Glaze aswell as sealant?

[Bramley]

I have just bought alot of cleaning stuff and I bought a Glaze and a Sealant.

Can you use both of these together?

 

[richy22]

Yep you can. Although mixing different "brands" is a bit of odd area.

But generally yeah you can. I used Chemical Guys Wet Mirror Finish before Dodo Blue Velvet Wax a few times on the Monaco. But To be honest the need for a glaze is not worth it if the car is polished correctly. If it is properly corrected then I just skip straight to wax.

I think most Glazes have fillers in them to help hide swirls although im not 100% sure. So no cutting just hiding.

 

[Bramley]

Yer I have a few different makes of cleaning products

 

[richy22]

Knock yourself out. I just found the time taken to add glaze and take it off then add wax take it off made no difference other then adding 2 hours to my cleaning regime!

 

[Bramley]

So does it make much of a difference? I have already bought the stuff lol

 

[richy22]

One minute...Il find some pics...

 

[JD]

What the glaze or the sealent?

Glaze is to mask swirls and defects and bring out a great depth to the paintwork.

Sealent is to... seal the paint.

 

[richy22]

With a glaze (Wet mirror finish and wax)

With just wax...

Obviously camera work isnt great but tried to find 2 of the same angle as best I could

 

[Bramley]

Looks deeper with the Glaze on, specially the side on the first one

 

[richy22]

Aye it does seem a bit deeper. As said though I just stopped using a glaze,seal then wax purely because of the time taken. And the difference wasn't "that" different to me so didn't see the point. I think it's harder to see the difference on dark cars though.

On my new car I gave it a good wash and wax just after I got it. 2 weeks ago I topped it up with some zaino Z8 and it looked awesome. Then this week tried out some Jeffs werkstatt acrylic gloss and the flake popping I got was awesome.

I'd say it all depends on what colour you work with (others might disagree) that's just IMO

 

[Bramley]

Yer you always seem to get a pretty good finish on darker cars, can prob tell more on a silver car or light colours if you have done a good job.
The glaze I have bought is Poorboys - White Diamond, the sealant is Chemical Guys Wet Mirror Finish and the wax is Chemical Guys - XXX Hardcore Paste Wax.

With the sealant and wax been both Chemical Guys I imagine they will work well together if it makes a difference :S

 

[richy22]

Yeah they'l be fine. Wet Mirror finish is an odd one as its sold as a sealant but its more of a glaze. Its sold as a "gloss magnifier" and even though it is in the sealant section id say its in between a glaze/sealant. It doesnt seem to have the properties of a sealant or the filling properties of a glaze. Just inbetween! Its rather weird.

For example I have Poorboys EX-P Sealant

and when I was experimenting with the finishes between products found that this wasnt as "glossy" but seemed to seal/bead quite well where as Wet Mirror didnt seem to seal/bead as well.

Not saying it isnt good as it is! If that makes any sense!?!?! (Makes sense in my head but hard to write down) I still have and use mine (when I can be arsed!)

 

[Bramley]

Yer I have read this actually, people saying that it should be in the glaze section or even polish. Bloody false advertisment making me buy wrong things lol.

Although it is under sealants on the chemical guys website http://www.chemicalguysuk.com/Wet_Shine_Mirror_p/wetmrrr.htm