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Old Nov 14, 2020 | 05:33 PM
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Is there a good product to top off Harley glaze. I read that if you apply wax over a poly sealant such as Harley glaze that the life of the sealant will be reduced to the life of the wax. Is there any truth to that? I certainly don't want to reduce the life of the poly sealant. Also it states on Harley gloss that it will not remove Harley glaze, that sort of got me thinking about this.
 
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When you apply a wax over a sealant, the wax dictates the behavior of the water, dust.
I have not used Harley glaze, so my comments are from my experiences with other sealants and waxes.

One of the "Big" sealant wax combos is/was BlackFire wet diamond topped with midnight sun. Never a issue at all. The sealant obviously last longer then the wax.
With this combo you would get the deeper look of the wax, not the hard candy look of the sealant. 90% of people would never notice any difference between a wax vs a sealant. So, I quit the wax and doubled the sealant. Longer longevity, not a dust magnet and better water sheeting
 
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When you apply a wax over a sealant, the wax dictates the behavior of the water, dust.
I have not used Harley glaze, so my comments are from my experiences with other sealants and waxes.

One of the "Big" sealant wax combos is/was BlackFire wet diamond topped with midnight sun. Never a issue at all. The sealant obviously last longer then the wax.
With this combo you would get the deeper look of the wax, not the hard candy look of the sealant. 90% of people would never notice any difference between a wax vs a sealant. So, I quit the wax and doubled the sealant. Longer longevity, not a dust magnet and better water sheeting
I have already done two coats of Harley glaze. I may just call it done and forget about it.
 
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