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Originally Posted by Legacy99
I agree. I had my front and rear bumper repainted (grey metallic with cc). I asked the body shop when can I polish/wax it. They told me that it was heat baked and I could polish/wax right away. A day later I polished and waxed that has been over 1,5 yrs ago and there are no problems with the paint. My car gets QD daily and waxed every 2 weeks, shows how anal I am about my ride.
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Originally Posted by Accumulator
I'm all for somebody doing controlled tests of this stuff with regard to LSPing, but I can state with zero ambiguity that I've experienced the months-long hardening process *with baked paint* first hand on numerous occasions.
Two examples that stick in my mind:
I've had RM brand b/c that was too soft for Meg's #80 for over three weeks (incredible to see such hazing from the initial bite of that mild product!), but was too *hard* for the same #80 a couple of months later. This was the most dramatic example of the lengthy hardening that I've ever encountered.
On the S8 following its deer-incident repairs, I worked on it on-and-off over the course of four months and was able to carefully observe how the paint hardened. During that time, I had to gradually ramp up the aggressiveness of my products/process as stuff that was easy to correct with the PC after a few weeks required the rotary (and aggressive pads/products) a few months later. This was with Spiess Hecker paint. Its hardness in early spring was completely different from its hardness at the end of summer. |
These both sound like a paint hardener issues, where the painter didn't mix his hardener right. Rydawg does tons of work for a shop that uses Spies Hecker and their fresh clear is super hard.
Accumulator - I know you have a relationship with your body shop/painter. Did you ever discuss these softness issues with them?