The Best Car Polish Compound | Single Stage Cut & Finish Comparison

Whether you are a beginner or a professional you should be able to use these products to machine polish your car (or hand polish it potentially). In this video we compare 13 market leading single stage pure abrasive compounds.

Autoglym UHD Polishing Compound
Gyeon Compound 1L
Turtle Wax 1&Done Compound
Carpro Fixer
Meguiars Ultimate Compound
Sonax Perfect Finish
Zwizzer MC3000
Koch F6.01
Rupes Quartz Gel green lid (discontinued but available)
Farecla G3 premium compound
Premium Scholl S20 Black
Menzerna MC 2500
Angelwax Regenerate

Note: All products were purchased for this review except for Autoglym UHD polishing compound, Turtle Wax 1&Done Compound, and Zwzzer MC3000 which were provided free of charge. You can use this information to alert you of any bias.

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[ForensicDetailing]

Join the discussion on the Forensic Unplugged Channel where we go into more detail on each product

[steverabbits]

Mate that is the most professional video I've ever seen you do, not to mention the MASSIVE amount of work that has gone into all that! I didn't think I'd like the new 'professional Jon' as much as the brilliantly funny 'old Jon' but I really do! Great job Jon, really great job!

[Lloggaazz]

Fully appreciate that the content leans towards everyday detailers who have these types of questions on a daily basis - keep it coming! 💪🏻

[timmyr]

It is a joy watching your videos, educational, and you crack me up. Great way to keep viewers. Keep up the good work!

[felipetartuce]

I really like the Sonax perfect finish, also the small bottle is great for enthusiastic polishing 2 or 3 times per year

[d.]

For me the Menzerna Heavy Cut Compound 400 does a great single stage job if you work it long enough. Even on rougher defects. For a medium polish though, a Meguiars 205 or Menzerna 2in1 does a great job. Excellent video!

[CAM-sfkx]

Fantastic comparison, something I have been waiting for for a long time! I have always stuck with menz compounds as I find them fantastic on hard bmw clear coat and even on softer solid paints. I have been looking for others but this has kept me with menz. Restored my heavily swirled Estoril blue paint to flawless with very little effort with a rotary and 3 of their compounds/polishes. Would love to see more of these including a heavy cut and ultra fine cut test. Credit to you Jon, excellent content as usual!

[dj_paultuk]

Interesting results. Ive always used Sonax Perfect Finish. For me as a novice home user polishing family cars, it is easy to work with and gives great results. But yes pricey !.

[karlhulme]

I’m still using S20 ( on your recommendation a couple of years back ) very happy with it.

[memduherdogar]

I needed a new polishing compound, ordered the angelwax regenerate. I always trust your judgment, this is by far the most detailed video, thank you for your hard work 👍

[davidcarballo]

I got 1 litre of S20 for £32 and I find it works very well. Only once did it haze and that was on a black coloured Isuzu Dmax. Very happy with it. Great video again. 😁

[jamesbissell]

You have hands down the best product review/comparisons. Love them!

[olivertaylor]

I have been using Scholl S20 with Scholl pads for a while now and they always give me amazing results, it's amazing what different pads can do for the finish.

[Fantic]

I remember one of the first videos of yours I ever watched was reviewing S20 black and to be honest, I have no reason to look for anything else. I also use Perfect Finish, whish is a second place. BWM paint is hard as balls, so I am quite fond of XXL Gold on really bad paint. Your video kinda makes me glad I stuck with the few products I did, again, thanks to you mate.

[hypnoticmonkee]

3d one john. Used with uro fibre pads and rupes yellow pads

[martinsmith]

TW one and done did great for me on super soft tesla paint. When paired with the to you max wax, it removed any haze that was left from the cutting stage. I have used all the menzerna gear and I found TW to be quicker to use. I found a hex logic green did better for me than the harder orange pad. That did leave haze and some holograms.

Won’t be buying anymore compound now as I am happy with the TW combo. Next up is a black 2009 x5. So it will be out to the test there!!!

[billyonions]

Been using S20 Black from your previous recommendation, very pleased with the results.
If it ain't broke don't fix it

[ninjascoob]

Been using Scholl s20 and s40 for years. Absolutely brilliant stuff and the best I’ve ever used. And to top it off you can polish in direct sunlight with it and it doesn’t dry out which is why I use it

[theelichtje]

Been using Angelwax regenerate for the last 1, 5-2 years, very happy with it!

Recently bought another product of them, the Angelwax Resurrection compound. Same amount, same great price, just a heavier cut compound, which i use after wetsanding panels. In my testing, it cuts great, finishes well, and easy to wipe off! Great recommendation :)

[DetailingandtheBeast]

A much lesser product set in my garage, but I've found roughly the same if I was to score them. Turtle Wax 1&Done was not great, but good that it is clear (I'd like to see that feature in more). I then have Ultimate Compound, which I like but needs more finishing ability. But overall for me Scholl S20 black is great. I've gone through about 4 bottles of that and I'm yet to find something I like as much.

And the video didnt suck 😂 so a thumbs up from me!