Re: paint care questions - Paul

From: andy levy (andylevy@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 22 2003 - 19:43:49 EST


Tubamirbls@aol.com wrote:
> The body shop head strongly urged new car owners not to put any polishes
> on their cars for at least 6 months saying that the curing time for water
> base clearcoat needed that much. He admitted that some of us could have
> bought a car last week that has already sat in dealer inventory for 6 mos so
> he suggested we check the build date sticker on the driver's door frame to
> gauge our timeline. And when we do begin annual polish applications to make
> certain we never use any abrasive product, especially "rubbing compounds."

Shouldn't the finish be baked at the factory, eliminating any need for
"curing time"?

-- 
-andy

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