waxing fresh paint

shine

shine

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this subject gets beat to death sometimes. some are under the impression polishing fresh paint is not needed. well i dont agree. i polish everything with canuba wax as soon as final buff is done. it does enhance to looks. it helps protect the finish during it's cure from bird droppings and bugs. cleaning bugs off a polished car is much easier than one that is not. applying canuba is a great way to clean up any left over compounds . it is not a sealing wax so it does not cap the finish and impede the cure.

just food for thought and worth just what you paid for it.
 
Any suggestions on the brand? I would be concerned that some brands might advertize a product as carnuba wax, but put other things in it that could seal the paint and cause problems. Is this the case?
 
Shine, I've been told by the paint manufacturers not to allow waxing of fresh finishes until at least 30 days. I know you have a pretty deliberate pace, are your finishes that old by the time the final buff is accomplished?

It has also seemed to me that there are some products out there that can cause problems, stuff that is not wax but gets used like wax by detail shops and the average Joe also. For that reason and others, I have been recommending that people not wax their finishes for either 3 months, or until the weather turns hot, which around here is not that often.

Speaking of which, the recommendations for cold climates may need to be different than for nice hot places like Texas. What do you think about that?
 
that is because they can not control what kind of wax will be used. put a sealer wax on fresh paint and you are guarantied a failure. big damn bubble too ....:eek: .
but you did hit on something. i dont paint a car monday and send it out the following week. but i have done this for years and have never seen a problem to lead back to this. maybe it is because my jobs have more cure time before buffing. but not always . i just dont think the canuba will hurt it but sure makes it easier to maintain. the whole point of wax is for the contaminates to stick to it , not the paint. that way you wash away the grime with the wax.

bird shit on fresh paint can turn nasty real quick .


geeze ....... any of that make sense ????????
 
Yeah, makes sense to me. I think you are probably right about straight carnuba. The only reason I don't keep a good carnuba wax in my shop is because I don't have a separate detail area, and I am paranoid about any little thing that could somehow cause a fisheye. The little dried particles of wax that come off a job at the end give me bad dreams!

So I make sure to foam pad my jobs really, really good with swirl remover and that is it. If I could convince the local detail shop to stop using fancy-ass sealer type waxes, I would just run the vehicles over to them for a wax job. As it stands, I have to tell them NO WAX if I have them detail one of my completes...
 
I have always used something like shine masters from wizards or some sort of breathable polish.

I have never used a wax due to the fright of having a issue. Did not realize or think that any carnuba would be safe to use freshly after paint..

That being said, any job I would to that would be nice enough to justify this step would be a bigger project and would most likely not get to the stage of waxing for a good month anyways.
 
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