Glaze vs polish

[Jeff120]

What the difference between a glaze and polish

These for example M05 show car glaze, what condition would you use this vs

M80 speed glaze, whats it intended use?

And these products against M83 dual action cleaner/polish

Just trying to figure out if these are for me.

[ClearlyCoated]

Re: Glaze vs polish

Glazes have fillers, which are useful for hiding paint defects such as scratches and swirls, and giving your paint a really nice glossy finish. But as soon as the glaze wears off, the paint defects reappear.

Cleaner polishes (as with the examples you provided) have microscopic abrasives intended to abrade your paint - in effect, removing paint defects as opposed to hiding them. Each cleaner polish has a cut level ranging from light to heavy and all points in between, and most are effectively applied with a machine polisher, although most can be applied by hand as well.

[BrianPow84]

Re: Glaze vs polish

Unless you have a single stage paint pure polish will probably not give you a difference in your cars appearence. It's up to you never hurts to give it a try and maybe it will make a noticeable difference to you. Just my experience.

[Jeff120]

Re: Glaze vs polish

Great, thanks!
So what is the best product to apply by hand for light swirl marks? Seems like SwirlX is a good one. Then I would follow that up with a pure polish then something like NXT?

[cnfowler]

Re: Glaze vs polish

Pure polishes make a difference on all colors and paint types. If you really want to make a light colored car pop, apply a coat of polish. Clearcoat is paint. All paint benefits from polish. This is, of course, just my opinion.

Colin

[ClearlyCoated]

Re: Glaze vs polish

Great, thanks!
So what is the best product to apply by hand for light swirl marks? Seems like SwirlX is a good one. Then I would follow that up with a pure polish then something like NXT?

SwirlX is a great choice for light swirl marks (hence the name ). It's not necessary to follow that with a pure polish, although some opt to do so. Actually, what many here like to do is follow an application of SwirlX with Show Car Glaze M07, then sealed with either M21 or the more commercially available NXT 2.0, which is virtually the same product.

[Garage Troll]

Re: Glaze vs polish

I just finished my Dad's 09 Forrester in the last half hour. I used 105 on certain spots, 205 all over followed by #7 and then NXT 2.0. In my eyes the #7 made a huge difference. It gave the paint a glow that was amazing!
Pics to come tomorrow.