There are several glazes on the market (Liquid Glass, 3M Imperial, Lanes, Revive, Mother Show Car, etc., etc.): following polishing and cleaning of the car, which GLAZE has anyone found to really give that deep, liquid, mirror-like look on darker cars?

Has anyone found a GLAZE that really hides swirl marks and light scratches on the clearcoat?

 

hey i do paint werk and there is a product 3m makes called swirl mark eliminator.the product itself is blue and its in a black bottle with blue label.if u buff this on u will have NO swirl marks,LIGHT scratched etc.i just did my roof black last nite and buff with this and it looks like a mirror.i always use it and highly reccomend

 

There is a lot of info about this here: https://g35driver.com/forums/care-detailing-22/
Most of it has to do with the high maintenance of the black paint too. Good luck! Hope this helps!

 

I'm personally not a big fan of glazes, their purpose is really just to fill the scratches with product to make the paint appear smooth, however when the product evaporates, the scratches return. I prefer to polish the paint smooth, then follow up with a sealant.

 

The purpose and functionality of EVERYTHING you put on your car is to fill in and make it smooth even the polish you are talking about. Are you saying that you color sand it smooth with sandpaper or another abrasive and then polish? You can't make paint smooth simply by polishing it, it fills in like the rest.

What sealant are you talking about?

 

If you use a polish with no silicone fillers, then yes, you are using mechanical action from both the polishing pad and the grit of the polish to remove paint or clearcoat until the imperfections in the surface have been removed or minimized.

You don't need to wet sand to remove hazing, spiderwebs, swirls, holograms, waterspots, etching, etc unless the depth of the damage to the paint is to the point that it would take you forever to remove that much material.

If you were patient enough, you technically could polish out orangepeel to smooth the surface to a glass-like finish, but again, it would take forever and use a tremendous amount of product to achieve.

For the photo of my G, I used the following (copied from another post on all of the different products I use, I didn't have to use all of these items on this day):

The photo is following the wash, clay, TC-8 and TC-3. The finish was just as swirl-free prior to the application of the TC-3 as I saw no point in applying sealant over an imperfect finish.

Wash:
2 5 gal buckets (one for soap, one for rinse)
2 wool wash mitts (one for the top 2/3's of the car, one for the bottom 1/3 (rockers, wheels, etc)
Meguires Gold Class wash
E-Z detail brush from Detailed Image for the barrel of the wheels and for wheel wells
Tropicare waffle weave drying towels

Interior:
Shopvac
Z9 cleaner
Z10 conditioner
Microfiber covered applicator pads to apply zaino
Plexus and Tropicare super plush towels for instrument panel and nav screen
Aerospace 303 protectant & tropicare plush MF towel for all other surfaces

Engine:
If it is filthy, greasy, oily, etc then Castrol SuperClean at full strength
Aerospace 303
Meguires quick detailer

Glass:
Tropicare MF glass cleaning cloth
Stoners Invisible Glass

Exterior:
Plexus & TC Super Plush MF towels for invisible bra, headlamps and tail lamps
Porter Cable 7424
3m 6" backing plate
Lake City Orange pad w/ MF polishing bonnet
Lake City Orange pad w/ Menzerna Power Gloss for big problems
Lake City White pad w/ TC-8 Swirl Cutter to follow Menzerna or for just regular spider webs
Lake City Blue pad w/ TC-3 Sealant
Meguires Clay Bar & Quick detailer

Wheels:
Coopers aluminum polish
Coopers maintainer

Tires:
Meguires Endurance high gloss gel
Autozone foam curved applicator sponge
Shop towel to wipe excess gel off tires after a short wait to avoid it slinging off all over the paint
I use the same gel for the wheel wells

 

Thanks guys for this very useful information. It seems I may need to polish the car first before I can really benefit from the "liquid" or mirror-like finish a glaze will give.

 

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