mud...)
Anyway, it was time to do a full interior detail. My supplies were:
-HD TOTAL
-HD DUO pad
-lots of HD disposable wipes
-3D Liquid Leather
-HD PROTECT
-a tooth brush
-microfibers
I started with just the driver's side door panel. I sprayed some HD TOTAL on it, spread it around with the DUO pad, and then really went to work. Each square inch of plastic and vinyl was scrubbed with a tooth brush, then "wiped" with the DUO pad, wiped off with a dry HD wipe, then wiped clean with a (very) damp HD wipe. Here are the results:
And here is how the DUO pad and wipes looked after the first panel:
This was repeated for door panels, the dash board, and armrest/center console.
When it came time to do the leather seats, I sprayed some HD TOTAL on, did a light cleaning with the HD DUO pad, and applied some 3D Liquid Leather. the passenger seat was VERY thirsty for this stuff; it sucked up 3 1/2 applications in 20 minutes! on the 4th application, it was about as hydrated as the rest of the seats, so I wiped it off. The Liquid Leather is meant to clean and condition, but if your leather is as dry as my passenger seat, you're going to need something more heavy duty than Liquid leather. My leather was about 50% softer than before, but it is still not soft. The Liquid leather did make my leather much easier to clean though. I sprayed some TOTAL on the seats and went to work with the tooth brush. After removing the product and letting it dry, I could tell the leather was a significantly lighter shade.
After all cleaning was finished, I tried out my HD PROTECT. A little of this stuff goes a LONG WAY! I ended up having to redo my driver's side door panel because it got so greasy from it. I pumped 2 pumps or PROTECT onto the application (red) side of my DUO pad and it was good for that panel. I used 4 pumps for the dash and 4 pumps per seat. Immediately after applying it, I wiped it with a damp HD wipe (as instructed by the back of the bottle) and I can honestly say it added no glossiness to anything! It is now my replacement for 303 Aerospace.
Afters:
reflections:
And a "light" cleaning of the 65,000 mile Tahoe
How I rate the products I used:
-HD TOTAL-5/5. Cleaned all surfaces very well.
-HD DUO pad-9/10. Cleans and applies, but is a little too big to fit where it needs to
-HD disposable wipes-5/5. Lasted very long and worked as good as other car towels I have.
-3D Liquid Leather-4/5. Lifts dirt to the surface, but conditioning could be improved.
-HD PROTECT-5/5. Only protectant I have ever used that actually leaves the surface matte!
List of what I bought:
-HD Uno
-HD Interior kit (like this: How to clean & protect the interior or a dirty Ferrari w/ High Definition Products)
-HD Total (2)
-HD Waterless wash kit (2)
-3D Trim Care Protectant
-3D APC
-3D Liquid Leather
-And, accidentally, 3D Ultra (tire) Protectant
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My first review: HD Free
This is a fantastic product. I had high hopes for HD products and this exceeded my expectations. It took 3 (supplied) microfibers to clean my 1-week-dirty car and I can honestly say it looks better than my normal washes. I highly recommend this product as a waterless wash. I used it on soft Acura paint and couldn't find any marring.
Edit: have used it 3 times so far on the Acura and no extra marring has occurred. Definitely a happy customer!
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HD UNO:
Attempted to use it on sanding scratches with wool and it had a lot of cut, but it didn't seem to have quite as much cut as Meg's Ultimate Compound by rotary, but more cutting power that Meg's UC by hand (hopefully that makes sense). I used it by rotary on a blue (no-cut) LC pad to get the wool holograms out and turned a 3 step polish into a 2 step polish! This dark green (almost black) car had no holograms left over at all from HD UNO! Would definitely buy again.
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HD TOTAL, HD DUO pad, HD PROTECT, 3D Liquid Leather
Excuse the low quality sort of dark pictures and the accidental date stamps. Had to change my camera settings afterwards and then it was too dark outside to retake the pictures.
My interior has been looking a little too shiny for my taste lately. Too much 303 Aerospace and not enough dusting is to blame (I think it sort of turned the dust into mud...)
Anyway, it was time to do a full interior detail. My supplies were:
-HD TOTAL
-HD DUO pad
-lots of HD disposable wipes
-3D Liquid Leather
-HD PROTECT
-a tooth brush
-microfibers
I started with just the driver's side door panel. I sprayed some HD TOTAL on it, spread it around with the DUO pad, and then really went to work. Each square inch of plastic and vinyl was scrubbed with a tooth brush, then "wiped" with the DUO pad, wiped off with a dry HD wipe, then wiped clean with a (very) damp HD wipe. Here are the results:
And here is how the DUO pad and wipes looked after the first panel:
This was repeated for door panels, the dash board, and armrest/center console.
When it came time to do the leather seats, I sprayed some HD TOTAL on, did a light cleaning with the HD DUO pad, and applied some 3D Liquid Leather. the passenger seat was VERY thirsty for this stuff; it sucked up 3 1/2 applications in 20 minutes! on the 4th application, it was about as hydrated as the rest of the seats, so I wiped it off. The Liquid Leather is meant to clean and condition, but if your leather is as dry as my passenger seat, you're going to need something more heavy duty than Liquid leather. My leather was about 50% softer than before, but it is still not soft. The Liquid leather did make my leather much easier to clean though. I sprayed some TOTAL on the seats and went to work with the tooth brush. After removing the product and letting it dry, I could tell the leather was a significantly lighter shade.
After all cleaning was finished, I tried out my HD PROTECT. A little of this stuff goes a LONG WAY! I ended up having to redo my driver's side door panel because it got so greasy from it. I pumped 2 pumps or PROTECT onto the application (red) side of my DUO pad and it was good for that panel. I used 4 pumps for the dash and 4 pumps per seat. Immediately after applying it, I wiped it with a damp HD wipe (as instructed by the back of the bottle) and I can honestly say it added no glossiness to anything! It is now my replacement for 303 Aerospace.
Afters:
reflections:
And a "light" cleaning of the 65,000 mile Tahoe
How I rate the products I used:
-HD TOTAL-5/5. Cleaned all surfaces very well.
-HD DUO pad-9/10. Cleans and applies, but is a little too big to fit where it needs to
-HD disposable wipes-5/5. Lasted very long and worked as good as other car towels I have.
-3D Liquid Leather-4/5. Lifts dirt to the surface, but conditioning could be improved.
-HD PROTECT-5/5. Only protectant I have ever used that actually leaves the surface matte!
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