I have an 06 civic with a repainted driver's door. Do I need to wait to wax it, or is the paint fully cured at the body shop?
New Paint-when to wax?
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I was told to wait one month before waxing a newly painted (heat cured) finish.
I was told 60 days for a repaint. So you have a range of 30-90 days recommended here.
I'd wait 3 weeks or so.
On New cars-
Looking back at the curing process, both the 1K and 2K systems are 90-95% cured upon cool down, after the bake process, in the factory spray booth. The additional 5-10% will cure within 3-7 days.
This means that by the time any vehicle reaches its destination at a dealer, the paint is fully cured. By not applying some sort of protection to the paint surface upon delivery or shortly after, the customer is actually hurting the paint instead of helping it.
Information resource- Kevin Farrell http://www.mobileworks.com/auto-paint-finishes.html
OEM water based paint cured at high temperatures; sometimes as high as 300oF in multiple oven zones where the paint is baked with radiation and convection heat so that all the out gassing necessary has taken place and the vehicle’s paint can be waxed the moment it is rolled out of the manufacturing plant.
New cars go through the painting and baking process without any of the rubber, plastic, and cloth components installed. This is why they can expose the cars paint to such high temperatures these high temperatures and special paints used at the factory level ensure the paint is fully cured by the time the car leaves the assembly line.
PPG and Fallon Infrared developed a compact drying oven that uses infrared heating and convection to remove water and solvents from paint, while keeping the surface temperature below 150º F. It reduces the dehydration cycle from 11 minutes to 90 seconds or less. Paint finishing is a two stage process; (a) outgas- allowing the solvents to evaporate (b) cure- allowing the paint surface to harden, both of which are time related but the cure cycle can be done underneath a protective layer of wax/sealant were as the outgas needs a product that will ‘ventilate’ while it protects the paint surface
On New cars-
Looking back at the curing process, both the 1K and 2K systems are 90-95% cured upon cool down, after the bake process, in the factory spray booth. The additional 5-10% will cure within 3-7 days.
This means that by the time any vehicle reaches its destination at a dealer, the paint is fully cured. By not applying some sort of protection to the paint surface upon delivery or shortly after, the customer is actually hurting the paint instead of helping it.
Information resource- Kevin Farrell http://www.mobileworks.com/auto-paint-finishes.html
OEM water based paint cured at high temperatures; sometimes as high as 300oF in multiple oven zones where the paint is baked with radiation and convection heat so that all the out gassing necessary has taken place and the vehicle’s paint can be waxed the moment it is rolled out of the manufacturing plant.
New cars go through the painting and baking process without any of the rubber, plastic, and cloth components installed. This is why they can expose the cars paint to such high temperatures these high temperatures and special paints used at the factory level ensure the paint is fully cured by the time the car leaves the assembly line.
PPG and Fallon Infrared developed a compact drying oven that uses infrared heating and convection to remove water and solvents from paint, while keeping the surface temperature below 150º F. It reduces the dehydration cycle from 11 minutes to 90 seconds or less. Paint finishing is a two stage process; (a) outgas- allowing the solvents to evaporate (b) cure- allowing the paint surface to harden, both of which are time related but the cure cycle can be done underneath a protective layer of wax/sealant were as the outgas needs a product that will ‘ventilate’ while it protects the paint surface
Thanks, all. I'll wait awhile.
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