How soon can I wax new rx8?
I think I see some swirl marks if I look real close, but it's hard to tell.
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must people at body shops don't know the industry standard. they just grab a gun and start to spray. oh by the auto shops use diff quality of paint. so six months would be for really cheap paint .....
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I just got my 8 about a week ago, and decided to do a wax on it. Really didn't do too much for the shine and smoothness of the paint.
Then I decided to Clay Bar it followed by a few layers of my favorite wax.......... Bam, as smooth as marble and as shiny as glass. It removed all the fallout and over spray that was on the car from the factory.
Then I decided to Clay Bar it followed by a few layers of my favorite wax.......... Bam, as smooth as marble and as shiny as glass. It removed all the fallout and over spray that was on the car from the factory.
OEM paint is cured under a quartz lamp for 1/2 hour or so. It is completely dry by the time they are installing the interior.
You can be sure it has already received some sort of "gloss enhancement" before you even signed the paperwork.
Modern, 2 part catalyzed urethane paints - even if they are air cured - usually can be waxed 48 hours after delivery, though I'd wait until it shrinks, which is 6 to 10 days depending on climate.
Really, there is no need to wax paint at all these days. The body shop will have cut your paint before they deliver it to you (sometimes as soon as 12 hours after it was shot) and there is no more solid paint surface than the paint itself.
Most modern clear coats already have UV protection in it as well.
Wax is a feel-good product, though you could make the argument that they act as a "sacrificial" layer of protection against environmental contaminants.
Polishes and compounds on the other hand actually remove the top of your paint by design.
BTW - Paint, like glass, is really still a liquid even after it is hardened.
You can be sure it has already received some sort of "gloss enhancement" before you even signed the paperwork.
Modern, 2 part catalyzed urethane paints - even if they are air cured - usually can be waxed 48 hours after delivery, though I'd wait until it shrinks, which is 6 to 10 days depending on climate.
Really, there is no need to wax paint at all these days. The body shop will have cut your paint before they deliver it to you (sometimes as soon as 12 hours after it was shot) and there is no more solid paint surface than the paint itself.
Most modern clear coats already have UV protection in it as well.
Wax is a feel-good product, though you could make the argument that they act as a "sacrificial" layer of protection against environmental contaminants.
Polishes and compounds on the other hand actually remove the top of your paint by design.
BTW - Paint, like glass, is really still a liquid even after it is hardened.
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