Paint is still soft?!?!

[willynwilson]

I have a habit of cleaning my car every week, i love keeping it clean, but mymate said that i need to stop cleaning it as the paint is still soft because its a new car.

He said i should wait until the paint is baked on in the summer and then start cleaning again in a couple of months.

This true? I dont want to stop cleaning my car but if it will effect the paint then i might have to stop

any ideas or thoughts?

 

[Clgale88]

He might be write mate but not to sure to be honest just dont polish it loads

 

[mattjk]

Bullcrap, excessive polishing will remove paint not washing.

 

[willynwilson]

is polishing the same as using wax?!

im using duraglos atm and using it weekly, im going to apply some SRP n it this weekend, how long will that last?

 

[mattjk]

SRP isnt going to hurt - I am talking about cutting polishes

 

[Ali]

lol! Paint is as hard as it ever will be 50mins after bein sprayed. Joys fo Water based paints.

Polishing/compound grits will cut the paint bak a bit.

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[Clgale88]

lol! Paint is as hard as it ever will be 50mins after bein sprayed. Joys fo Water based paints.

Polishing/compound grits will cut the paint bak a bit.

www.detailingworld.co.uk

That aint true mate my dad sprayed my bumpers they day after we went over to polish them and they were still soft if its sprayed in a booth yeah it will be harder but not hard enough

 

[Rich]

lol - the car was baked in the factory and will have been polished in the factory, carry on as you where.

Paint has always been fine to polish from fresh, just not wax or seal in some cases

 

[willynwilson]

Thanks Rich, i believe you are the detailing king on here, so i will take your word for it!

 

[Beef-Mc]

If you've just had something sprayed I would leave it for a week or so.

Cars painted in the factory will be fine to polish.

 

[Rich]

If you have had something sprayed I would ask the person that painted it how long until you can wax/seal it.

It will have already been polished anyway.

 

[mattjk]

lol! Paint is as hard as it ever will be 50mins after bein sprayed. Joys fo Water based paints.

Polishing/compound grits will cut the paint bak a bit.

www.detailingworld.co.uk

That aint true mate my dad sprayed my bumpers they day after we went over to polish them and they were still soft if its sprayed in a booth yeah it will be harder but not hard enough

Was it cooked though? If it was cooked it will of bin fine. It is likely you sprayed it and left it in a cool garage which will take a while to fully harden

 

[Clgale88]

If its been cooked it will be fine to polish etc

 

[Final Maxim]

he aint had no work done to it has he? his mate says its not ok to polish a factory card, which is a load of b****cks.

tell your mate he dunno what hes talking about.

even a freshly painted car out the bodyshop is fine to work on.

s**t, i wetflat/polish cars straight out the booth on some extreme cases, the paint is still very slightly tacky, but its gotta go that day.

usually cars am baked then left a couple hours to cool off and set properly.

it wont be fully cured for a couple weeks or so, but its still fine to polish it etc in those few weeks, just dont go crazy on it

 

[stu-172]

It's the cooling down after being in the oven that hardens the paint. The paint will continue to cure for a couple o weeks after painting, but bearing in mind the car was probably painted in the factory about 3 weeks before you get the car, it's as hard as it'll ever get. As said above, you can polish straight from the booth. We polished a car only 20mins after taking it outa the booth as we were rushing to a show! Polish/wax away at it!