MK5 Golf GTI

General => Detailing => Topic started by: Gladiator on May 24, 2012, 07:36:39 pm

Title: Just painted....ok to polish/wax?
Post by: Gladiator on May 24, 2012, 07:36:39 pm: Hi guys

Just had my front end Resprayed, is it ok to apply polish and wax straight away to give some protection or is it best to leave for a while?
Title: Re: Just painted....ok to polish/wax?
Post by: stealthwolf on May 24, 2012, 07:39:54 pm: Polishing is okay but you want to wait around 4 weeks before applying any LSP.
Title: Re: Just painted....ok to polish/wax?
Post by: Gladiator on May 24, 2012, 07:50:28 pm: Quote from: stealthwolf on May 24, 2012, 07:39:54 pm
Polishing is okay but you want to wait around 4 weeks before applying any LSP.

Thanks Stealthwolf :happy2:
Title: Re: Just painted....ok to polish/wax?
Post by: Alzak on May 24, 2012, 08:07:56 pm: If it was oven baked You can use LSP now
Title: Re: Just painted....ok to polish/wax?
Post by: Saintsteve on May 24, 2012, 09:19:44 pm: Quote from: Alzak on May 24, 2012, 08:07:56 pm
If it was oven baked You can use LSP now
Correct
Title: Re: Just painted....ok to polish/wax?
Post by: heavyd on May 24, 2012, 09:39:35 pm: new cars in the factory get coated with a wax about 4hours after being painted :popcornsoda:
Title: Re: Just painted....ok to polish/wax?
Post by: stealthwolf on May 24, 2012, 09:50:03 pm: From what I gleaned on DW, factory paint is different - the paint is cured at a higher temp (300*C) and means the car is pretty much ready to be waxed straight away after assembly. Respraying means the paint is cured at a lower temp so it doesn't melt various bits and bobs. The paintwork can be quite soft, even after an oven bake. The paintwork needs to "gas" out. This doesn't matter as much with modern water based paints but you still want the paint to fully cure which can take 30+ days. Sealants are worse as they tend to prevent the "breathing" whereas waxes aren't as problematic.

For peace of mind, I'd just wait.
Title: Re: Just painted....ok to polish/wax?
Post by: Gladiator on May 24, 2012, 10:04:11 pm: Cheers guys, will wait to be safe and treat the old girl to a days detail in a month or so :happy2:
Title: Re: Just painted....ok to polish/wax?
Post by: Alzak on May 25, 2012, 06:25:47 am: Quote from: stealthwolf on May 24, 2012, 09:50:03 pm
From what I gleaned on DW, factory paint is different - the paint is cured at a higher temp (300*C) and means the car is pretty much ready to be waxed straight away after assembly. Respraying means the paint is cured at a lower temp so it doesn't melt various bits and bobs. The paintwork can be quite soft, even after an oven bake. The paintwork needs to "gas" out. This doesn't matter as much with modern water based paints but you still want the paint to fully cure which can take 30+ days. Sealants are worse as they tend to prevent the "breathing" whereas waxes aren't as problematic.

For peace of mind, I'd just wait.

How You can say paintwork can be soft after respray as first what bodyshop do after painting is to polish paintwork to remove imperfections which is few hours after respray...
Title: Re: Just painted....ok to polish/wax?
Post by: stealthwolf on May 25, 2012, 07:01:15 am: I'm not talking about polishing and I did say that it's okay to polish after a respray.
Title: Re: Just painted....ok to polish/wax?
Post by: Alzak on May 25, 2012, 07:07:55 am: Some polishes contain some sort of LSP as well
Title: Re: Just painted....ok to polish/wax?
Post by: JPC on May 25, 2012, 01:01:47 pm: And stealth wolf well knows that, he didn't say you can polish with polished with LSP did he??

Polishing is ok, just go easy. And Im a detailer and know quite a lot about paint, take that how you will, but i would leave it a few weeks before putting any LSP on the car
Title: Re: Just painted....ok to polish/wax?
Post by: al-tdi170 on June 03, 2012, 12:17:47 am: Lap/wax after a week.