GLARE Professional Polish --->
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anybody tried the polish ur ride at GLARE before???
they hav this "Glassplexin" to protect the paint....
pls voice ur comments here cos i intend to do my polishing there....
its rather expensive so i really need some suggestion here....
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i had my polishing done by them last yr. Have not tried out any other pro polishing so don't know how it compares with other pro polishing. i was actually deciding between Zaino and Glare the other time and ended up with Glare..
Depending on what is your objective of the polishing : eg to make the car glossy shine, have one protective layer so you never need to worry abt paint oxidation.. need to set correct expectation..
if its for the former, black or darker col cars tend to appear more shinny than other cols. anyway, for dark col cars, any off-the-shelf polish/wax will achieve that level of shine as well. my neighbour has a black col Subaru and he polishes himself. It looks so much more shinny than mine.
if its for the paint protection, there is this 18mths warranty that you can go back to them. the point abt 'no wax, no polishing required and only need washing and road grimes floats away' may be kind of overstatement lah. Even with weekly washing myself, few mths after my pro polishing, noted some stubborn stains appearing on the car surface. Went back to them to have them and 'persuaded' them to remove them..
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by the time i see this i had already done mine.....Originally posted by yunen143:i had my polishing done by them last yr. Have not tried out any other pro polishing so don't know how it compares with other pro polishing. i was actually deciding between Zaino and Glare the other time and ended up with Glare..
Depending on what is your objective of the polishing : eg to make the car glossy shine, have one protective layer so you never need to worry abt paint oxidation.. need to set correct expectation..
if its for the former, black or darker col cars tend to appear more shinny than other cols. anyway, for dark col cars, any off-the-shelf polish/wax will achieve that level of shine as well. my neighbour has a black col Subaru and he polishes himself. It looks so much more shinny than mine.
if its for the paint protection, there is this 18mths warranty that you can go back to them. the point abt 'no wax, no polishing required and only need washing and road grimes floats away' may be kind of overstatement lah. Even with weekly washing myself, few mths after my pro polishing, noted some stubborn stains appearing on the car surface. Went back to them to have them and 'persuaded' them to remove them..
my reading was 91.9 before the polish n after it was 95.8....
this is the measurement of the glossiness....how abt urs???
anyway thanx for ue feedback mate....
but till now is ur car still as shiny???
do u intend to let them do again??? -
my reading was 87 before and 95 after. Evey now and then, i still go back for car wash.
Where did you have your polishing done? Last time those pple manning the outlet i went were genuinely friendly and easy-going, but since the staff change, those new guys are more 'hard sell'.
Guess i will go over to the new outlet by those old birds for my car wash after CNY. -
To add on, haven't decided i shd stay on with the old guys when they open up their new outlet or shd try others like Zaino.
One of the main reasons for me to go for their pro polishing was the claim of 18mths warranty. Kinda of dissapointed though when went back to them over the stains that appeared on my car, they initially insisted those stains were foreign particles not covered under warranty. It was only after some time of explaining that they agreed to service... -
i had mine done at Orchard hotel...
so does ur car still gives u the 95 readings after u went back for them to check?
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no lah, without measuring i already brought up the stain marks issue that they initially claimed not covered by warranty liao. They wouldn't want to measure in case they scared i ask them why the reading drop and what remedial action they have .. (BTW, those stain marks looked like road tar that my colleagues also got on his car . he managed to get rid of them using stain remover from Home Fix
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Anyway, nowhere was it stated in the warranty that they warrant the gloss reading to be constant thru out the period of warranty.. guess no one vendor will be so garang to claim that.
Overtime, must admit my car does appear to have lost its original shine - don't have a meter to measure, but using similar cars of same col in my carpark. I do have to polish myself every now and then to keep it shinny lar and ocassionally go back to them for car wash if i don't have the time. They charge around $25 per wash (last time $15) and leather conditioning around $20.
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thanx for all the feed back....Originally posted by yunen143:no lah, without measuring i already brought up the stain marks issue that they initially claimed not covered by warranty liao. They wouldn't want to measure in case they scared i ask them why the reading drop and what remedial action they have .. (BTW, those stain marks looked like road tar that my colleagues also got on his car . he managed to get rid of them using stain remover from Home Fix )
Anyway, nowhere was it stated in the warranty that they warrant the gloss reading to be constant thru out the period of warranty.. guess no one vendor will be so garang to claim that.
Overtime, must admit my car does appear to have lost its original shine - don't have a meter to measure, but using similar cars of same col in my carpark. I do have to polish myself every now and then to keep it shinny lar and ocassionally go back to them for car wash if i don't have the time. They charge around $25 per wash (last time $15) and leather conditioning around $20. -
any other bros would like to comment???
dun tell me only two person (incl me) hav done Glare polishing in this forum...
c'mon n share leh.... -
Hi D16Z6,
If u r interested in 'maintaining' ur car's wet look, u shd try Megueliars' Quick Detailer mist and wipe. Started using it recently and noted that it does help to restore a bit of the wet glossy look (though not permanent effect lah). U may like to try that everytime after ur own car wash..