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I'm gonna detail my 2005 mustang and was wondering how long i should wait when layering waxes. Im going to layer gold class on top of nxt to get the black to stand out. how long should i wait after the nxt to put the gold class on? Ive heard 12-24 hours between coats but wanted to make sure. also should i wait after polishing/glaze coats as well?
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I have heard the same thing. Wait at least 12 hours for the wax to properly set in. As for the polish I apply the wax right after removing the excess polish2000 Grand Prix GTP
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Some of the things discussed in this thread also apply....
Nxt tech wax on black
If you really want to drill down...Originally posted by 2000
I believe QD might take some of the NXT off as it hasn't had the 24 hour cure time. I thought I read not to get it wet for 24 hours if possible. I could be wrong so if someone else can confirm this...
It's not so much a quick detailer removing any wax, (this applies to any product applied to the surface of paint, not just NXT Tech Wax), it's the fact that your touching it. When you touch the surface, whether with your finger, a wash mitt, a microfiber or whatever... you are disrupting the product.
If you're trying to remove an application of a pure polish like Deep Crystal Polish, when you wipe the surface with a microfiber, you disrupt the continuous layer of polish in a way that you loosen it and it clings to the microfiber, thus you remove it.
If you drill down to the microscopic level, after you have applied and removed a coating of wax, what you have left behind on the surface is measured in thicknesses of microns. After applying the wax and then removing the wax, in a perfect world you leave the wax along to fully set-up, this is a window of time of approximately 24 hours. Note, I didn't write takes 24 hours, the setting-up time takes place somewhere between 0 and 24 hours depending on a number of different factors.
(I know after writing the above I will see it mis-interpreted and then posted somewhere else only to need correction).
During this 24 hour period of time, in a perfect world, you wouldn't touch the wax coating. To do so disrupts it, it moves it around because it's not all fully set-up.
The more you wipe it, the more you disrupt it and even remove it.
It's not that a quick detailer remove a freshly applied coat of wax, touching it removes it. Our wax, any companies wax.
MikeComment
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I don't want to beat a dead horse here, but...
Say I leave the car alone overnight. I go out the next morning and the car is covered with pollen dust. If 24 hrs (give or take) have elapsed, wouldn't it be okay to wipe down the car with QD before applting the second coat?Comment
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Yes.
If you think about it... what are your options?
It's not as big a deal as everyone makes it out to be...Comment
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