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After polishing, I know its a good idea to use IPA to strip the polish before a sealant or wax. Should you do this after compounding and before polishing too or it doesnt matter to much? Also, if you use a glaze would you would need to let it cure before applying the wax? Using IPA after a glaze would make the glaze useless correct?
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Re: Rubbing Alcohol
If you were going to check that your process was removing the swirls/scratches, and not just filling them in, you would want to use the alcohol after cleaning/compounding.
And yes, the IPA would remove any polish/glaze, etc, so would be useless to use them beforehand and then remove them.2017 Subaru WRX Premium - WR Blue -
Re: Rubbing Alcohol
When you use a glaze, you don't let it cure. Apply it to your applicator, work it against the paint, then wipe off.Comment
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Re: Rubbing Alcohol
Megs polishes and cleaners should be removed while wet, letting it haze won't do much benefit or may even cause more problems on removal. Just remove most of the product before applying wax/sealant. If you plan to do an IPA wipedown to check if you indeed removed any imperfections on the paint, you can reapply the glaze/pure polish to add more shine then apply the wax of your choice.Comment
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Re: Rubbing Alcohol
The use of an IPA following the compounding or correction step is done to ensure that you've actually removed all the defects and aren't just filling in the finest of them with some residual product being left behind. You shouldn't have to do it for every section, just during your test spots to be certain your process is doing a full correction.
If you use an IPA wipe down following the application of a glaze or pure polish, you will remove that glaze/pure polish. If you're using an LSP that insists that all traces of anything previously applied to the paint be removed then this is an effective way to do that. If you're using any of our waxes/sealants then there is no need to remove any previously applied Meguiar's product as all of our waxes/sealants will bond to any of our polishes/glazes.Michael Stoops
Senior Global Product & Training Specialist | Meguiar's Inc.
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