how important is polish for hydration?

[Blazebro]

Re: how important is polish for hydration?

Last I checked, I work for Meguiar's and this is Meguiar's forum, so I stand by the comment that glaze = pure polish.

And that word "pure" is the key. In our lineup products like Deep Crystal Polish and M07 Show Car Glaze are "pure polishes", meaning they have no cutting power whatsoever. M80 Speed Glaze, on the other hand, is what we call a "cleaner polish" because it contains both cleaning (cutting) ability and polish (or glaze). We consider the application of a "pure polish" to be an optional step. Further, a pure polish, just as you stated, is an additional stage to add extra gloss but they offer no protection. By simple virtue of the fact that they tend to be fairly heavy or oily products and you are leaving some behind on the surface, they do have a tendency to hide, mask or indeed fill fine defects. That may not be their true design intent - we recommend removing all defects prior to application of a pure polish - but it is a side effect, if you will, of their make up.

Really what it comes down to is a matter of semantics - there are no hard and fast rules as to what to call each stage of the detailing process. Interestingly enough, you mention "Auto Glym Super Resin Polish" as being a glaze rather than a product with any cutting ability. It gets even trickier when Zaino calls their Z-2 Pro "Show Car Polish" when most people would actually classify it as a synthetic sealant. We regularly hear wax referred to as polish, polish as abrasive, etc. But Meguiar's has been using these terms the way we described above since 1901, and we've been consistent in doing so.

Seems like your stating the point which I'm trying to make. What your calling a 'Pure Polish' is (to me) a glaze. To me a 'Pure Polish' is something that cuts, dosen't fill, dosen't add any protection just cuts.

The reason I referred to Zymol was because all their waxes are called Glazes. For instance Zymol Royal Glaze which we all know is what a layman would call a wax.

At the end of the day it's all about marketing and the terms Glaze, Polish and Wax are only used, so as the targeted audience will understand the product they are looking at (even in reality there's a massive amount of crossover and it causes confusion).

[Jossy92]

Re: how important is polish for hydration?



I could actually understand some of this. Great teaching thread.