CARPRO is turning the wheels of innovation once again!! CARPRO Essence is a unique blend of nano-tech quartz, high gloss durable resins, and fine abrasives that are blended together at a microscopic level to form something truly ground breaking! CARPRO Essence leaves an amazing high gloss finish with semi-permanent fillers and protective capabilities all built in!

Paired with a CARPRO Microfiber Cutting Pad Essence is capable of unexpected cutting power, while a CARPRO Gloss Pad armed with Essence provides gloss we could only dream of until now! But this is not simply a polish…

In less than the time you take to polish a car with conventional products, CARPRO Essence is capable of removing swirls, building your clear coat thicker, leaving higher gloss, and laying down a semi-permanent coat of protection! Oh… and it wipes off like a dream!

Essence also leaves a perfectly smooth, deep, reflective, primed layer to build on with CQUARTZ or CARPRO Reload! The primer attribute in Essence makes application of CQUARTZ easier than ever and bonds together seamlessly, forming a shell of extreme gloss and protection!

Features:

• Primes surface for CQUARTZ or CARPRO Reload.
• Produces extremely high gloss.
• Semi-permanent filling capabilities.
• Adds layer of SiO2 protection.
• Use with D/A, rotary, or by hand.

Prep:

• Wash, decontaminate, compound and prep vehicle for polishing.

Directions:  

• Shake well.
• For more cut use CARPRO Microfiber Cutting Pad and prime well.
• For finicky and soft paints use Microfiber Pad.
• For maximum gloss use sparingly with CARPRO Gloss Pad.
• Spread evenly across section on low speed.
• Polish on medium speed.
• Clean pad often.
• Clean pads ands towels immediately after use.

Precautions:

• Do not ingest.
• Keep out of reach of children.

1 - What is CARPRO Essence?  

CARPRO Essence is a semi-permanent SiO2 extreme gloss enhancer, finishing polish, primer, and coat in one.

2- Do I have to use Eraser between Essence and CQUARTZ?

Theoretically speaking you could skip use of Eraser if Essence was properly used via machine BUT it is hard to measure if you polished the lubricants in the Essence down far enough and so we do recommend using Eraser to be 100% safe.  If possible, wait at least an hour after Essence before using Eraser.

If your using Essence by hand then we recommend you use Eraser before coating.

3 - How long does CARPRO Essence last?

We expect 1 year on its own BUT we recommend applying Reload or CQUARTZ over top for the much better hydrophobics and dirt resistance. This will provide 115+ deg contact angle instead of 90 deg contact angle (not so good) with Essence alone.  

4 - So, I can use Essence with CQUARTZ?

Yes, any CQUARTZ coating and any of our CARPRO Nano Sealants like Reload will work great. 

5 - How does it work if you use it between the paint and CQUARTZ?

It bonds to the paint, the CQUARTZ bonds to it and merges. The SiO2/resin in it are heat activated by the machine polishing process. If using by hand or in very cold temps you should Eraser the vehicle before coating.

6 - So, if this has SiO2 quartz protection inside it why are you guys telling me to top it with Reload or CQUARTZ?

Great question! The protection is there as we stated BUT the contact angle of the water beads and the dirt repellency is not very good/not on par with Reload or CQUARTZ. 

7 - Is CARPRO Essence super easy to use?

Yes, usually extremely easy! It is but there are always other variables. As always there can be a little learning curve on some paints. If you run into a paint where it seems to stick a bit then you need to change your pad type and or your machine speed, arm speed, or pressure. 

• On very soft paints especially (because it sticks to soft paint easier) consider the following method: 
• Use a microfiber pad.
• Spread super fast on speed 1.
• Raise speed to about 3-4 depending on the machine.
• Using minimal pressure (about a pound or so + weight of machine) use VERY slow arm movement across the section and go only one single pass. 

Finally for some paints, consider faster arm movement with half bites into the section, backing up, and then moving forward to avoid any sticking of product.