Alright, with the PDF sent, that'll help you break down the components of each area of detailing (Compounds - > Polish -> Pre-Wax Cleaner/Glaze - > LSP)
Here's a bit of a learning lesson for you that I hope will help clarify some things (and hopefully for anyone else viewing this that may be unsure); I'd love to have anyone correct me if I made a mistake anywhere and feel that it should be changed as I may explain something that doesn't come out clearly.
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Assuming you've got the majority of prep work completed (Wash, Clay, Compound *If Needed*, Polish), you'll move on to the next step which is categorized by two areas:
Waxes or Sealants
Waxes are natural products which are Carnauba based. I won't go too much into the exact appearance details on this post but for those who do not mind durability and want excellent depth and wetness as opposed to lower depth but extreme gloss with sealants, I would use a Carnauba. However, acrylic sealants have become a favorite for many people due to their durability.
Sealants are synthetically made and behaves like a wax. Sealants have a much much higher durabilty level then that of a good wax (say 1 month +/- 2 weeks for waxes; 3-6 months *or more* for sealants). Common characteristics of sealants are high gloss but low depth (some people say it looks "plasticy") however, good sealants such as the acrylic-based Jeffs Werkstatt Acrylic Jett or Klasse SG provide nice depth with a very nice gloss. Zaino is kind of in its own little world and I won't go into detail on them...
With that said, many people use sealants on their own cars and clients because it'll last a long time and look great the entire time. You just have to experiment with both types of LSPs and see what you prefer: the brilliant glow of a carnauba, or the show-car gloss of a sealant. I stress that this is somewhat said in generalities so there are some things that can be expanded on.
Pre-Wax Paint Cleaners are products used before applying your LSP. Glazes are kind of the same in a way because some glazes have mild abrasives/polishing agents in them making them a paint-cleaner and a glaze. A pure glaze is a product that only adds oils to your paint enhancing gloss and slickness and is typically used to give that extra "Wow!" to your car. If you are going the wax route, I'd recommend using ClearKote's Vanilla Moose however, with waxes, if you have done a full polish on the car, then VM is not really necessary and would recommend a pure glaze to add some slickness and gloss to the paint before waxing. If you're just doing a maintenance detail (Wash->Paint-Cleaner->Wax), then VM is recommended to help clean and prep your paint for waxing.
For sealants, it's a good thing to always include a paint-cleaner before applying a sealant regardless of it being a maintenance detail or full detail. The reason for this is that the cleaner will not only polish out micro-marring but will prep the paint to help it "bond" with the sealant better and to an extent, add more gloss. AIO is a nice product and this can be followed up by SG or AJ (or Zaino Z-2 Pro/Z-5 Pro but I'm going to leave that out) or even a wax if you want (doesn't hurt). Remember, AIO with nothing above it means you've got yourself a bare car and in need of protection! (Polishes with mild abrasives such as AIO or more abrasive products will strip remaining sealants and waxes on the car).
Hope all this helps a little
Cheers HH
