Sunlight to "set"???

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metal

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Ok, last night I was doing a photoshoot of a black civic that belonged to a friend of a friend; he told me that this infamous detailer that I've had questionable moments about her technique and knowledge of her products on another more local site (revscene.net) , and he told me that she said to leave his car in the sunlight as much as he can, so that whatever product she put on the car could "set" into the paint. Is there anything that actually works like this? If it was just a nuba, I'm guessing its gone by now, since our temperatures have skyrocketed in the past week, but....Anyone?
 
Set?





I think that's improper terminology.





Sealants need to "cure" and that takes anywhere from 12-24 hours. Optimal conditions for that are between 60-80* and about 50% humidity (basically a climate controlled setting).





The sun thing is new to me.
 
Yeah, I know about cure times for sealants, but thats why I was confused. I don't see why something would need to sit in the sun for it to cure, if thats even what shes talking about.
 
Seems like bad logic.



I guess if you think about it, say you slap on a coat of carnauba and buff it off to a nice shine.



Well, since carnauba is soft you could assume that when it is fresh on the car, it is soft as well.



So then you want to leave the car somewhere warm so the carnauba can harden.



Because that would make it protect better.



Or something. :confused: :confused:
 
Actually, I prefer a little sunshine when using Polymers. I learned this when i used the original BF formula. One complaint people had was that it was a dust magnet. Applied easily, removed easily, looked awesome. What more could one want? Less dust adhesion the following day! So, I experimented a little bit for several details.

After the initial wipedown, i would park the car in the direct sun for maybe 10-20 minutes. Just long enough for the surface to heat up. Once the surface heated up, the oils thinned and allowed for additional product removal. Less oils, less dust attraction. I still do this to this day when product and opportunity presents itself.

The actual curing component to polymers is air and exposure. To a lesser degree with Nubas. Its my belief that nubas dont really cure, but rather rest on the surface until they oxidize, and lose there value. So, to say sunshine is good for nubas? It actually detsrpys them unless UV and UVB inhibitors are added.
 
Well, Zaino recommends cure time w/ ZFX, we are only allowed to do 3 coats in a 24 hour period. So I have tested this many times on my own car using with and without the ZFX. Maybe she was tryin to rush the cure time with just putting it in the sun. This is the only thing I could come up with.



I cant think of any reason or any brand for that matter that would recommend this.

We should find the company and email them?
 
Liquid glass recomends leaveing the vehicle out in the sun for 4 hours for it to set.



Im at work and cant look at the can right now to write it word for word.
 
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