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Waxing new paint

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Waxing new paint

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Rusty2009
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17:th-Jan-2015, 17:02:44
Well today I went to the Meguiars seminar.

We were told that if you go to a body shop or a paint a part yourself you should not wax it for 60-90 days, this allows the paint to harden properly. If you do wax before the 60-90 days the paint will be soft.

They said you can polish fresh paint.
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17:th-Jan-2015, 17:45:09
most paint sprayers will compound polish the paint the next day
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17:th-Jan-2015, 18:51:49
Which is fine just don't WAX it.
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17:th-Jan-2015, 22:42:36
I've heard the same no wax for approx 2 months after respray and that came from a bodyshop
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17:th-Jan-2015, 23:35:53
I've heard that in the past. Somebody I used to know also believed you shouldn't wash fresh paint for at least a couple of weeks for similar reasons.
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18:th-Jan-2015, 00:00:03
Really you shouldn't wax or wash fresh paint for 4-6 weeks.
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18:th-Jan-2015, 00:10:55
It gets really confusing all these different opinions, why can't there just be 1 rule for all this stuff would make life so much easier.


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18:th-Jan-2015, 00:51:55
Yes dont wash it and polish it under 1 year and every year after that. If you do it that way your car only gets dirty once a year.
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18:th-Jan-2015, 01:10:51
Migwell030744 Wrote:Yes dont wash it and polish it under 1 year and every year after that. If you do it that way your car only gets dirty once a year.

I hate having a dirty car, it's covered in salt ATM must wash it but it's sooooo cccccooooolllllllddddd.


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