30 days wait to wax after fresh paint job?????

[Mike Phillips]

Re: 30 days wait to wax after fresh paint job?????

can I use ColorX? will that wax still affect the drying/curing process? its been a week now and I'm tired of looking at the holograms and horrid swirls that the body shop left on my car..... I just want to fill it in to hide it until I get a full detail.

Hand apply a pure polish, any of our pure polishes are 100% safe for fresh paint, in fact M03, m05, M07 and M81 are in our "Body Shop Line", as in formulated for use on fresh paint.

Invest in a G110 and use M80 Speed Glaze, (safe for fresh paint), to remove them.

If you opt to mask them with a pure polish you'll still need to remove them in the future and you can wait till our new Ultimate Compound or ScratchX 2.0 come out and use either of these by hand or machine to remove them.

It's too bad you can't trust the body shop who hacked up your paint to fix the problem but the truth is if they couldn't do it right the first time they won't be able to do it right the second time unless they get on this forum and educate themselves on how to do professional quality work instead of hack production work.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: 30 days wait to wax after fresh paint job?????

A friend of mine that does body work tells me the problem is not scratching the paint, but actually trapping the solvents that may still be escaping the paint.

This is correct and here's an in-depth article on the topic...

Paint Needs to Breathe

[CharlesW]

Re: 30 days wait to wax after fresh paint job?????

can I use ColorX? will that wax still affect the drying/curing process? its been a week now and I'm tired of looking at the holograms and horrid swirls that the body shop left on my car..... I just want to fill it in to hide it untill I get a full detail.

Short answer, no.
ColorX will seal in the paint solvents which is what you are trying to avoid.

[Nuclear]

Re: 30 days wait to wax after fresh paint job?????

can I use ColorX? will that wax still affect the drying/curing process? its been a week now and I'm tired of looking at the holograms and horrid swirls that the body shop left on my car..... I just want to fill it in to hide it untill I get a full detail.

[CharlesW]

Re: 30 days wait to wax after fresh paint job?????

A friend of mine that does body work tells me the problem is not scratching the paint, but actually trapping the solvents that may still be escaping the paint. In some cases, this may even cause the new paint to lift and you won't be happy about that. Also, the people that applied the paint won't be interested in doing it over for no cost. It would be because of your mess up, not their's.
He recommends waiting 30 days before waxing or sealing a new paint job.
He also says that while several products could be used without a problem, just leave it alone for a month. It isn't going to get that much damage from the elements in 30 days.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: 30 days wait to wax after fresh paint job?????

NXT won't scratch paint just because it's fresh.

NXT is non-abrasive.

Besides the chemicals you touch paint with you also have to be sure any and all materials you touch paint with are clean, soft and of high quality, that would include your wax applicator pads, machine buffing pads and your wiping cloths.

There is not a single paint manufacture that recommends sealing fresh paint until at least 30 days have passed just to note.

What did you just get a new paint job on?

[Nuclear]

hello all, just wanted to know, what if I didn't wait the 30 days after a fresh paint job on my car and I waxed it with NXT 2.0. will it finely scratch the clear coat? can I clay, 83, 80, 7, and NXT 2.0 to remove it later down the road?