which glazing product do you use

[kay]

I want to start using a glazing product as I've just recently read about them but don't know which one to go for. Apparently these are used after a polish but before a sealant/wax. They provide no or little protection but are extremely good at giving the bodywork a top shine, much better than what can be achieved with polish or sealants alone. Furthermore, would anyone know which one and where from you could buy one from say the likes of Halfords rather than online cos wanted to use on car this weekend.

[steve_70]

Quite a few out there to chose from. Three of the most popular are PoorBoys Black Hole, Chemical Guys EZ-Glaze Acryllic and the Clearcote moose ones. http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/glazes/cat_21.html

Take a good read here, hope it helps.

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog ... ng-do.html

Glazes are a seemingly misunderstood category of polishing products, perhaps because of confusion caused by the naming of certain products. In the true sense of the word, a glaze is a pure polish that does not contain any abrasives or cleaning agents. Glazes are designed to improve the brilliance and clarity of painted surfaces, and mask or visually reduce the extent of any remaining imperfections. In order to do this, glazes typically comprise gloss enhancing oils and kaolin (China Clay), which fills and hides minor sub-surface defects very effectively. Somewhat confusingly, some glazes only contain gloss enhancing oils, meaning that they do not have any masking abilities, and some products that are called glazes actually include fine abrasive particles, meaning that they are not glazes in the true sense of the word. We therefore recommend that you read product descriptions carefully before choosing an appropriate glaze for the task in hand.

A few important points should be noted about the use of glazes. Firstly, glazes are underused in the UK. In our opinion, it is far better to apply a glaze on a regular basis and hide any defects rather than polish your paint with abrasive products on a regular basis. We only tend to polish our own cars with abrasive polishes once every one to two years, and in the intervening period we use glazes to keep them looking good. Our reasoning for this is very simple; every time you use an abrasive polish you remove a further fraction of your clearcoat. Do this too often and you risk compromising the long-term integrity of your clearcoat. Keeping daily drivers looking good is hard, but glazes offer a highly convenient solution that avoids the risk of ever over polishing your paint. Secondly, once a glaze is applied you should apply sealant or wax protection immediately, in order to seal in the fillers. If you fail to do this, the fillers and gloss enhancing oils will be washed off the next time it rains or when you next wash your car, negating the benefits of applying it in the first place.