Nearly 20 different ingredients are used to create GLISTEN Total Paint Care. Most of the
ingredients are common detergents, clays, and waxes as well as other components
which protect and hold it all together. In order to mix these ingredients, a complex and
difficult process is used to create a patented formula.
Larger well-known automotive cleaning companies cannot replicate the product due to legal
difficulties so they will always try to convince you to use their mult-step cleaning systems.
The reality is that GLISTEN Total Paint Care
easily replaces most of these multi-step
products with one simple and easy
alternative. In addition, further convenience
has been designed into the technologically
advanced formula by making it incredibly
easy to buff, saving time and effort.
So how does it actually work?
Once sprayed onto a dry surface, Total Paint
Care droplets immediately expand and
begin to emulsify (break down into a milky
substance) dirt particles. The dirt particles
become tiny and dust-like, liquefying into
the solution. At the same time, denser clay
particles and waxes begin to cling to the
paint surface.
paint.
The surface of the paint where Total Paint Care has been applied is then wiped one-
way and the liquified dirt is absorbed into the cloth. During the process, the clay
particles rub along and through the paint surface (see the diagram below), removing
dirt, grime or contaminants which may have attached themselves to the paint surface
or reside in the valleys of the paint.
Buffing then absorbs and removes any emulsified dirt residue and clays as well as
smoothing the wax layer giving the surface a deep and brilliant reflective shine.
Protective ingredients in the solution reside in the wax layer creating a barrier to the
paint surface. So GLISTEN Total Paint Care CAN'T SCRATCH your paint because 1. no
grit is left behind, and 2. the cloth absorbs everything as it's wiped along the surface.
The leftmost diagram (paint layers) shows the general composition of the paint and
metal on your car. The centre diagram (typical cut and polish) shows the removal of
paint to create a smooth, shiny surface with no protection. The rightmost diagram
shows the protective layer over the paint surface and the lifting and removal of the
dirt rather than cutting of the actual paint layer.