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Indydirtfarmer

01-10-2005 12:50:24




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I painted a hood and fenders for a friend today. They're sitting in my shop drying now. The paint isn't even hard enough to touch yet, and he wants to know how soon he can wax them.....(Already told him to forget today!)

It's O.E.M. John Deere enamel, with a fair amount of hardener.

In all my days, I haven't yet waxed a tractor....Seems kinda ridiculous to me, but what do I know?

How soon, and what kind of wax would you recommend. John

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Big Jim

01-12-2005 03:22:59




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 Re: Wax question. in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 01-10-2005 12:50:24  
Waxing too early will seal the paint and stop it from curing. It's not the issue of scratching it so much as stoping the cure process and leaving a paint with embeded solvents. Tell him your guarntee is null and void and you'll never talk to him again if he goes near it with wax in his hand in less than six months. If it was summer, 3 might do but those solvents will be slow migrating to the surface in cool weather.

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CNKS

01-10-2005 17:49:56




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 Re: Wax question. in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 01-10-2005 12:50:24  
4-6 months, maybe sooner with hardener, but I wouldn't. Polish, such as that used after rubbing out (no need, if you did a good job), can be used immediately, provided you used hardener. Again, it is best to just leave it until fully cured, as new paint scratches very easily.



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Indydirtfarmer

01-11-2005 03:45:04




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 Re: Wax question. in reply to CNKS, 01-10-2005 17:49:56  
Thanks. That kinda follows what I've always been told. The guy I sprayed the fenders and hood for wants to wax them BEFORE he re-installs them. He says that all the "new" clear-coat safe wax's won't scratch.... The paint I shot is as slick and shiney as it needs to be in my book. He just "Want's to protect it from the elements" whatever they are....John



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CNKS

01-11-2005 07:27:41




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 Re: Wax question. in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 01-11-2005 03:45:04  
Tell him not to use wax, the paint is not cured yet. It is also quite possible that he will do some scratching. He doesn't need to worry about the elements for 6 months. At that time he can wax it, perhaps with a cleaner wax combination, and remove all the contaminents. It is too early for that now. He will actually have better luck waxing the JD synthetic enamel than the newer acrylics. The newer paints, particularly clear coats, are more prone to scratching, and such scratches can not be easily polished out as they can with the older paints. The tradeoff is less fading with the newer paints. With synthetics, the shine can be maintained by waxing every 2 or 3 months (or until the primer starts showing). Acrylics, particularly base coat-clear coats, more like once a year -- some people never wax them, and still have a decent finish, provided they are washed regularly.

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