Also keep in mind new paint looks, well, new.. So it isn't a shame to just keep it clean and drive it as is for 3 months. I know you want protection .. I have some new paint work as well. I have just not touched it with product. Other than Megs crystal car wash (the purple/pink ) kind. I haven't even put glaze on it, as it looks fine even in contrast to the waxed panels next to it.
I am going to polish tommorow for the first time. The contrast might be a bit more noticeable then.. but I am still going to let the panels stay untouched.
But by protecting it, you could quite possibly be doing just the opposite if you don't wait at least a month.
In my experience, and opinion -- 30 days is long enough to wait before a sealant is going to cause the paint to damage itself. However, it isn't long enough to allow the paint to harden as much as it 'COULD'. Fine line there,.. and between 45-90 days is really a tough call on how much diminishing returns you are getting on unprotected paint vs curing 'more'. If in certain climates and seasons.. a 30 day period can be more effective than a different climate/seasons 90 day cure.
IE: in 95 degree summer heat, dry, low humidity -- 30 days straight, it should bake on fairly well.
In the winter, at say, an average of 40 degrees, variable humidity,.. 90 days might equal those 30.
I akin it to setting an oven on 100degrees and baking for 90 minutes, vs 350 and baking for 30 minutes.
Same result (in my perfect analogy
) -- different time periods. *I know slower cooked meat and such has a better result.. but this is paint* -
This doesn't take into account a simple cure process that occurs through time alone, regardless of weather (If the car was in a vacuum , say).
That part, I tend to speculate, occurs within the first 30 days.
After 30, the curing is much less pronounced than it was the first week, second week, third, and so on.
But, bottom line: apparently alot say the glaze is safe. Go with those who know..
You will always be safe without product application at all.
I just use Meg's #5 during the curing period and I wash pretty frequently (gotta reapply the #5 after every wash, good thing it's *so* easy to use).
I went through both of those at roughly the same time, different paint of different cars behaving differently.