Washing After Fresh Paint Job?

[Poorboy]

Poorboy- Liveing in Ohio, I'm no stranger to the ravages of roadsalt.. I just don't see how it can cause issues with the paint itself (or even with the underlying metal as long as the paint isn't compromised). Eh, we could go around in circles forever or we could just agree that it's best to keep 'em clean and well-protected

It's funny about rust though...I have some to-the-metal paintchips on the Tahoe that I've never fixed. Every winter they get exposed to more salt. BUT...they never get discernably worse. Not a bit and I'm talking a many-years timeframe. ...[shrug]... Sure not advocating that type of neglect, but I do find it interesting. Reminds me of the similar chips I let go on the Jag, nearly thirty years went by (before my painter fixed them without asking me) yet they never turned into any kind of real problem. that really surprised me given the porous nature of that car's ss lacquer. Yet OTOH, my oh-so-pampered Mazda MPV rusted (from the inside-out) even in places that never got exposed to salt!

Absolutely true .. keeping it clean as he has described is the best method to prevent rust ... as for the chips, if it doesn't penetrate the base or primer it shouldn't rust as long as it is kept clean and the paint doesn't start to lift ..
I have always (from my body shop days) taken the advise of the painter as he would be the one to repaint if something didn't work out ..

 

[Accumulator]

Absolutely true .. keeping it clean as he has described is the best method to prevent rust ... as for the chips, if it doesn't penetrate the base or primer it shouldn't rust as long as it is kept clean and the paint doesn't start to lift .. ..

Right, but my chips are to-the-metal and the metal has rusted! I kept expecting the edges to start to lift and the rusty chip to spread, but nope...never happened! But then if I were to simply neglect the vehicle (well, even more than this entails ) it'd probably be a different story.

Now of course since I posted this my luck might suddenly change just to prove I shouldn't be so smug about my good fortune One of these days I really oughta fix 'em properly... probably another of those "don't try this at home, kids!"-type of things.