After polishing before waxing

[asalesagent912]

After reading up on this forum im wondering if i been skiping a step when detailing my cars.
so after you wash and clay a car and then use a polish or polish and finising glaze ,are you supposed to wipe the car down with something before waxing or paint sealant

 

[Harry Da Hamster]

Not necessarily.

If you're using a traditional wax or sealant, there's no need for a IPA wipe or IPA type product like CarPro Eraser. Polish then straight to wax/sealant.

If you're using a coating such as Opti Coat, the surface needs to be 100% clean of any debris, oils, and fillers. That's when you would use IPA.

If you're using a glaze, you do not want to use IPA because that would remove the glaze you just applied. You would top the glaze with a traditional wax/sealant.

 

[asalesagent912]

Thats what i thought. That would have been my next question, if i used a glaze what would be the point of using an IPA, it would just come out.
Thanks for reasureing me. i guess i know what im doing lol

 

[Just02896]

Thats what i thought. That would have been my next question, if i used a glaze what would be the point of using an IPA, it would just come out.
Thanks for reasureing me. i guess i know what im doing lol

Why glaze??? Just spend more time correcting and enjoy perfection!

 

[mwoolfso]

For me.... it depends on the polish as they each have varying amounts of polishing oils..... oils that do nothing really to help the performance of a wax or sealant. I were applying a sealant that needs cure time I definitely would use IPA or Eraser. Why have those oils mix with the sealant by any degree?

 

[FUNX650]

Why glaze??? Just spend more time correcting and enjoy perfection!

Some vehicles may be to the point of having already had too much CC-paint removed.

"Glazes" may provide the least aggressive "measure of correction" in those instances.



Bob

 

[Desertnate]

Why glaze??? Just spend more time correcting and enjoy perfection!

If it is a long term daily driver, you might not want to continually polish away clear coat over time. Another reason is time. There might not be enough time to do a full correction.

I fit both of those instances. I typically will only correct once a year, but will use a glaze on my other bi-annual to spruce things up before hitting the car with and LSP. Where I live it doesn't make much sense to do a correction going into winter due to all the abuse the car's paint will take, therefore a glaze during my fall detail is a perfect fit.

 

[Just02896]

If it is a long term daily driver, you might not want to continually polish away clear coat over time. Another reason is time. There might not be enough time to do a full correction.

I fit both of those instances. I typically will only correct once a year, but will use a glaze on my other bi-annual to spruce things up before hitting the car with and LSP. Where I live it doesn't make much sense to do a correction going into winter due to all the abuse the car's paint will take, therefore a glaze during my fall detail is a perfect fit.

Makes sense. We trade in our vehicles every 3 years or so therefor I could care less how much clear is left when we turn em in so long as the paint looks like glass! Lol! Seriously though, I only correct our vehicles once or twice during ownership and keep them sealed every 4-6 months. Fine polishes remove so little CC, that I doubt you would ever have to worry about CC failure. I typically polish every 6 months before sealing. Compounding is a completely different story.

 

[jankerson]

After reading up on this forum im wondering if i been skiping a step when detailing my cars.
so after you wash and clay a car and then use a polish or polish and finising glaze ,are you supposed to wipe the car down with something before waxing or paint sealant

If you hit it with anything between polishing and waxing or sealing I would spray it down with Meguires M34 Finial Inspection, other than that nope....