Waxing new paint

[Rusty2009]

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.

[tucpal]

most paint sprayers will compound polish the paint the next day

[Rusty2009]

Which is fine just don't WAX it.

[cornishtaz]

I've heard the same no wax for approx 2 months after respray and that came from a bodyshop

[JohnL]

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.

[rambo1984]

Really you shouldn't wax or wash fresh paint for 4-6 weeks.

[Rusty2009]

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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[Migwell030744]

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.

[Rusty2009]

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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