Should I wax a brand new Honda Accord?

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WillMax95

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My sister is getting a brand new black Honda Accord EX and seeing as I am the detailing person in the house, she wants me to clean it up. I read the stuff about "should you really wax a new car" and it didn't give me any straight forward answes. Should I wax this car when she brings it home today?
 
There is no reason not to. I washed, clayed then waxed/sealed my new car the next day after I got it home. The paint did look better and was smoother. Sometimes dealer prep can do more harm than good. I was lucky and my dealer did a very good job. By the way, new-car factory paint is fully cured.
 
YES.



Let's look at what wax does: Wax protects the vehicle's finish from environmental abuse and contaminants that can cause surface defects and visible flaws. It also ensures that the vehicle will remain looking as-new longer than it would if it were left unprotected. So, if you purchase a brand new car (which in theory should be flawless as it came from the factory) that would be the ideal time to start waxing it. If you protect it now and treat it right, you won't have to do much defect correction and removal later.



To those folks in the older crowd who remember the days before clearcoat paints, I welcome you to 2005 (well, 2006 basically). In this day and age, factory paints are fully cured the minute they leave the paint shop in the factory, because they are baked on in such a way that the necessary amount of solvents leech out during the process.
 
Tell your sister to tell the stealership to NOT PREP THE CAR. Repeat, DO NOT LET THEM "WASH and DETAIL" her new car because they will do more harm than good. Once she brings it home, go for it as others have mentioned.
 
a.k.a. Patrick said:
Especially Hondas, there notorius for clear coat failure if left uncared for...........
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So true. I just finished an Accord that probably had never been waxed, and the paint was absolute crap. Clearcoat in ruins.
 
factory paint is baked on at the factory and is therefore cured and outgassed before it even leaves the factory. It is perfectly safe to wax brand new factory paint. Make that baby shine!
 
Your asking a group of people who waxed today the same car they waxed last week.



Of course wax it, after you clay and polish it. Don't forget your wheel wells!



Move over this is a short bus were ridin on
 
WSUcommuter said:
Tell your sister to tell the stealership to NOT PREP THE CAR. Repeat, DO NOT LET THEM "WASH and DETAIL" her new car because they will do more harm than good. Once she brings it home, go for it as others have mentioned.
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You should wax the car, but don't let the dealer's detailers do it for you.
 
Check first if you really need to clay. Usually a new car has very little contaminants on the surface. After claying, you should use a very mild finishing polish as clay will mar the paint. The best situation is that the paint is reasonably flawless now and all you need is to apply wax on to it.
 
aaron33 said:
Check first if you really need to clay. Usually a new car has very little contaminants on the surface. After claying, you should use a very mild finishing polish as clay will mar the paint. The best situation is that the paint is reasonably flawless now and all you need is to apply wax on to it.
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Meh... I can go both ways on this. I'd say you might as well just spot-clay as needed and use a light polish like M80 or M82 to follow up, to be sure everything IS perfect. However if you can live with a few spots with contaminants, that's fine too.
 
First off claying a new car is a very good idea. For one, you don't know the conditions that the car was put through during transportation to the dealer. For all you know it could have rail dust over the entire finish or it couldve been the first car on the top row of the transporter and had soot from the exhaust over the entire car. Next, claying shouldn't mar the finish at all. If you use enough lubrication, and just let the clay glide across the surface vs rubbing it against it, the clay isn't going to cause any marring.
 
WSUcommuter said:
Tell your sister to tell the stealership to NOT PREP THE CAR. Repeat, DO NOT LET THEM "WASH and DETAIL" her new car because they will do more harm than good. Once she brings it home, go for it as others have mentioned.
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I couldn't agree more, I dont know where the dealers get their so called Detailers! :down
 
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