#16 application

**imported_tuffluck** · 06-29-2005, 03:29 PM

i put nxt on my car last night around 11. i drove my car today, and although it`s probably pretty clean, i know there is some dirt/dust on it, so i`m thinking i can just use some QD and wipe down the car and then add a fresh layer of #16 on top of it, huh? i just don`t want to have to wash it again. i know i`ve heard to let nxt cure for about 24 hours, but i`m going to be cutting that short by a few; hopefully that is no biggy?

**Mad iX** · 06-29-2005, 05:15 PM

12 hours is enough for NXT to cure.

I`d hit it with some QD and then add another layer of NXT before I`d top with #16.

**JasonD** · 06-29-2005, 05:21 PM

It`s not a biggie for the curing time, but it is a biggie to not wash the car again. If there`s even a single grain of sand or dirt on your paint surface, it can get trapped in your applicator pad and scratch your whole car.

If you wouldn`t have driven your car, maybe, but definitely not since you have driven it.

**Accumulator** · 06-29-2005, 06:15 PM

Yeah, wash it. Really.

**imported_jaobrien6** · 06-29-2005, 06:45 PM

The only time I`d consider not washing it is if it`s been garaged and hasn`t moved since yesterday. My cars sit outside in a carport, and i won`t do anything without washing the car again, even if I haven`t driven it.

John