Help! 2nd coat of Meguiars show car glaze is a PITA!
09-28-2002, 07:59 AM
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Help! 2nd coat of Meguiars show car glaze is a PITA!
Is it necessary to do a second coat of the #7 show car glaze? I'm applying with a 6" rotary buffer - waiting 20 minutes or so and then *attempting* to buff off. Aargh. The first coat ( same process) worked much, much better.
I find that in some areas I am simply putting too much product on.. so I'm attempting to take care of that.
Suggestions?
TIA!
I find that in some areas I am simply putting too much product on.. so I'm attempting to take care of that.
Suggestions?
TIA!
09-28-2002, 01:26 PM
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Don't have any experience with that, but with 3M IHG, I buff immediately.
Many of these types of products become a royal PITA to buff out if you let them dry. The longer they dry, the harder they become to buff. The more heat or sun they are exposed to, the harder they become to buff out.
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09-30-2002, 01:56 PM
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No one should be buffing it off at all. You basically just continue to buff it in until it is
nice and glossy. You don't need to let it dry at all, probably the reason you are having problems.
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09-30-2002, 02:12 PM
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I would do it by hand and use the trick in my routine, easier to buff off and doesn't dry . . .
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10-01-2002, 06:48 AM
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As others have already said: No need to let it dry at all. Also sounds like you're using too much.
With wax (or should I say most waxes), you're letting it dry so that it leaves behind a thin hardened layer of protection. With glaze this isn't the objective. The benefit from glaze is realized immediately once you've applied it correctly, so there's no need to allow it extra time to dry. In addition, if you're doing it right there really shouldn't be much left <i>to</i> dry. The idea is to work it into the paint (you're using a buffer, so that should be happening just fine), until it's virtually gone, nothing but a very fine haze left to wipe off. At that point its work is done and the residue can be removed right away. Again, this isn't wax, so there's no need to leave behind a visible layer once you're applied it (most of us use too much paste wax too, but at least it's easier to remove when dry).