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March / April 2015 22 Notice how the car's hood reflects the clouds like a mirror. Most people believe that you wax your car to shine and protect its finish and that glazes are just a milder wax without any protective additives. Other people believe glazes are just a polish. In fact, neither is really correct. Glazing is a very important part of exterior car care and is in a class of its own. Let's recap the process of exterior car care that we have already covered to help see where glazing and waxing fit in: 1. Clean and dry your car 2. Clay bar your car to remove all contaminants and also all old waxes which leaves you with a smooth but dull finish 3. Polish your car to remove any small imperfections and bring your paint back to a shine The next step is to glaze your car's finish, but why? Good question, glazing is often considered "optional" by some but glazing your car can be the difference between a wet looking shine with depth and a dullish shine with no depth. Glazes are used to enhance the shine and to fill in imperfections that remain after polishing. Glaze also enhances the depth of the paint giving your car that wet mirror like finish that seems to have no bottom. When you use a polish on your car you are using an abrasive to shave and smooth your finish back to a shine. Glazes are not abrasive; they fill in tiny clear coat imperfections that polishing leaves behind sealing in the work that the THE CLEAN CORNER By Spencer Cochran Glaze And Wax REFLECTIONS