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Topic subjectfer once...something goes well for me lately...wax on, wax off.
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21491, fer once...something goes well for me lately...wax on, wax off.
Posted by guest, May-03-02 11:48 AM
Turtle wax, i love u.


Apparently, after trying some good ol' green can wax Turtle Wax, none-other...that bumper shined up real nice like. I'm for once pleased with the outcome of it. Heh, I have only waxed my car like 5 times tops in my life of owning it. That is one nice coat on that car. So now, ironically...I guess I just have to wax the bumper only everytime I wash the car haha. Don't wax the car to make it match up and look nice. How's that for science?

whew! :thumbsup damn i love that little smiley thing. notice, much?
21492, RE: fer once...something goes well for me lately...wax on, wax off.
Posted by Kahn, May-03-02 11:54 AM
Dude - I don't think you are supposed to wax a car within the first month of having it painted - not absolutely certain though - but you might want to check on that.


Good luck.
21493, PAGING MARCUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by guest, May-03-02 11:58 AM
my neighbor told me that today. :o hrrrmmmmmmm MARCUS...what do U think bra? :wary
21494, RE: PAGING MARCUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Ryan_Hes, May-03-02 01:03 PM
Your supposed tp wait 2 weeks after a fresh paint job to wax the paint. When mine was done, they told me a month....
21495, RE: PAGING MARCUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by 1TuffRS, May-03-02 02:17 PM
They told me I had to wait a month before waxing my car when I got my car repaired after that asshole hit me
21496, RE: PAGING MARCUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by soldier101, May-03-02 02:19 PM
hmmm Myke, cross ya fingers :P
21497, RE: PAGING MARCUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by DarkOne, May-03-02 02:24 PM
I don't think it will hurt anything.

You may have to wax it more often, but ehh.. compared to how it looked when you got it back? Small price to pay.
21498, RE: PAGING MARCUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by eclipse804, May-03-02 02:28 PM
>my neighbor told me that today. :o hrrrmmmmmmm
>MARCUS...what do U think bra? :wary

Don't worry, we recommend waiting a month. But I don't think it will hurt anything really. For normal factory cars, we color sand and buff it the day after it's been painted. It's just show cars that like to wait a long time for the perfect paint job. But since they messed up the clear anyhow, I don't think you had much to lose. Don't worry, it should be fine.
21499, RE: PAGING MARCUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by fauchpj, May-03-02 03:06 PM
now you can take new pics and get rid of the photoshoped one in your sig j/k dont worry, mines photoshoped too
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Posted by dsmprobe, May-03-02 03:21 PM
yeah its always wise to wait atleast 2-4weeks.. however you said they fudged up the clear coat? anyway, just remember, paint dries from the inside out ;)
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Posted by guest, May-03-02 05:24 PM
i didnt photoshop the bumper, lol. i only made the windows darker with a reddish to it and made the background black n white hahah

good call though :thumbsup
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Posted by 97eclipseRS, May-04-02 06:59 AM
i had to get the drivers side of my front bumper and quarter panel fixed and repainted(had a little incident with the side of the house :o ) and it was done at a very good body shop and they waxed the car after it was done. now maybe they waxed eveythng except that area, but i don't think so. anyway, it's been about 8 months and i haven't waxed the car since and it looks great. can't tell any difference at all from the rest of the car.
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Posted by guest, May-04-02 07:05 AM
Yeah Kapt'n I'm with marcus on this... your supposed to wait about a month... but seeing as the clear is messed up on it, I don't think u have much to worry about it. and just make sure you don't wax it to often or u will really screw up ur paint... if you use a good wax aren't you only supposed to wax it every couple months or so.... and with some isn't it like only twice a year???