Can someone clear up the difference for me.

I've heard that waxing or polishing can actually suffocate the paint and not let it breath etc.

Is it bad from a durability standpoint to constantly wax/polish?

 

For a few months after the paint has been sprayed it does need to breath.

I have always let mine breath for 2-3 months before I wax it.

Paint does have to cure.


Use dish soap while you are waiting it isn't to harmful.


If you're just trying to take care of you're ride then if it's been painted for over a year or two, I wouldn't worry about it but I wouldn't wax all that often either.

That's just my 2 cents on it.

-Jensen

 

Yeah, you definately want to wait a couple months before you put a good hardshell wax on your car. Continual hardshell waxing is good assuming that you can take the time to clay bar out all the particles and what not. About the bes thing to do is use a hard carnuaba a few times a year depending on your location and in between use a good detail wax. Either liquid, car wash additive or spray detailer.

 

How is polish different then wax?

What is the basis of a good polish or wax? I've heard carnuaba wax is the best stuff....what does zaino have in it?

 

Polishing is a little more vigerous than waxing. ANd yes, carnuaba is the best (my oppinion). Make sure when you buy a wax that it is a hard wax and is strictly a wax and not a cleaner/wax. For my money, Mothers is the best. Be careful though cause Mothers makes both a cleaner/wax and a wax. Ziano is awesome stuff too, but I've been using MOthers for years and thats what I stand by.

 

Yeah mothers is good stuff, pricey sometimes, depending on where you buy it, but it works pretty well.

 

I head using dish soap is perhaps one of the worst things you could use on your paint let alone new paint. Oh and I use Zaino and sthat stuff is great, lasts a good while too, especially if you have more coats of it.

 

I believe what dish soap does it ruin your clear coat so you don't get that new paint shine...i'd get some soap made for washing cars

 

Polishing is something you would do before waxing, and definitely not on new paint. You usually polish paint to either get a show-quality finish after sanding and rubbing, or use it on old paint to get rid of scratches, stains, nicks, and embedded dirt. It's an abrasive, so you have to be careful with it. Wax simply helps to protect the paint. If you have a show-quality finish from sanding, rubbing, polishing, and buffing, it looks like it's better than waxed.