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Matt82 · 4 Mar 2009 at 11:28

so its not a sealant. what is it?

Invasion · 4 Mar 2009 at 11:29

Matt82 said:
is glaze a sealant?

a glaze is a pure polish that does not contain any abrasives or cleaning agent or so I am told

Fr0dders · 4 Mar 2009 at 11:31

Invasion said:
a glaze is a pure polish that does not contain any abrasives or cleaning agent or so I am told

as above

its usually applied before sealant to gve it some extra bling

Think of EZ Creme Glaze and Jetseal 109 as Autoglym SRP and EGP with the SRP taking the role of the glaze, and the EGP of the sealant.

Matt82 · 4 Mar 2009 at 11:39

to polish, by definition is to make smooth. to do that youll need an abrasive, unless it is chemically smoothed, innit?

Toker · 4 Mar 2009 at 13:54

Invasion said:
well I have the mits , buckets, shampoo and micro fiber cloth already

So I have to get:

clay
polish
glaze
wax

although I was thinking about getting Blackfire gloss enhancing polish that has a glaze in it as well or so they say ?? http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/blackfire-gloss-enhancing-polish-polish.html and for the wax I was going to get Poorboys Natty's blue.

Budget I guess £50-60

for that budget I'd get the meguiars clay/QD kit , Werkstat Prime Carnauba and Werkstat Carnauba Jet, you can get all that for £55.11 delivered at polished bliss

mrk · 4 Mar 2009 at 13:59

What's the diff with Megs clay kit to the Sonus kit + detailer?

I don't have an orbital but will have a weekend attempt at manual slight swirl correction with a new clay kit in the coming weekends then add several layers of 476s after SRP.

I've only used Sonus claybars before if I remember right!

Toker · 4 Mar 2009 at 14:00

oh yea and a glaze is neither a polish/wax/sealant, it's just a product packed with fillers and oils designed for enhancing the overall finish and hiding defects, it offers nothing in the way of protection or polishing

Toker · 4 Mar 2009 at 14:01

mrk said:
What's the diff with Megs clay kit to the Sonus kit + detailer?

I don't have an orbital but will have a weekend attempt at manual slight swirl correction with a new clay kit in the coming weekends then add several layers of 476s after SRP.

I've only used Sonus claybars before if I remember right!

nothing really, they are all much of a muchness imo

p.s. clay kits dont remove swirls, they just remove surface contaminants

Invasion · 4 Mar 2009 at 14:03

Toker said:
for that budget I'd get the meguiars clay/QD kit , Werkstat Prime Carnauba and Werkstat Carnauba Jet, you can get all that for £55.11 delivered at polished bliss

Thanks for that having a look now...your advice is much appreciated

Fr0dders · 4 Mar 2009 at 14:06

Toker said:
nothing really, they are all much of a muchness imo

p.s. clay kits dont remove swirls, they just remove surface contaminants

This

use claybar for removing stubborn tar deposits and and just general dirt that gets bonded to the car that normal washing wont remove.

This sort of dirt can come off when polishing, and theres nothing worse than rubbing dirt into your car when your supposed to be polishing it !

mrk · 4 Mar 2009 at 14:12

Hmm saves me £20 odd then

So shy of buying a rotary what would be the 2nd best way to remove slight swirl marks? I'm looking mainly on the bonnet and roof/boot lid !

I have SRP which is fine but of course SRP is too mild to remove even light swirl marks.

Toker · 4 Mar 2009 at 14:15

Invasion said:
Thanks for that having a look now...your advice is much appreciated

no problem mate, another option could be the clay kit, Zaino all in one and zaino z8 for some bling, you can check the zaino products out at cleanyourcar.co.uk

Toker · 4 Mar 2009 at 14:18

mrk said:
Hmm saves me £20 odd then

So shy of buying a rotary what would be the 2nd best way to remove slight swirl marks? I'm looking mainly on the bonnet and roof/boot lid !

I have SRP which is fine but of course SRP is too mild to remove even light swirl marks.

buying a dual action

or this http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/menzerna-intensive-polish-polish.html

and this http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/lake-country-german-ccs-pads-polish.html

Matt82 · 4 Mar 2009 at 14:32

Toker said:
oh yea and a glaze is neither a polish/wax/sealant, it's just a product packed with fillers and oils designed for enhancing the overall finish and hiding defects, it offers nothing in the way of protection or polishing

i kinda thought that might be the case. smooths the finish, not by cutting back (abrasively or chemically) but it adds to it, filler wise

LoadsaMoney · 4 Mar 2009 at 14:36

HamZilla said:
My wife thought it would be a good idea to use a plastic ice scraper to shift all the snow on the bodywork...

The lines are not visible unless the car is wet or when applying wax. It's a black car, so what should I do to get this sorted?

Throttle the wife.

RoboCod · 4 Mar 2009 at 18:19

MrLOL said:
why is that a supprise

are people with learning disabilities incapable of holding down relationships ?

He quite obviously has OCD, and I see no reason to ridicule him for this. Unless doing this inflates your epeen ?

Get down off that horse. He wasted a ridiculous amount of time and money on cleaning a car new from the dealer, what's more it's a Vauxhall. Lambo or Ferrari yes, an overpriced VXR, nahh.

Pen66 · 4 Mar 2009 at 20:10

Can anyone recommend a good hand polish? (Not SRP, seeing as that is mostly fillers)

Do Menzerna do a polish that can be worked by hand?

Toker · 4 Mar 2009 at 20:31

Pen66 said:
Can anyone recommend a good hand polish? (Not SRP, seeing as that is mostly fillers)

Do Menzerna do a polish that can be worked by hand?

see post 1133

Fr0dders · 4 Mar 2009 at 23:01

Captain Planet said:
Get down off that horse. He wasted a ridiculous amount of time and money on cleaning a car new from the dealer, what's more it's a Vauxhall. Lambo or Ferrari yes, an overpriced VXR, nahh.

and people with OCD waste hours washing their hands 10 times each time before they're satisifed

whats your point ?

RoboCod · 5 Mar 2009 at 02:45

MrLOL said:
and people with OCD waste hours washing their hands 10 times each time before they're satisifed

whats your point ?

I didn't see anywhere where he mentioned he was OCD or needed to wash his hands 10x each time (of what denominator?) therefore I don't see the your point against me for ridiculing a guy who wasted so much fortune of time and money on a VAUXHALL VXR :confused:

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