Coating to remove wswirl marks and minor imperfections?

[Harry Da Hamster]

There's a local detailing company who removes swirl marks and minor imperfections without paint correction but instead with a coating. The detailing company is trying to get a contract with my company, a car dealership, so they worked on three of my co-workers cars and i must say the difference before and after is amazing. The most neglected was a mid-2000s Range Rover Sport which had pretty bad swirl marks from years of neglect. The detailer said absolutely no paint correction, just a coating was used to remove all swirl marks and minor imperfections. The other car was an older 1990s Lexus. The side mirrors had significant scratches which can't be buffed. But the difference before and after was day and night. Still noticeable when looking very close but very hard to see from a a couple feet away. Anyone know what this guy used? And what's the longevity of this product? He said it'll last as long as the factory clear coat but i find that a bit hard to believe.

[Evan.J]

Sounds like a glaze with fillers to fill in those swirls. No way to remove swirls but by polishing the paint.

[Nate3420]

exactly. Took the words out of my mouth.

[Nate3420]

Evan us western pa guys sure do agree with each other hahaha

[Evan.J]

Evan us western pa guys sure do agree with each other hahaha

Yes I agree (yet again)

I have seen some strange detailing things that people try to sell!
I have seen a guy selling a spray polish that has clay bar built in to it. How does that work?

[WAXOFF]

From another W PA guy. Nothing beats elbow grease. You can't wipe something on and expect it to last. It may look good for a couple of weeks but look close after that. We sell paint treatment also. Just a waste of money. People think their cars have a force field around it.

[swanicyouth]

Its not glaze. Its a coating. I've heard of this stuff, but cat recall the name. In fact, a guy was on here maybe a year or so ago who was an installer.

He picked up a lot of flack, but nobody had first hand experience with the product (but him) to disprove the claims. IIR, he had pics to validate the claims and swore by the product.

Soft 99, a detailing company from Japan, has a similar product for specific colors, but it doesn't have coating durability.

Apparently, there is something to this product, besides hype - but I'm not sure if it delivers a true show car finish most AutoGeeks are after.

[Evan.J]

Its not glaze. Its a coating. I've heard of this stuff, but cat recall the name. In fact, a guy was on here maybe a year or so ago who was an installer.

He picked up a lot of flack, but nobody had first hand experience with the product (but him) to disprove the claims. IIR, he had pics to validate the claims and swore by the product.

Soft 99, a detailing company from Japan, has a similar product for specific colors, but it doesn't have coating durability.

Apparently, there is something to this product, besides hype - but I'm not sure if it delivers a true show car finish most AutoGeeks are after.

Interesting Steve. I guess my question would be durability if they are calling it a coating. I would assume some filling properties if there is no buffing involved and its "removing" the swirls.

[SonOfOC]

It may not technical be a called a glaze, but then again the term "glaze" is as loose as a Kardashian after 2 drinks.

Without polishing to level the paint, it must fill to lessen the visibility of the swirls.

[AutowerxDetailing]

Everyone on the Tesla forums has been talking about a product called Glare. From what I read on their website (which is completely ridiculous overselling hyperbole) it looks like they might have used something like Glare Polish. (I have never used this product and have no idea if it even works as claimed... just going off the incredibly long product description on the website.)