maintenence after wet sanding?

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how often should wax be applied after wet sanding. I understand that sanding removes alot of your clear coat which protects the base coat from the uv rays. but i havent ever really thought of how often it should be waxed after.

[Tuck91]

Re: maintenence after wet sanding?

Have you buffed out the sanding marks yet?

[Nick Chapman]

Re: maintenence after wet sanding?

Providing you don't remove too much clear, you would just wax as normal.

Are you working on factory clear? If so, I would advise against sanding it(if you haven't already). Factory clear really doesn't give enough clear to be sanded. You're dealing with very thin material, and sanding will only cause failures down the road.
If you're dealing with a respray, then the amount of clear laid down, will determine how much you can safely sand.

Nick

[Mike Phillips]

Re: maintenence after wet sanding?

What are you working on?

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Re: maintenence after wet sanding?

i sanded the whole nose of a porsche, quarter panels, bumper, and hood... it was a respray with the worse orange peel ive ever seen in my life!!! came out very smooth... i took off about .4 mils... jus wanted to know what kinda maintnence plan i should put my customer on..

[Mike Phillips]

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jus wanted to know what kinda maintenance plan i should put my customer on..

Recommend to them to use a premium quality wax to keep the paint protected and let them know when the 30 days will be up so it's okay to start applying wax.

Maybe educate them a little on car washing? The point being after you buff this thing out to perfection if they are not careful in every way the paint is touched, (washing means touching the paint a lot), that it will become filled with swirls and scratches.

Modern clear coat paints tend to be harder than traditional single stage paints but still scratch very easily.

Might recommend to them a quality quick detailer like our UQD and make sure they know to use good quality microfiber polishing cloths not old t-shirts and diapers.

Of course if you offer a maintenance plan then get them to sign-up for it and let you take care of the washing and waxing.

Does that help?

[Mike Phillips]

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You might get their e-mail and send them this link,


How to maintain your car's finish in-between polishing sessions


Here's the direct code for the URL address which would be safer to send then the above HTML code.

How to maintain your car's finish in-between polishing sessions

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23388

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yes sir that helps... what happens if you wax after wet sanding?

[Markus Kleis]

Re: maintenence after wet sanding?

yes sir that helps... what happens if you wax after wet sanding?

It's not a matter of not waxing after sanding, it is a matter of not waxing after applying fresh paint. Paint needs to out gas after it is sprayed, and conventional wisdom shows that sealing a freshly painted car with wax can sometimes cause problems by trapping the escaping gases.

Generally speaking, the waiting period is 30 days from painting, but consult the painter as it sometimes is as high as 90 days.

[H.E.D]

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i agree ^

[Mike Phillips]

Re: maintenence after wet sanding?

yes sir that helps... what happens if you wax after wet sanding?

Here's a classic from Hot Topics...

Paint Needs to Breathe

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oh ok, i got freaked out for a sec... yeah the car was resprayed around four months ago