Wax n Washing on Respray

[FlamingMonkey]

Does anyone know what the procedure is with respray and waxing?

Getting my car back from body shop tomorrow had the arches and drivers door resprayed, and was gonna give the rest of it a good wax and polish.

Thinking about the 3 stage Meguairs stuff, is this gonna be too harsh on the newly painted panels?

Dont want to feck up all the panels that have been sprayed, or should i just stick to something simple like turtle wax etc?

 

[Swervin_Mervin]

Megs would be better. Id just use the wax though. If you havent already bought anything buy the clay kit and gold class wax. You dont need polish if its just been sprayed.

Get yourself a terry towel or 2 as well, as they dont scratch the surface like normal cloths.

I shouldve showed you mine properly on Sun, as Id just clayed and waxed it. Claying leaves the surface buttery smooth. And you wont believe the crap that doesnt come off in the wash, but come off with the clay.

Id also invest in the wash mitt if you can afford the whole shebang, as the deep pile lifts the dirt in to the mitt, rather than with a sponge where the dirt sits on the surface and scratches the paint.

Not that Im a nerd or anything.

 

[FlamingMonkey]

yeah saw your car fella, looked spotless so did javascript openWin pop_up_profile.asp?profile=6150 , profile , toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=1,width=440,height=370 "> paul1178s motor. Problem is not the whole car is being done, just back panels and 1 door.

I havent bought anything yet, so you reckon the clay and gold wax then? what about getting the rest of the panels up to scratch?

 

[Swervin_Mervin]

Maybe you do need a polish then. But the Gold Class wax and the Clay will make a massive difference. Id just then get a separate polish (but still Megs of course), but dont use it on the resprayed bits.

 

[FlamingMonkey]

Cool did you get it online? DP Motorsport is a place that seems to do good deals

 

[Swervin_Mervin]

Just bough direct from Megs. There wasnt much in it TBH. You getting the lot? Set me back about £40! But worth every penny, and the wax lasts for ages.

 

[FlamingMonkey]

Ah..... Im all confused now. Do I get the Clay, Gold Wax and Polish seperate or do I go for the 3 stage thing

 

[Swervin_Mervin]

Id go for the separates. The gold class is the best they do, untill you get in to hard waxes that is...but thats for real detailing freaks.

 

[Matty]

speeding.co.uk ofers free delivery so thats where I get my meguiars from.

 

[EightBall]

Talk to the bodyshop who have done your repsray work as to their recommendations. You may need to allow all the solvents used in the painting process to evaporate before applying treatments. Whem my bonnet was resprayed recently I was told to wait 2 weeks before waxing for just that reason, although I have no idea whatll happen if you dont!



Thread Hijack: Mike, which Claybar do you use? I am assuming Megsuiars.

 

[Clare]

I use Halfords clay bar but they dont sell it any more!! Loads cheaper than Megs, 3M etc..

 

[Swervin_Mervin]

Megs fella. I got the clay kit, with the handy detailing spray. Saves waxing everytime.

 

[matt the cat]

wait!! will take a month for paint to fully harden - then you can wax the shi* out of it.

 

[Ica172]

Yeah what ever you do mate wait at least two weeks!! New paint as already pointed out takes anything from 2 weeks to a month 2 go fully hard.

 

[FlamingMonkey]

Will do fellas, thanks for your help