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You should clay first. That way you don't wax any contaminents into your paint.



What glaze are you talking about? I would say clay and then wax but I'm not sure where the glaze part fits in.
 
Glaze is best used on a new vehicle or new paint job. It's mostly fillers and oils and is designed to make the paint look very glossy. But it has no protective qualities so you need to apply an abrasive-free wax on top of it. If the glaze is left alone the fillers and oils will wear off in a few days.



Unless your paint is in perfect condition you may want to skip the glaze and instead use a mild cleaner like Pinnacle Paint Cleaning Lotion (PPCL) or 3M's Swirl Mark Remover (SMR). These products are a bit more aggressive than glaze but I've found that most cars respond very well to them. They'll remove light swirls, oxidation, light stains and other minor surface imperfections. The paint will look glossy and swirl-free. From there you can apply your favorite wax.



Just a suggestion. Give it some consideration. Alot of people use glaze because of the gloss it creates but it's been my experience that most cars can use a good mild cleaning to get the paint in near-perefect condition.
 
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You may want to consider using a polymer sealant in lieu of wax for longer protection.
 
Welcome

I had great results with clay, then Meguiars#7, then wax. But my car is fairly new and the paint is in good condition. I have been hearing many good things about 3M SMR to remose light swirl marks. No matter what you do, I would "polish" with some type of compound after you clay but beofre you wax. This will make you car nice and purr-dhey :up



Have fun
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by anything-goes [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>hi i was wondering do i got to glaze after i claybar my truck so do i just clay and wax or clay, glaze, and wax? thanks in advaned [/b]</blockquote>
To answer your question, yes... you should still glaze your car after claying. Clay does not add gloss (at least directly) or fill in swirls, so go ahead and do your usual glaze followed by wax.
 
I see lot's of you guys posting excellent pictures complete with watermarks, fully edited and balanced.

I had been using a Vista machine that came with a MS photo program for organizing and simple editing. I upgraded to Windows 7 last night (clean install w/ 2 new drives running raid 1). The photo program that & has is MS picture viewer. Very weak! I need to get something stronger than that and i wish I wrote down the name of the program that Vista had, think it was photo gallery. There was a fix button that allowed for basic crop, exposure, brightness, red eye removal. Anyone know the name?

I have Photo Shop CS3 but sometimes I just don't feel like getting that involved in the editing process.

I also have a Mac on my desk but until now I just used it for video editing.

I could use some suggestions on programs for these machines.

Thanks,

Jeff
 
Picasa (by Google) is a basic program that can do some editing and quickly resize pics for posting. It is a small program that is fast and not a resource hog..unlike most Adobe products. You can launch Photoshop from the program.
 
Bunky said:
Picasa (by Google) is a basic program that can do some editing and quickly resize pics for posting. It is a small program that is fast and not a resource hog..unlike most Adobe products. You can launch Photoshop from the program.
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Al,

Thanks, I will check it out.
 
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