travisnd

Researching my brake pad/rotor situation discussed HERE. I came across THIS article that suggests brake/rotor deglazing as regular pre-race maintenance.

I thought the whole idea was to develop a transfer layer between the rotor/pad and then let it ride?

KNSBrakes

I think the glazing is the formation of various metallic oxides that don't support friction or heat transfer and thus remain on the surface and impede friction.

AU N EGL

stock car teams use new pads and rotors for each day of racing.

and If I am not mistaken the glazing is from too much heat or ie using the wrong brake pad for that friction level. too soft of a brake pad

Scooter70

That's been my experience as well. The haze comes from severely overheating the pad and basically melting it. When that happened I used sandpaper and brake cleaner to "wet sand" the rotors and the pads.

froggy47

When there is "glaze" on either the pad or the rotor then the "transfer layer" of good pad material has been compromised.

Sometimes I get a little glaze spotting and then a few hard stops shreds it off, but if it's bad, like those pads in the pictures then a cleaning like they are doing is smart & then you put down a fresh transfer layer.

The only thing I would add is use garnet paper, not alum oxide or emory.

69427

Pardon my ignorance, but what does the glazing look like?

AU N EGL

a shinny metallic glow / reflection