Liquid Glass paint sealant
09-18-2011, 08:52 PM
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I think it and Astro Shield are the same product. The only difference is the name on the can. I used Astro Shield a lot in past years. A very good product that is also a polish/sealer. It was one of the few products that could be used on fresh paint. Only issue was the white powder residue it leaves in black plastic like the windshield frame if you happen to get it on them. When you first put it on the finish will look like it has smears on it. The thing to do is to wash the car and dry it again and the swirls will be gone. You can use just about any soap/detergent you want and it won't touch the stuff. I used to use Ivory Liquid to wash the car.
Bill
Bill
09-24-2011, 02:49 PM
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Been around a long time......I have a can of it somewhere buried in the garage. I use Meguires now.....who remembers "Blue Corall" which was a blue liquid that you could use to polish.....you'd use that then go over it with a really hard wax in a little shoe polish type can....wax not easy to use...the blue liquid was great though.....but then, that was almost 40 years ago!!!!
09-24-2011, 04:21 PM
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A long time ago I had an '89 Ford Probe GT to which I had applied Liquid Glass several times over the first five years, but never after that. I sold it 20 years later and the paint still looked good and water still beaded.
Sometime in the mid '90s we had our plane stripped and re-painted with DuPont Imron. I asked the paint shop what they thought about using Liquid Glass on the plane since I had good luck with it on the car. They strongly suggested I shouldn't, with their reasoning being that if anything needed to be re-painted or touched up for whatever reason, they would first need to use steel wool to remove the Liquid Glass in order to get the new paint to adhere.
Sometime in the mid '90s we had our plane stripped and re-painted with DuPont Imron. I asked the paint shop what they thought about using Liquid Glass on the plane since I had good luck with it on the car. They strongly suggested I shouldn't, with their reasoning being that if anything needed to be re-painted or touched up for whatever reason, they would first need to use steel wool to remove the Liquid Glass in order to get the new paint to adhere.
09-24-2011, 04:33 PM
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Racer
A long time ago I had an '89 Ford Probe GT to which I had applied Liquid Glass several times over the first five years, but never after that. I sold it 20 years later and the paint still looked good and water still beaded.
Sometime in the mid '90s we had our plane stripped and re-painted with DuPont Imron. I asked the paint shop what they thought about using Liquid Glass on the plane since I had good luck with it on the car. They strongly suggested I shouldn't, with their reasoning being that if anything needed to be re-painted or touched up for whatever reason, they would first need to use steel wool to remove the Liquid Glass in order to get the new paint to adhere.
Sometime in the mid '90s we had our plane stripped and re-painted with DuPont Imron. I asked the paint shop what they thought about using Liquid Glass on the plane since I had good luck with it on the car. They strongly suggested I shouldn't, with their reasoning being that if anything needed to be re-painted or touched up for whatever reason, they would first need to use steel wool to remove the Liquid Glass in order to get the new paint to adhere.
09-24-2011, 07:01 PM
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Its an older product but still widely available. Finish First is quite similar and often a competitor product. Klasse Twins (AIO and SG) are likely also considered a similar type product but in two-steps. Rejex and Zaino often similar durability but very different ingredients and design.
