2nd Coat

[mis3]

I know that the wax has to be cured for approx 24 hours before applying the 2nd coat.

If I have to drive the car in between waxing, I will have to wash/dry the car first. Does this defeat the purpose of the 2nd coat?

[Mike Phillips]

Re: 2nd Coat

Not as long as you wash gently and with a high quality wash mitt and a high quality car wash soap that's non-detergent like Gold Class Car Wash.


Also read our answer in this thread...

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22493

[mis3]

Re: 2nd Coat

In your other thread, you mentioned that someitmes you would wait only 30 minutes before applying the 2nd coat.

Great. I will wait 1-2 hours before the 2nd coat.

[Sydster]

Re: 2nd Coat

If I have to drive the car in between waxing, I will have to wash/dry the car first. Does this defeat the purpose of the 2nd coat?

I do this often and it works for me.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: 2nd Coat

In your other thread, you mentioned that sometimes you would wait only 30 minutes before applying the 2nd coat.

Great. I will wait 1-2 hours before the 2nd coat.

When working on my own cars I don't have the time to wait till the next day to apply a second coat of wax.

When working on a customer's car, it's usually a job at their location, (owners of cool cars don't usually want to drive them down the 1-15 out to the desert), so we drive to them and again... there is not time to wait until the next day and to drive back on a second day would take all the profit out of the job.

Make sense?

Thus 2 coats, back to back with about 30 minutes of time between coats while we do something else like clean up or wipe the windows, or dress the tires, etc.

[mis3]

Re: 2nd Coat

Yes, it's not difficult to kill 1-2 hours for the 1st coat to cure. Tire dressing, wax the wheels, clean the windows, etc......