IPA wipedown AFTER glaze?

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Rexsy

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I can understand an initial IPA wipedown to remove old wax, and after polishing sessions, but I've read posts of detailers doing a wipedown AFTER applying a layer of glaze.



I hope this isn't a stupid question for my first post in this forum, but I'd like to know.....



If an IPA wipedown will remove old wax, why won't it remove the glaze you just applied?
 
Rexsy said:
I can understand an initial IPA wipedown to remove old wax, and after polishing sessions, but I've read posts of detailers doing a wipedown AFTER applying a layer of glaze.



I hope this isn't a stupid question for my first post in this forum, but I'd like to know.....



If an IPA wipedown will remove old wax, why won't it remove the glaze you just applied?
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I have never seen anybody use it after a glaze, as it would likely remove the glaze.
 
Glaze and Polish are two different things. Glazes contain Fillers and Polish usually, Polish is meant to be worked, removed, then sealed with another product.



Doing an IPA wipedown after a glaze will remove it filler properties..and you wont be able to hie your mistakes
 
backwoods_lex said:
Some people (but typically not autopians) refer to the final finishing polish as a glaze. I'm wondering if that would be it?
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Old schoolers and painters--not me. I've got a book on painting that describes the finishing polish as glazing.
 
Isn't one of the purposes in applying a glaze (or in Meguiar's terminology, a "pure polish") is to hide the swirls and scratches that were not removed by previous polishing?
 
akimel said:
Isn't one of the purposes in applying a glaze (or in Meguiar's terminology, a "pure polish") is to hide the swirls and scratches that were not removed by previous polishing?
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Yeah. That and "feeding the paint oils", which is pretty much BS with b/c paint but was a perfectly valid idea back in the days of old-school lacquer (the Meg's #7 used to be called "sealer and reseal glaze" back then).



And yeah#2, IPA will remove the stuff you use glazes for, so don't do that.



And yeah#3, different companies use words like "glaze" and "polish" in all sorts of different ways :rolleyes: The old 3M PI-III Machine Glaze 05937 (which I still use and love) is actually just a straight abrasive polish with no filling/glaze characteristics. You'll sometimes hear the guys from 3M slip and say "glaze" when discussing the current PI-3000 line (which doesn't use the term "glaze")...old habits die hard.



Rexsy- Welcome to Autopia! That wasn't a dumb Q at all and you even knew the right answer.
 
It probably will remove the glaze, so if ur trying to hide minimal marring or imperfections I wouldnt do a wipedown after my glaze and before the LSP
 
I'm sure I read posts from guys doing an IPA wipedown after glaze, but I can't find them now. :doh



Anyway, thanks for clarifying that. Definitely NO IPA after glaze! :nono
 
Bgray said:
Glaze and Polish are two different things. Glazes contain Fillers and Polish usually, Polish is meant to be worked, removed, then sealed with another product.



Doing an IPA wipedown after a glaze will remove it filler properties..and you wont be able to hie your mistakes
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I want to say atleast 90% of autopians dont use a glaze to HIDE their mistakes but to add wetness/depth under a carnauba.
 
stiffdogg06 said:
I want to say atleast 90% of autopians dont use a glaze to HIDE their mistakes but to add wetness/depth under a carnauba.
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In some cases it's not a matter of hiding "mistakes" but rather concealing defects that cannot/should not, for one reason or another, be mechanically removed.
 
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