New paint, how soon can I use Klasse?

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Unfortunatly my 2002 4Runner was in an accident wich required new hood, fender, bumper and blending on 2 adjacent panels. Well actually alot more non visible stuff, $8k worth :shocked



I just picked it up from auotbody shop, It was painted about a week ago. The paint still feels soft with my fingernail. I know they baked it at 180 degrees. And also put a huge scratch on one of the doors that was not painted :down .



When can I polish and use Klasse? I am sure they had to polish the paint to remove imperfections during the paint process.



thanks,

Steve
 
If I were you I would ask this question of the people that did the work. They know what's on it exactly, and how to treat it.
 
If they polish right after to remove imperfections , it would be after wetsanding . I think most shops use 3m . I use 3m perfect-it III after wetsanding , but thats not necessary really unless you want to do extra work .

Besides a shop's OEM paint job wont have that thick of a clear coat to go messing with wetsanding so skip that .

Honestly , the ONLY thing that you can do is to use a glaze on the paint , and not any type either .

Fresh paint needs to air out / gas out and settle about a month is safe bet before you can close it's pores .

Use 3m hand glaze or Hi-Temp hand glaze



I would do a dawn wash , then use a real car wash solution following that for 2nd wash then use http://www.topoftheline.com/foamwaxap.html to apply one coat of the glaze , the one of these to wipe off http://www.topoftheline.com/toplinmirtow.html

then another one of those to apply a second coat , then one of these http://www.topoftheline.com/ulmic.html to remove it .

Be careful to follow proper wash and dry procedure to avoid introducing new scratches / swirls or marring .

If you order from the other store with the 3m glaze ( one I know of ) then http://store.yahoo.com/classic-motoring/vipmicappad.html for first coat and http://store.yahoo.com/classic-motoring/vipmicdetclo.html for removal and pick up http://store.yahoo.com/classic-motoring/ulgewaxpoap.html and http://store.yahoo.com/classic-motoring/vipeshmibucl.html for your klasse while youre there

Store two has much wider selection also for other things
 
Tasty and papi_jay are right on. I have a friend who builds show trucks, and the metallic lime green he had put on one of his trucks wasn't even supposed to be washed for a month. The timeframe for the paint gassing out will vary by conditions, but I think 2-3 months is safe, 6 months if you're extra paranoid. :)
 
Thanks for the replies. I'll contact them on monday. It looks like they washed it alreday, and I can see hollagrams from a rotary, minor though. I am not in any rush, just want to make sure I take care of it correctly.



Steve
 
The glaze will remove the swirls also with a green pad . Use a blue pad and the glaze if you like 1st one panel at a time before wipe , then wipe excess and repeat by hand if you just want to protect the paint . Green pad might add light swirls

Wipe excess with a quality MF and you should be good to go applying it just once a week or after washes to protect until paint fully cures .
 
I know the shop buffs it out a bit after they paint it, but if it were me I would wait until I knew the paint was good and dry/cured whatever before doing anything else on it. If it is still soft it is going to be MUCH easier to damage it if you do something you shouldn't have.
 
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