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- From: ca@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (christopher.arnone)
- Subject: Re: New Car Paint Care
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:22:29 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.202229.23526@cbnewsi.cb.att.com>
- Summary: Its simple.....
- References: <1de28dINN7qc@seven-up.East.Sun.COM>
- Keywords: paint wax new
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- In article <1de28dINN7qc@seven-up.East.Sun.COM>, ebergman@phaedrus.East.Sun.COM (Eric Bergman) writes:
- > I am picking up my first ever new car today.
- >
- > I have heard two contrary things about new car paint care.
- > Most people have told me that I should wash and wax the car
- > IMMEDIATELY, while a few have said that new car paint should
- > cure for a few months, and that it is bad for the paint to be
- > waxed in the first 3 or 4 months after manufacture.
- >
- > Given that winter is coming up here in the Boston area, the
- > right decision is important, and in the absence of any definitive
- > answer I am inclined to go ahead and wax it.
- >
- > Anybody know about this?
- >
- Don't panic. The simple answer is that you should wax your car when the
- current coat of wax wears off. Your dealer (assuming he preps the car
- correctly) will put a coat of VERY LIGHT NON-ABRASIVE wax on your car before
- you get it. When you get it, squirt it with a hose. If the water doesn't bead,
- take it back to the dealer because he hasn't prepped it correctly. When the
- water stops beading, wax the car. Fall and springtime offers the best weather
- for this job. Its most likely that the light wax will be there and last through
- the winter for you.
-
- Chris
-