"car wax will ruin clearcoat"

That photo of the "leading brand" is used in the article to indicate that some car waxes have abrasives in their "wax" which is why when you look for a wax you need to check the ingredients for abrasives. Reading the included link does the picture more justice than its use in this thread.
 
So what product has been done an injustice by the photo's use in this context? Which "wax" has abrasives in it, and not simply chemical cleaners?
 
The Invisible, I agree with you to a point. Water-borne and water-based base coats are picking up a lot of momentum thanks to them not having all the VOC's that solvent-borne & based base coats have. What's being over-looked is that there still isn't anything other than solvents for clear-coat.



The custom painters / guys doing crazy paint jobs will no doubt really like the water based stuff once they get the hang of it due to the super fast application of various layers. No need to wait and wait and wait. The Europeans have been all over this stuff, and it's at least good to know there are more positive things about it other than just air quality/pollution.



Aside from that - once again The Other PC gave very good information about spraying and cure time, and when it comes down to it - it's not worth the risk of waxing too early
 
Scottwax said:
I detailed a C4 Corvette about 10 years ago and at first the guy was a bit hesitant about getting it waxed because the dealer told him "it has a clear coat, you don't need to wax it".

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If I had a dime for every time someone recounted that or a similar story I'd be rich.
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After I polished and waxed it, he said he wanted to strangle the dealer because if he hadn't listened to that so-called advice, his car would have looked a lot better over the time he owned it.

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And I'm 'sure that's not the first time you've heard comments like this...





the other pc said:
Because every paint manufacturer says to wait (typically somewhere between 60 and 120 days) before waxing a newly sprayed finish.



Sanding, washing, compounding and polishing? People make that up because somebody misinterpreted the waxing thing and it grew from there. Paint manufacturers give you specific instructions on how you're supposed to do those in the first so many hours after spraying.



There is no reason to wax a car in the paint shop. The rest of the stuff is part of the painting process.



Ovens and IR panel heaters only knock the first few hours off of the curing cycle, enough time to get to sand, cut and buff right after spraying instead of waiting until the next day. Full cure still takes weeks.



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I know Paul did some research on this topic years ago and he has good record of getting his facts straight before he posts.



While I've never seen a paint job fail because it was waxed before a minimum of 30 days had passed, what's the rush? And... theory is the manufacture knows their product best...



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