View Full Version : How wrong is it to not put on a wax?
iDetail
04-13-2009, 02:13 PM
So yesterday I compounded the front bumper and hood of my 04 G35.
2 passes with rubbign compound on wool pad
1 pass with Meg`s swirl remover 2.0 on a polishing pad
I look in my cabinet and no wax. Maybe a friend of mine `borrowed` it without telling me. I dont know what the reason, but I didnt have any.
so I am driving it around today, should I get wax on this tonight? I don`t really have time to seal the paint tonight, but if its imperative I will. Ive just always heard that not sealing the paint is a bad thing and I am just wondering how bad it really is?
RaskyR1
04-13-2009, 02:30 PM
New cars sit on the lots for months without protection. You`re more than fine going a few days or even weeks. ;)
Envious Eric
04-13-2009, 02:32 PM
I would just polish again with a cleaner wax real quick and then wax once you get some for protection..
AeroCleanse
04-13-2009, 02:47 PM
New cars sit on the lots for months without protection. You`re more than fine going a few days or even weeks. ;)
Yes, and if you look at the paint on them...scary.
RaskyR1
04-13-2009, 05:26 PM
Yes, and if you look at the paint on them...scary.
True. I should have worded that differently. The clear coat offers good protection on its own...basically your paint is not going to oxidize over night if you don`t have any wax on it. You may be susceptible to things like surface contaminants and etching though.
AeroCleanse
04-13-2009, 06:28 PM
True. I should have worded that differently. The clear coat offers good protection on its own...basically your paint is not going to oxidize over night if you don`t have any wax on it. You may be susceptible to things like surface contaminants and etching though.
Unless you know for sure a new car has been professionally done, you need to at least wash, clay and wax it as soon as you can.
SuperBee364
04-13-2009, 07:46 PM
True. I should have worded that differently. The clear coat offers good protection on its own...basically your paint is not going to oxidize over night if you don`t have any wax on it. You may be susceptible to things like surface contaminants and etching though.
+1.
Just try to keep it as clean as you can to keep stuff from becoming, in the words of Meguairs, "bonded surface contaminants".
Eisen Hulk
04-14-2009, 05:11 AM
It should be fine. I`d just hit it with some CVM or Pink Moose after your next wash, then put down your LSP...If you`re using a nuba.