- What's up Chemical Guys family?
It is Wednesday, which means it's time
for us all to suit up for lab coat garage.
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Today's topic of discussion is glaze.
What it is, when to use it, how to use it
and why do you want to use it?
So let's break down what glaze is in it's basic elements.
Glaze is not something
that you put on your delicious donuts.
What it actually is doing, is it enhances the gloss
of any color vehicle that has a gloss finish.
It also minimizes the appearance of scratches and swirls,
while adding some paint protection,
and magnifying metallic flake.
Now this is an optional step, again, because,
not a lot of people feel comfortable polishing their car.
But if you do take that step to polish your vehicle,
this is a great way to,
one, enhance your polishing job
to give it more depth, more shine,
but also to give it some pain protection.
But for those of you who don't feel comfortable polishing
your car, as long as you strip it using
your favorite clean-slate kind of soap,
and also, claying it, this will bond directly
to the surface, again, minimizing
the appearance of scratches and swirls,
magnifying your metallic paint,
and also adding some depth.
Now glaze comes in many different forms,
such as Blacklight, which is designed specifically
for dark color cars, to, one, enhance
that depth, while also giving it a mirror finish.
Black is car that shows all kinds of imperfections,
so if you can, one, add more layers
that are going to protect the finish,
while also masking anything that you couldn't polish out.
It's going to give you that better overall show shine.
Now for lighter color cars,
you have a product like White Light,
which maximizes the metallic flake in your paint,
giving it more of a pearl effect,
while, again, masking minor imperfections,
and adding some paint protection.
Then you have a product like Glossworkz,
which works for any color vehicle.
But, again, we recommend using it on warmer colors,
such as bright blues, oranges, reds, yellows,
things like that, to give it more of a brighter warm glow.
And then you have EZ Creme glaze,
which works on any color car again,
but this is, again, for more of the dark color finishes,
such as your dark greens, or midnight blues.
Things that not necessarily have metallic flake,
but something you wanna, again, add that shine,
and also minimizes scratches and swirls.
And, lastly, we have Wet Mirror finish.
Again, this can go on any color vehicle,
but I prefer to reserve it for things like bright oranges,
reds, or things that already have pearl
or metallic in the paint.
Because this gives it more of that gloss,
and, in the words of Joseph,
it gives it that wet dolphin skin look.
- Looks just like a dolphin.
- So this is going to be great to,
just simply enhance the color of your vehicle,
whilst adding some protection.
Now you want to know when to use it,
this is gonna be directly after polishing,
or, again, if you're afraid to polish your vehicle,
you can simply apply it right after your clay bar treatment.
This is gonna bond directly to the surface,
or as close to bare paint as possible.
And then you can layer it with your favorite sealant,
or wax for, again, added shine and paint protection.
Now a lot of people ask us, how do you apply glaze?
Glaze is actually a cream-type product
that can be applied by machine or by hand.
But you simply want to apply a very fine coat over
the entire surface, giving it between five
and 15 minutes to bond, and then you just buff
it off with a clean microfiber towel.
Now applying it by hand is going to ensure
that you cover every nook and cranny of your vehicle.
But by applying it by machine,
it's going to spray a very fine coat,
which saves you time,
it saves you product,
and it's gonna save you a little bit
of effort on that buff off.
And finally, to re-cap why you wanna use glaze,
this is just an optional step
to give your car that overall shine.
So for those of you guys that are looking
to take your shine a step further,
this is going to maximize the enhancement of your vehicle,
it minimizes the swirls and scratches of your paint,
and it's also adding some paint protection.
So if you've ever seen cars that have a really deep finish
that's got a lot of metallic in the paint,
this is because there's layers of glaze on there
that are topped with sealant and wax.
So if you guys want to learn more about any of these glazes,
head over to our website, chemicalguys.com,
or to your local detail garage
to get some product advice,
as well as picking out the right glaze for your car.
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And also drop your comments down below
on anything you guys wanna talk about
that pertains to the Lab Coat Garage.
And we'll see you next time,
right here in Chemical Guys Detail Garage.
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