waiting period before polishing paint
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I had exactly the same problem a few months back. The guys at the body shop said 60 to cover their butt. They have to because people use all kind of strange products that are called "wax".
If you are using Zaino, which is the only thing I use, wait one week. I talked to Sal Zaino himself.
In fact here are Sal's words from his email:
There's alot of misinformation about waiting three months for the paint to cure. I am a custom painter by trade. I am very familar with Dupont, PPG and all the other paint manufacturers.
The most I personally would wait on fresh "aftermarket body shop" paint before polishing with Zaino Show Car Polish is 1 week. That's more than sufficient curing time.
Zaino contains no wax, harmful silicones or abrasives.....
The new paints are catalyzed. A chemical reaction cures the paint. The older lacquers and enamels needed time for the solvents to release. This is not the case anymore. Believe me if that paint need 3 months to dry than it will never dry.... Just the facts.
Shine it up!
The pictures in my sig are after paint and polishing later that week.
Hunt4Fun
If you are using Zaino, which is the only thing I use, wait one week. I talked to Sal Zaino himself.
In fact here are Sal's words from his email:
There's alot of misinformation about waiting three months for the paint to cure. I am a custom painter by trade. I am very familar with Dupont, PPG and all the other paint manufacturers.
The most I personally would wait on fresh "aftermarket body shop" paint before polishing with Zaino Show Car Polish is 1 week. That's more than sufficient curing time.
Zaino contains no wax, harmful silicones or abrasives.....
The new paints are catalyzed. A chemical reaction cures the paint. The older lacquers and enamels needed time for the solvents to release. This is not the case anymore. Believe me if that paint need 3 months to dry than it will never dry.... Just the facts.
Shine it up!
The pictures in my sig are after paint and polishing later that week.
Hunt4Fun
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i talked to sal this morning about what products i needed (this will be my first time using Zaino). I forgot to ask about any kind of wait time. I will trust you on this one - I would think because of the nature of the product you could use it almost right away. By the time I get around to doing this next weekend it will be 10 days since it was painted. Thanks for the input.
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In order to cover all types/manufacturers of paints, wait 90 days, especially in this time of year. My cousin has been painting cars for 15 years and says that most paints still "breathe" and/or harden up to 3 months later. Waxing/polishing will not allow this to occur thus not permitting the paint to harden fully.
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