New Paint Job, how do I handle it?

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Hi all,

Due to some untimely incidents this winter my rear quarter panels, trunk and bumper got a fresh coat of paint (End of January). Mid Feb my car was into the dealership for some warranty work where my car was given a wash on the house. Fortunately the wash boys used something to dry my paint that left some nice looking spider webing type scratches in the new paint.

My question is, I have a package coming from autogeek with some products from poorboy to get some detailing done with my PC. Should I try and handle this with my buffer, or will the paint be too fresh for me to touch with the buffer for now? Should I go at it by hand? Should I even touch the SSR 2.5 or SSR 1 to my paint job? Should I stick to sealent and wax for now?

Just need a little direction.
 
Cevan said:
Hi all,

Due to some untimely incidents this winter my rear quarter panels, trunk and bumper got a fresh coat of paint (End of January). Mid Feb my car was into the dealership for some warranty work where my car was given a wash on the house. Fortunately the wash boys used something to dry my paint that left some nice looking spider webing type scratches in the new paint.

My question is, I have a package coming from autogeek with some products from poorboy to get some detailing done with my PC. Should I try and handle this with my buffer, or will the paint be too fresh for me to touch with the buffer for now? Should I go at it by hand? Should I even touch the SSR 2.5 or SSR 1 to my paint job? Should I stick to sealent and wax for now?

Just need a little direction.
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I would give it a full 3 mos which isn't too far away. You could put a layer of wax to protect the paint right now and then use a light polish to get rid of the webing and scratches at the end of this month.
 
When you feel comfortable (90 days is a good number) you can do your regular details on fresh paint. Every painter will give you a different amount of time ... Also, try SSR1 with a polishing pad first, the paint will still be relatively soft still and probably won't require much more.
 
budman3 said:
When you feel comfortable (90 days is a good number) you can do your regular details on fresh paint. Every painter will give you a different amount of time ... Also, try SSR1 with a polishing pad first, the paint will still be relatively soft still and probably won't require much more.
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Good advise. I had my rear bumper and driver's door repainted about a year ago and the body shop said I could polish and wax right away because it was heat baked. Well not knowing about out gassing at the time I did polish with Poorboy's with sealant and then topped with SSII. To date I have polished that area twice with 106 and 85MC with no problems.
 
you can wet sand, compound and polish most any clear coats these days - one day later.
but do not wax or seal for a min 30 days, some paints maybe longer..
 
The paint needs to breath for 90 days which means no wax or sealant. The paint should be cleaned regularly however.
 
Thanks for all the input guys!

So plan is going to be a light SSR1 polish with a Sealant and Wax after 90 days.

Thanks again.
 
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