How do they work?

[Dieseljoe]

I know that you must let the wax only fully dry before removing.My question is how does the polish and Glaze penetrate the paint?Is the polish/glaze absorbed through the paint.Over time can the paint be over oiled by to much polishing/glazing oils?Joe

[Ringwraith]

Re: How do they work?

This is something I find a bit confusing as well. Does the polish or cleaner go "through" the clear coat to the paint or what? What about the wax, does it not penetrate anything?

Cheers
Sean

[STG]

Re: How do they work?

Clearcoat is paint without pigment. Mike Phillips has stated that products like #7 Showcar Glaze are more effective on single stage paints.

To me, Meguiar's terminology has been a bit confusing. If I'm correct, Meguiar's cleaners have abrasives (I always thought of abraisives being present in polishes and the act of polishing as scraping or abraiding a surface), and Meguiar's "pure polishes" have no abraisives, just oils to enhance gloss.

( I may be confusedon Meguiar's syntax, but I watched and learned from Mike and just follow his directions for great results.)

[Murr1525]

Re: How do they work?

Its not so much penetrating deep into the paint. It is more replacing oils lost at the surface and filling in those "holes" to restore the shine/gloss, and prevent dirt getting down into the paint. It might also help keep other oils from "leaving", but not sure.

While you always wipe off excess polish, you should notice there is more excess on newer paint that hasn't lost any oils from the surface yet.

And wax is left on top of the paint, not in.

And different companies use different terminology, so it is best to just learn what each product does, not get messed up in fancy terms. Remember Nu-Finish car polish is a cleaner/wax in Meguiar's terms.

And yes, all of Meguiar's cleaners have at least very mild cleaners.

Hope that helps a little.. and hope that I'm mostly corect...

[SL1CK]

Re: How do they work?

Polish fills in those microscopic imperfections in the clear coat.

Wax just sits on top like a shield, to protect your polished paint. It creates surface tension, which is why water beads up when it hits it.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: How do they work?

This is something I find a bit confusing as well. Does the polish or cleaner go "through" the clear coat to the paint or what? What about the wax, does it not penetrate anything?

Cheers
Sean

No.

When it comes to clear coat paints, the answers to these questions have in part to do with the condition of the paint. New paint, whether a new car or a new paint job is very impermeable, that is not open. As paint becomes older and is subjected to wear and tear, it becomes more permeable.

So products like pure polishes penetrate into permeable paint better than impermeable paint. Do a search trying either of these words or both, we've written on them in the past.


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Copy and paste these two words and "Search entire posts"


impermeable permeable


Hope this helps...