I was told by the dealer, and several other people that you shouldn't wax a new car for the first year. This hold any water? They ony reason why i ask was that i heard it from a few people, however none of these people had new cars.
Something to do with the paint is still ahearing or hardening over time. ...This sound familiar to anyone?
Thanks
Rich

 

I heard the same thing from my dealer too, so I have been waitingto wax as well (something about the clearcoat finish) But then the people who detail my car said they wax their ownnew cars the day they bring them home. I would think they would know since that is their business. So I too amconfused about this. My solution was to wax with a liquid spray on wax that required no buffing ( ice spray on wax) it is touted as a touch up wax to be used b/t yearly waxings. And I plan on waxing before storage this winter. Can anyone else shed some light on this topic ?

 

Just an update: I waxed my car last week and it looks great. I don't think you have to wait a year and i'm glad I didn't because I now get even more looks now than before.

 

Paint does go through a 'curing' process, of sorts. Even though is isn't 'wet', it is giving off vapors. Probably not after it leaves Detroit any more (or Viet Nam), but even if it is, I don't think it will cause a problem with the paint. It could possibly make for a waste of waxing time - here's how...

Notice how your spray paint can says "Re-coat within one hour, or after 24 hours".

Within one hour, the second coat applied will allow the vapors from the first coat to escape. The first and second coats mix - sort of, and vapors from both coats escape simultaneously.

During the 24 hour period, a second coat applied during this time will stop the first layer's vapors from escaping, and the vapors will be trapped under the second layer. Bonding of the second layer will be interfered with, and the curing of the first layer/coat won't be right either.

After the first coat's 24 hour curing period, no more vapors come off of the first coat, and you can re-coat.

Factory paint has higher quality/curing period (usually it has epoxy hardeners also), but I don't think even the clear coat has a one-year cure period. Whatever the cure period, the wax would not cause the same problem as the second coat of spray paint, because it doesn't chemically bond the same way as a second paint layer.