Protection for New Paint

[Ginnova]

What the safest paint protection that can be applied for a freshly painted car. I have some CG V7 Spray sealant on hand. Can I apply this product on a new paint?

[Shawn T.]

Repainted? I would check with the bodyshop but you should wait 90 days before waxing after a repaint.

If it's just a new car that you bought then wax immediately!

[Ginnova]

its a newly painted car. i would like to put on some sort of protection while the paint is still curing.

[Bert31]

its a newly painted car. i would like to put on some sort of protection while the paint is still curing.

90 days without protection will not hurt fresh paint. It is a good idea to lets the solvents release from the fresh paint, a lsp can disrupt that. After the 90 days wash the car, clay it, clean the paint with an aio or paint cleaner then apply a lsp.

[umi000]

I'd use OCW - I've read that Dr. G has said that it is safe to use on new paint. If you really want to be sure, I guess you could stick to a weekly application of Meg's Step 2 or 3M Imperial Hand Glaze.

[Ginnova]

the car is parked outside without any covers and owner wants some form of protection. weather is pretty bad at the moment ( some occasional rain ) and i'm afraid paint will receive some serious beating for at least 90 days so i need some sort of protection with minimal disruption on paint curing.

[Mike Phillips]

This topic comes up all the time and here's the nutshell answer

That I know of, there are NO paint manufactures that recommend sealing their paint systems until at least 30 days have passed and some even a longer period of time.

Paint manufactures know their product best so it's best to take their recommendation.

Dr. David Ghodoussi is a chemist that helped to create urethane clear coats in the 1990's for most of the major paint companies. If he says it's safe to seal paint before the manufacture states it is then I would respect his answer.

My post here is just to state what is the norm from paint manufactures, not Mike Phillips.

The above all said, I've never seen a brand new catalyzed basecoat/clearcoat paint job fail because it was sealed before 30 days. If it were me and I had a brand new paint job I would wait the 30 days after investing all the money and hard work that goes into a new paint job. That's just me though...


We sealed Jay's Blazer after it was around 20 some day old using Optima Car Wax. So time will tell if there's any issues but I don't believe there will be.



Sign-up - 1989 K5 Blazer - Wetsand, Cut and Buff - Saturday February 4th


Before - There are sections with clear coat failure








Starting the body work...



New rocker panels welded in...



Doors, hood, tailgate have all been removed...



Sealer on, then colored primer to sand high spots...











We did the wetsand, cut and buff last weekend on the Blazer last Saturday, I've been offline for a while and playing catch-up so I'll try to get the rest of the pictures up but here's a few teasers...



















Except for a few areas we hand sanded, the majority of the panels were machine dampsanded.

[ronkh57]

We sealed Jay's Blazer after it was around 20 some day old using Optima Car Wax. So time will tell if there's any issues but I don't believe there will be.

Was there any negative effects?

Since I want to do same thing, if there weren't any problems.

[Eldorado2k]

Was there any negative effects?

Since I want to do same thing, if there weren't any problems.

Don't you just hate it when you've got 3,000 bottles of products on your shelf, but you don't have the 1 thing that you could use right now? Meguiars M305 Ultra Finishing Durable Glaze.

[ronkh57]

Don't you just hate it when you've got 3,000 bottles of products on your shelf, but you don't have the 1 thing that you could use right now? Meguiars M305 Ultra Finishing Durable Glaze.