First Prelude - 5G BB9 2.0i

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:15 pm

wurlycorner wrote: I thought you were meant to wait a good time (month or so?) before waxing fresh paint, because it still gasses a bit for a while after being painted?
Or have I got that wrong?

thats what i thought as well

Post by **Vtecmec** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:25 pm

3 months apparently.

Furyous · Post by **Furyous** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:13 pm

Well, it's done now. I'll double check with the paint shop, and wash/degrease to remove the wax it if it's a problem.

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:19 pm

Furyous wrote:Well, it's done now. I'll double check with the paint shop, and wash/degrease it if it's a problem.

It is a problem. I'm a painter myself.

1 month is fine before waxing.

If you wax it soon after painting you trap in the solvent gasses and it starts to dull the lacquer and pop.

Seen it happen very often on repairs.

You might be able to get away with 2 weeks. I waited 3 months when I resprayed my car and even after 6 months I could still smell the gases.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:25 pm

RattyMcClelland wrote:even after 6 months I could still smell the gases.

you sure you weren't just parked too close to your van at the time?

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:42 pm

wurlycorner wrote: you sure you weren't just parked too close to your van at the time?

I most definately wasn't purposefully sniffing my paintwork in the middle of the street.

Furyous · Post by **Furyous** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:44 pm

RattyMcClelland wrote:If you wax it soon after painting you trap in the solvent gasses and it starts to dull the lacquer and pop.

Fair enough, thanks for the heads up. I'll carefully clean it off the painted parts as a precaution.

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