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HA! Something I can actually contribute on, woot!

 

Far and away, the best thing ive found to remove wax/polish bird stains, ect, from plastics or other non painted/polished surfaces, is MR Clean Magic Eraser.

 

You need 1/10th the effort required in the OPs suggestion, but the only caveat is to be careful around pained surfaces. I would even tape off painted surfaces that you may end up hitting while scrubbing the affected plastics, as Magic Erasers will leave fine scratches comparable to a light rubbing compound.

I use that product for all my interior scuffs. It does wonders on them!

Great review! Thanks for the detailed explanation.

I seen the same differences ..after applying the wax on top of the glaze is when I seen the full results. I also noticed its a lot easier removing the wax when you glaze before waxing.

Thanks for looking

I am working on an Americana review right now as well I will make a point to try it without the glaze on part of the car and with the glaze on the other part... and report my results. Thanks for the info!

Nice write-up & Thanks for sharing.

So to get the best effect.....I should go with 2 coats of Brillant Glaze & one coat of wax?

Thanks for looking, I'm sure doing that will yield great results. Me personally, I wouldn't do more than one coat of glaze and one coat of wax. That's not for any specific reason other than I don't want to spend hours glazing and waxing my car. Plus the wax also has filling characteristics so it's not like you are getting much more results by doing two layers of glaze and one layer of wax instead of one and one.

Nice review Roshan.

 

Mook

Thanks Mook!

yeah great review. But you didnt even touch on the topic of it making your paint POP. The brillant glaze makes your paint look so deep and wet its ridiculous. I thought that was the whole reason for applying the glaze, not for hiding imperfections like your whole review was about.

Where do you think the wet dripping paint look comes from? Or that metallic "pop"?

These things come from light... which refracts off your painted surface. Each scratch, each imperfection distorts that refraction of light.

Something that masks (ie a glaze) will work by filling in any defects and leveling the paint surface, it will make it "seem" as if the painted surface is more level than it actually is. The more level the painted surface (either by a glaze or by actually polishing the surface defects out), the more gloss and POP you will get... because that light that hits your surface is being refracted in a less distorted fashion.

By testing masking ability, I am directly testing how well the glaze will add to the paint depth, clarity, and yes the "paint pop" everyone strives so hard to achieve!

To illustrate this point, I will use two pictures from my review:

Notice how the high spot on this paint is clearly distinguishable. This is due to the light refraction being very distorted compared to the surrounding paint .

Now notice how the paint looks flush, and once again looks reflective and shiny, without most of the distortion. This is after two coats of the glaze. The reason this happened is the glaze leveled the high spot and light refracted off this area with less distortion than before. Thus, it looks like the high spot is removed, even though it is just "masked."

First let me apologize to you for my misunderstanding...I thought you thought that the Brilliant should improve the failures in the clearcoat, so it was me misunderstanding of your review. I really do like the results obtained when using Brilliant Glaze, I think it just makes the final results look better. Again, sorry for misunderstanding...maybe I should have taken a little more time reading your post....instead of rushing through it! Again, sorry.

No worries, I'm guilty of skimming through long reviews as well

Just ordered some last night. Cant wait to use it.

 

Is this any different from the old Brilliant Spray Glaze other than not being in a spray bottle?

I'm not sure if this was directed at me, but I don't know, I will let someone else answer that

Nice review! Where the Brilliant Glaze REALLY shines is on dark colors in sunlight. WOW! Makes black look a mile deep. My TBSS loves this stuff.

Thanks! My girlfriend's nissan altima is black, I will have to give it a try on that!

Can't say that I agree with your review, I've been using Brilliant before it was called a glaze and I have always found that it really helps the final look after the wax is applied. Since it does have some cleaning properties, it really helps prepare the finish for the application of the wax. I have always considered Brilliant as the final product to use before application of wax...I think it does a great job of this and will really add depth and clarity to the finish after applying wax. Also remember this product does do a bit of protection since it was the final product to be used in doing a detail with Adam's (at one time) and then it was called Brilliance. I don't think you should expect this product to be a cure all for defects in the finish, nor was it intended for that job. But as a product to prepare the surface for the wax coats, then Brilliant does an excellent job when used as for this job.

Everything in my review and everything you said can both be correct. You are talking about depth and clarity ie look, while I was simply testing the masking ability. While brilliant glaze adds to both depth and clarity, it does this by masking defects.

Adam's uses the word glaze in the traditional sense of the word... meaning it has no abrasives and is solely used for filling purposes and yes, as you mentioned, cleaning the surface prior to waxing.

To see the true nature of how much filling you can get with this product, you have to apply the glaze by itself. With one coat, the glaze filled well. With two coats, it filled even better!

I'm confused as to why you think that I believe this product is a "cure all" for defects. I certainly don't think it is but it does a pretty good job at masking defects. I tested in different scenarios just to see what would happen. As I suspected, it didn't improve the look of clear coat failure (nothing I have tried has), but it did fill in a light scratch and masked a high spot on my car... which is precisely what I would expect out of glaze. I'm sure the look of the paint would be better after applying Americana, but this was a review on Brilliant Glaze on its own merit.

welcome Roshan!

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Roshan, Welcome from a former Gator! Beautiful car!

Welcome Roshan!

 

I was born and raised in the G'ville area. BTW, nice to see you have proper supervision while you are working on your sweet Camaro!

Thank you all for your warm welcome

Duke-Z: Gator nation is everywhere! when did you graduate?

mc2hill: Awesome! When did you move to Orlando? And actually those pictures were taken in Tampa at my parents house

All I need supervising me are a couple clouds shading my car while I'm working on the paint hahah

I was recently asked by Dylan if I would be willing to do a few reviews. He said "If I send you a couple of products would you be willing to do a quick review? Good, bad, or otherwise... I have a couple of things I think you'd enjoy." How can you say no to that?

With that said, this is my honest review of Adam's Brilliant Glaze.

Product Observations:

1) Comes with easy to understand directions.

2) Liquid viscosity, slightly thicker than water

3) Smells "coconut-ey"... not exactly like a pina colada but it does smell really appetizing

4) Price = 16 oz for $25

Now before I get to the meat of the review, let me just point out a few things about glazes. Unfortunately, the industry is indecisive on what a glaze means. Some companies use glaze to mean a light polish, some use it to mean an all-in-one with protection, but the most common and traditional use of glaze is something that fills minor defects and is generally applied before a wax.

Adam's Brilliant Glaze falls into that latter category.

So, if it is supposed to fill defects, let's get to testing! This review will give you an idea on what you can expect from Brilliant Glaze.

Application:

I love the red foam applicator that you can get with this product. It is awesome and super soft. I found it to be the perfect size for me. It is a few inches in diameter. Even if the glaze sucked, I would be happy just with the applicator! Anyways, here's how the applicator looks and how much BG I needed to apply for a small 6 inch by 6 inch section.

When I get an applicator like this that is two sided, I often forget which side I applied product to. So to avoid this, I make it a one sided applicator and use a sharpie to mark which side my hand should hold like so:

With this product, the thinner the application the better. Here is how thin I applied it:

The directions state that you should wait for it to haze and then wipe it off. I tested this method and also wipe on, wipe off immediately and did not notice any appreciable difference. So I use this glaze as a wipe on wipe off type of product.

Application Conclusion: Spreads easily with no problems. There was no dusting in my application. I also tested waiting for five minutes after the glaze finished hazing, and I still got no dusting.

To test this glaze, I will use it in three areas:

1. Clear Coat Failure
   
2. Minor Scratch
   
3. Interesting shmear
   

Clear Coat Failure Testing:

A long time ago, around 3 years ago, I had no idea on how to care for my car. With such ignorance came a lack of care if bugs dried on my car for months at a time. Unfortunately, I have places on my car where there are the beginning signs of clear coat failure. So how will the glaze stand up to that? Look on for the results.

Before:

And after:

Conclusion: To my eye, there is little if any difference here. This product will not make clear coat failure look any better.

Now to minor scratch testing:

It is very hard to take a picture of a scratch this fine, so here is my attempt.

Before:

After:

Conclusion: Masking of small defects is clearly visible. The long approximately 3 inch scratch looked like two smaller scratches. This glaze is definitely working as advertised here. Note that this is one coat of Brilliant Glaze and no wax on top.

Now on to the interesting shmear:

I have a coating on my car. If you have never heard of this coating, it is essentially a "permanent" wax. The only way to remove it, once applied, is to either use a chemical that can strip paint, or to mechanically abrade the surface ie Machine Polishing or Wetsanding.

You are supposed to knock down any "high spots" during application, and if you don't you will get something that looks like the first picture below. Now that the coating has cured, the only way for me to remove it safely is via machine polishing. Well, I haven't gotten to that yet, so I decided to see what Brilliant Glaze will do to the high spot in the meantime.

Check it out.

Before:

After 1 coat:

After 2 coats:

It got very hard to take a picture of the high spot now, so I had to use my fingers to focus the camera.

Conclusion: I would say it did a great job at masking almost all of the high spot.

Bottom line:

I found this glaze to work well. It did a good job at masking defects, and not masking clear coat failure is hardly something I can fault it for. It is pricey at $25, but it did it's job and did it well. I think it is worth looking into if you are going to buy a glaze, and hey, if you find something that you like more, return it and get 10% more than you paid for it for your troubles

Product Page:

Adam's Brilliant Glaze for a hight gloss shine!

WAY to go homie...looks great!

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome

Good video

 

 

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Looks good

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if too lazy to tape, use some super vht on the trim before waxing

That can prevent the problem in the future, but if you already have dried wax on your trim, then applying dressing only covers the problem.

Hey Roshan good to see you over here at Adams forums as well! I enjoy your writeups and reviews on the other sites so I look forward to your feedback on Adams products.

Thanks for the kind words I hope to be posting some reviews soon enough

Welcome to the forum!

:welcomebanner:

Thanks, glad to be here!

A little video I made on the subject using Adam's APC.

Hope you enjoy

P.S. Dylan recommended (and I agree it's a great idea) to tape up the trim before doing this. Given that the brush I used was designed originally for paint and that I can pretty easily polish away light scratches, I wasn't too scared for my paint, but it is always better to be safer and will be less work if anything goes wrong!

One of my least favorite things to do... but I think it turned out great considering.

Products used:

1. Adam's APC
   
2. Adam's Super VRT
   
3. Over the counter Metal Polish (Don't have any Adam's yet )
   

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Hello all,

I joined this forum because I got my first Adam's order in and have been happily testing them out.

I have quite a bit of detailing supplies (Ok that's a lie, I have a LOT), but up until recently, none of them were Adam's.

I hope to share some of my experiences and I know forum rules are to not really talk about non-Adam's products, so I will try my best.

Anywho, here's some of my pictures after I polished my Camaro with some stuff and applied a coating.

Thanks for looking,

Roshan