Waxes or Sealants that Fill Swirls?

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I'm new to the forum and am wondering about wax or sealant products that help hide swirls and minor scratches. I have some stubborn swirls on the hood of my red Corvette. They cannot be felt, but can be seen from various angles/lighting conditions.



I have read that Z5 fills in swirls and some carnauba waxes claim to. I've tried 3M SMR and Meguiars#9 followed by Medallion wax with limited success. Should I keep trying to remove them or is there a good "filler" wax you would recommend?? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
 
The best fillers are called glazes such as 3M IHG imperial hand glazes, Mothers sealer glaze,and meguiars #7 and #81. They do not protect so you should top the glaze with a pure wax not a cleaner wax that would remove the fillers in the glaze.



You best solutions would be to have a pro remove the swirls and you take it from there.



Welcome and good luck
 
Welcome!



There are a bunch of 1-step carnuaba waxes that can hide the swirls for a little while. American Shine Liquid Wax, Formula 113, and a couple others. The problem with that is that you get to redo it every other week it seems like. Hand glazes are great too. Recently I GREATLY reduced swirls (by hand) on my buddies red truck using Klasse AIO, followed by two layers of Platinum, topped with Collinite Insulator wax. I don't know how well it has held up to this point, but it looked great then. he couldn't believe it! (neither could I, but I didn't let on....!)



Welcome and have fun!
 
I agree with rightlane 100%. If you want a product that looks good and hides swirls for a time then fine a product that is loaded with oils. There is not better product that a glaze for that. It won't hide the swirls very long and you can't really do much in the way of layering other products on it, but if its temporary bling and swirl reduction that you are looking for then glazes are great.
 
In the future, the Meg's NXT tech wax might be what you're looking for, but that won't be available until Feb. '04. It's a synthetic sealant with some filling properties. It remains to be seen how long the swirls stay filled in, but I'm assuming it will be much longer than traditional glazes.



John
 
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