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    Window of Time - How long to wait after applying a coating, wax or sealant before....

    Window of Time - How long to wait after applying a coating, wax or sealant before....



    When it comes to "cure time" or waiting time, etc.

    No matter what the product,

    • Car Wax
    • Synthetic Paint Sealant
    • Polymer Paint Coating
    • Ceramic Paint Coating
    • Quartz Paint Coating
    • Graphene Paint Coating
    • Unobtaininum Paint Coating




    In a PERFECT WORLD - and yes, I know we don't live in a perfect world. But id we did, you would wait for a


    Window of Time


    This window of time is 24 hours.

    There's nothing magical about 24 hours, it's just a number that after this amount of time has passed, more than likely, and magic that is going to happen on the surface of the paint HAS HAPPENED and now you can put the car back into service.


    It's just a good rule of thumb.


    None of us have any idea how the secret voodoo juice in any given product works. By the word works, I mean, how it,

    • Bonds
    • Polymerizes
    • Covalent bonds
    • Hydro-bonds
    • Crosslinks
    • Dries
    • Cures
    • Sticks
    • Does the Wah, wah-a Watusi




    Because we cannot know 100% for sure - due to factors out of our control and the control of the manufacture, (things like proper prep, humidity or lack thereof, etc.) it's simply a good rule of thumb or BEST PRACTICE to NOT disrupt the product in any way if at all possible.

    By the word disrupting - I mean things like touching it. Or Driving in the rain.

    But hey, if you have to - you have to.


    Touching it

    I have always see people, AFTER wiping off a coat of wax or fill in the blank, they continue to WIPE on the car. Admiring it and wiping it. They love their car. They love the way it looks. What they don't understand is they are DISRUPTING the substance on the surface of the paint and micro-abrading it. They are undoing their hard work.

    So after you make the final wipe - stand back, admire the results and say,

    It is finished



    There - now moving into the future, anytime anyone asks me

    How long should I wait for Brand X before I fill-in-the-blank


    I can just share the link to this article.




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    Re: Window of Time - How long to wait after applying a coating, wax or sealant before....

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Phillips View Post

    • Does the Wah, wah-a Watusi


    And no - the Wah, wah-a Watusi is not a new wax, sealant or coating.

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    Re: Window of Time - How long to wait after applying a coating, wax or sealant before....

    The coronavirus has allowed me to have a huge window on my last coating. I finished applying it to my car exactly one month ago. The car hasn't seen any rain or been washed since. A whole month curing.

    And since we've now entered peak for pollen in PA, I don't want to get it outside to wash so it will be at least a couple more weeks before it gets wet.
    Bruno Soares


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    Re: Window of Time - How long to wait after applying a coating, wax or sealant before....

    Thanks Mike!

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