New Cars

[Ricorocks]

Can't remember where I heard this, but is it true?

Today's new cars should only be bathed in water, for X amt. of time, so as to allow the paint to harden???

 

[Mantilgh]

Nah, new cars have plenty of time to cure before the reach the the lot.

 

[FUNX650]

Can't remember where I heard this, but is it true?

Today's new cars should only be bathed in water,
for X amt. of time, so as to allow the paint to harden???

Here's how some new cars get bathed, in water only,
for at least a couple of minutes.

[ame="http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iWjdQFS1lCk"]C7 Corvette Water Intrusion Test - YouTube[/video]

Don't know if the paint can become any
harder, from receiving this water-bath, than
it already is---after it has gone through the
assembly plant's paint-kitchen curing-oven(s),
that is.​

Bob

 

[Ricorocks]

Perhaps that was ancient history, like when all cars were black.

Thanks

 

[AttyVette]

Never heard this before but thanks for posting this thread:dblthumb2:

 

[rockinrandall]

you may be thinking of a freshly painted car from a body shop??
those are the wash only with water after 30 and don't wax until 3 months kinda thing, or so I've heard. I had my daughters Civic rear bumper cover replaced and sprayed and when I asked the body shop guy about when I could wash it, he laughed and said, "hell, you just wrecked it. now you wanna keep it clean?" and walked off. I washed it with hyper wash 4 days later and nothing fell off.

 

[Ricorocks]

Rockinrandall - That's what I remember now, freshly painted from a body shop.

Thanks

 

[Real Riders]

I worked at a Chrysler Dealer for 20 yrs and we would wash cars right off the truck that were filthy and covered in salt in the winter and there was never a problem