Glazes

A glaze is a gloss product for between polishing and waxing: it fills very fine swirls and adds depth, so the paint looks wetter and richer. The range has glazes made for dark or for light paint from Alchemy, alongside Infinity Wax Super Glaze and Stjarnagloss Glasyr Protective Glaze.

How to choose

• Pick by paint colour: Alchemy Dark Matter is for dark colours, Alchemy Light Matter for white, silver and light colours.
• Most glazes need a wax on top to protect them, but Stjarnagloss Glasyr is sold as a protective glaze.
• You do not need a machine: glazes go on by hand with a foam applicator, or by machine on a soft finishing pad.

Good to know

• A glaze hides light swirls, it does not remove them: washing wears the fillers away and the marks come back. To remove them, polish first (Paint Correction).
• Leave the glaze out under a ceramic coating: the coating needs bare paint, and the panel wipe before it takes the glaze straight off.

Is car glaze the same as wax?

No. A glaze fills very fine swirls and adds depth and gloss, while a wax is the protective layer. Most glazes need a wax on top, so the usual order is polish, glaze, then wax.

Related: Paint Protection & Finish, Car Waxes, Finishing Polishes, Applicator Pads. Popular brands here: Infinity Wax, Alchemy, Stjarnagloss.