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how long to wait before waxing new paint
- Thread starter Saleenfan
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imported_Jakerooni
New member
If it was baked on the norm is 30 days if it was just air hardend 90 days is the norm.
I assume a QD like OID is OK for fresh paint?
I'm getting my rear bumper re-painted next week and while I won't wax or seal it for 90 days, I intend to QD with OID after my first hand wash a week after the paint job and each week after unless someone knows this will not be good for the fresh paint/clearcoat.
I'm getting my rear bumper re-painted next week and while I won't wax or seal it for 90 days, I intend to QD with OID after my first hand wash a week after the paint job and each week after unless someone knows this will not be good for the fresh paint/clearcoat.
tmg19103 said:I assume a QD like OID is OK for fresh paint? I'm getting my rear bumper re-painted next week and while I won't wax or seal it for 90 days, I intend to QD with OID after my first hand wash a week after the paint job and each week after unless someone knows this will not be good for the fresh paint/clearcoat.
When I asked this question over at MOL, I was advised by Mike Pennington that M34 Final Inspection, being body shop safe and silicone-free, would be the safest of Meguiar's quick detailers to use on fresh paint.
i haven't seen a body shop around me 'bake on' any paint.. its certainly not like the factory paint job that im sure goes into big ovens to cure... but then again.. after a body shop paints, they have to wet sand and then polish with rotorys... so if that doesn't hurt the paint, why would waxing??
imported_mystic04
New member
I talked to a Dupont paint tech and he had said 120 days before waxing . A glaze is ok but don't seal the paint with sealer or wax.
Accumulator
Well-known member
This comes up all the time and we never reach a consensus. At best we agree to disagree and at worst it gets really :argue
I still use Meg's #5 for 90 days minimum, no matter what. Just as the paint manufacturers say to do. Just as both my painters say too.
I still use Meg's #5 for 90 days minimum, no matter what. Just as the paint manufacturers say to do. Just as both my painters say too.