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How long do you wait to detail/wax a new car
- Thread starter zyx5432
- Start date
brwill2005
New member
You dont have to wait! Only paint that has not cured should not be waxed. Unless your caddy just rolled off the assembly line, the paint is cured.
White95Max
New member
Don't wait. Do it now.
imported_Neothin
New member
I picked up my tC at 10 AM. By the time lunchtime rolled around I had washed, clayed, applied AIO, and Natty's Blue.
dont wait to protect.
dont wait to protect.
zyx5432:
After talking with guys who work/worked at an auto assembly plant, I arrived at the same conclusion that others have stated here.
What I mean to say is the process of painting a car at the factory is totally different than at a body/collision shop and even the paint is different. As such, the paint has to be "fully cured" before they can assemble the vehicle and surely by the time it arrives to the lot.
So wash and wax away.
Re-finishing, what the body/collision shops do, have different requirements for when you can or cannot wash and wax but the process used is different and so is the paint.
After talking with guys who work/worked at an auto assembly plant, I arrived at the same conclusion that others have stated here.
What I mean to say is the process of painting a car at the factory is totally different than at a body/collision shop and even the paint is different. As such, the paint has to be "fully cured" before they can assemble the vehicle and surely by the time it arrives to the lot.
So wash and wax away.
Re-finishing, what the body/collision shops do, have different requirements for when you can or cannot wash and wax but the process used is different and so is the paint.