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G'day guys!

As a result of having my car keyed I am having a full respray done.

What was of interest to me was what would people suggest that I do straight away after receiving the car back.

Ie. Wash / No Wash, Meguiars Gold Wax, Curabbana wax (or however you spell it) etc.

Just a general idea on how to best protect the new paint work and to add that beautiful finish that it deserves.

Cheers!

-Alex

Wax, wax and more wax.

Er... not all at once. Wax is regularly, so the fresh paint has a good layer of protection.

How much is the full respray costing you?

On the expensive side mate... can't remember on top of my head... but its all pretty much being done as part of an insurance claim for when my car was keyed whilst back in Brissy!

-Alex

As people have said, wash the car and wax it regularly. Wax maintains a nice smooth surface so dirt will be removed much more easily, it'll just slide off. After a few cycles you'll build up a layer of wax which will protect the paint.

I've actually just read the original post, completely mistook the question...

When you first get it home, give it a wash, but with not too much soap, just to get rid of the dust and whatnot... lost of rinsing with the hose, keep it all nice and wet until you can get to it with a good chamois. Dry it down with the chamois, then get to it with the wax. Do it in the shade (garage is good, outside in the shade sucks because you'll get bits from trees all over it)... do the wax and buff by hand, don't use one of those buffer things, you'll get happy little circles all over your nice new paintjob if you go too far into the wax.

Anyway, wax every time you wash, like Kinks said, you'll get a good layer of wax on there, protecting the new paintjob.

Thanks for the replies guys. Just a quick question though in relation to the type of wax to use.

On the advice of many others here in the past I have used Meguiars Gold and have been fairly happy. (I always seem to get little bits of white in the crevices where I can't get to the wax to buff it out)

However, for this first coat I had to ask everyones advice as to whether to change to the curabanna wax (can't remember the spelling) in the tin or to stick with the Meguiars Gold for the first coat.

Cheers guys and thanks again!

-Alex

I think you might find that there's actually some carnauba wax in the Gold Class stuff (don't quote me though)... if the Gold Class bottle mentioned protection and has carnauba in it, go with that... otherwise I'd suggest the carnauba stuff.

I have some Meguiars carnauba stuff, which is always good. I use it for protection rather than giving a nice shine (which it does anyway)... unfortunately, I don't have a garage, and I have to park in a dusty area at work, so no matter what I do, the shine doesn't stay long, so I just stick with taking care of the paint.

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