Protecting Your Paint
Car wax and paint sealants play a critical role in car detailing. They are the
invisible barriers of protection that prevent contamination from getting into your
clearcoat, and they help keep your car cleaner, longer. Metaphorically
speaking, car waxes and paint sealants should be viewed as waterproof jackets
that we human beings wear to protect us from the elements. They seal us in. As
an added benefit, high quality waxes and paint sealants enhance the shine,
wetness, and slickness of a vehicle’s exterior surfaces.
Car wax and paint sealants play a critical role in car detailing. They are the
invisible barriers of protection that prevent contamination from getting into your
clearcoat, and they help keep your car cleaner, longer. Metaphorically
speaking, car waxes and paint sealants should be viewed as waterproof jackets
that we human beings wear to protect us from the elements. They seal us in. As
an added benefit, high quality waxes and paint sealants enhance the shine,
wetness, and slickness of a vehicle’s exterior surfaces.
The Differences between Car Waxes,
Paint Sealants, Polishes, and Glazes
In the automotive detailing industry, the term “wax,”
“sealant” and “polish” are mistakenly used
interchangeably. The car detailers from CP Car Detailing
are here to clear up any confusion that the car auto detailing
industry has created.
Car Wax
Car waxes are liquids or pastes that feature a specific ratio
of naturally-occurring carnauba wax as the main ingredient.
They usually offer a wetter, glossier shine and are usually
easier to apply than paint sealants due to their greater oil
content. The tradeoff is less protection longevity. Car
waxes usually provide protection for 1-3 months. CP Car
Detailing offers a variety of different show car waxes as well
as an exclusive car wax that can last 6 months or more with
proper care.
Paint Sealants
Paint sealants are liquids that contain manmade polymers,
resins, and synthetics to mimic the properties of carnauba-
based car waxes, but with greater longevity of protection.
Many paint sealants offer easy application processes. One
of the most famous paint sealant brands come from Zaino,
and CP Car detailing is proud to offer Zaino paint protection
packages. Unfortunately Zaino labels some of their paint
sealants as “polishes,” but don’t be fooled. They are
excellent paint sealants that offer an extremely tight
molecular barrier to a paint surface, but they are not paint
polishes. Auto detailing experts will tell you that most paint
sealants do not offer the depth of shine that carnauba-based
car waxes can provide.
Polishes
True paint polishes are liquids that contain extremely fine
abrasives that are designed to cut and refine a vehicle’s
clearcoat when used by hand or in conjunction with a
machine during the car paint polishing process. They do not
offer any protective properties at all, only corrective. Paint
polishing will yield the biggest improvement to a vehicle's
overall appearance, not the kind of wax you use.
Aggressive polishes are called compounds because they
have larger, sharper abrasives that quickly flatten a paint’s
uneven, swirled surface. Compounds can be viewed as
liquid sandpaper. Polishes are less aggressive liquids that
help refine a paint surface to remove finer swirls and
holograms from the compounding step. Many well-kept
vehicles don’t even need to be compounded, as polish can
have enough bite to remove the finer swirls in a paint’s
finish.
Paint Sealants, Polishes, and Glazes
In the automotive detailing industry, the term “wax,”
“sealant” and “polish” are mistakenly used
interchangeably. The car detailers from CP Car Detailing
are here to clear up any confusion that the car auto detailing
industry has created.
Car Wax
Car waxes are liquids or pastes that feature a specific ratio
of naturally-occurring carnauba wax as the main ingredient.
They usually offer a wetter, glossier shine and are usually
easier to apply than paint sealants due to their greater oil
content. The tradeoff is less protection longevity. Car
waxes usually provide protection for 1-3 months. CP Car
Detailing offers a variety of different show car waxes as well
as an exclusive car wax that can last 6 months or more with
proper care.
Paint Sealants
Paint sealants are liquids that contain manmade polymers,
resins, and synthetics to mimic the properties of carnauba-
based car waxes, but with greater longevity of protection.
Many paint sealants offer easy application processes. One
of the most famous paint sealant brands come from Zaino,
and CP Car detailing is proud to offer Zaino paint protection
packages. Unfortunately Zaino labels some of their paint
sealants as “polishes,” but don’t be fooled. They are
excellent paint sealants that offer an extremely tight
molecular barrier to a paint surface, but they are not paint
polishes. Auto detailing experts will tell you that most paint
sealants do not offer the depth of shine that carnauba-based
car waxes can provide.
Polishes
True paint polishes are liquids that contain extremely fine
abrasives that are designed to cut and refine a vehicle’s
clearcoat when used by hand or in conjunction with a
machine during the car paint polishing process. They do not
offer any protective properties at all, only corrective. Paint
polishing will yield the biggest improvement to a vehicle's
overall appearance, not the kind of wax you use.
Aggressive polishes are called compounds because they
have larger, sharper abrasives that quickly flatten a paint’s
uneven, swirled surface. Compounds can be viewed as
liquid sandpaper. Polishes are less aggressive liquids that
help refine a paint surface to remove finer swirls and
holograms from the compounding step. Many well-kept
vehicles don’t even need to be compounded, as polish can
have enough bite to remove the finer swirls in a paint’s
finish.
Glazes
A glaze is an oil-rich liquid designed to temporarily fill and hide fine scratches and swirls in a vehicle’s paint
surface. Most inexpensive, low quality auto detailing shops will use a glaze after compounding to hide the
uneven surface they created after heavily compounding a car. A glaze has the shortest longevity of
protection, lasting a week or two at most. A simple rain shower will remove most glazes. At the same time
though, glazes can offer extra shine and gloss to a properly prepped and polished automobile paint surface,
which is great for show car detailing and concours preparation.
A glaze is an oil-rich liquid designed to temporarily fill and hide fine scratches and swirls in a vehicle’s paint
surface. Most inexpensive, low quality auto detailing shops will use a glaze after compounding to hide the
uneven surface they created after heavily compounding a car. A glaze has the shortest longevity of
protection, lasting a week or two at most. A simple rain shower will remove most glazes. At the same time
though, glazes can offer extra shine and gloss to a properly prepped and polished automobile paint surface,
which is great for show car detailing and concours preparation.
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