Pinnacle paint coating cure time
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Mike Phillips
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Yes.
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Mike Phillips
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For everyone reading this into the future, (I should write an article on this topic, maybe I will),
When it comes to "cure time" or waiting time, etc.
No matter what the product,
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,
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.
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.
M
Mike Phillips
Guest
And now it is an article.
Window of Time - How long to wait after applying a coating, wax or sealant before....
Good questions by the way.
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