Do you detail new cars?

Is there need to wax a brand new car? If not, when do you start waxing it? In other words, if I just bought a new car, would you recommend me waxing it? If not right away, when should I?

yes you should wax a new car. It does have a clear coat that will protect the paint. With that in mind remember that your clear coat can still be damaged so you need to protect it with a quality wax.

even better if you use a paint sealant or glaze
regards
Renato

how often should you wax and buff(high speed)?

You should definitely wax and buff(high speed) if you are trying to swirl the clear coat. High speed buffing is only required if the clear coat is swirled, oxidized, or damaged. A new car should be waxed either by hand or with a low speed buffer. Waxing does not fix the clear coat...it protects. We use a 2lb pneumatic buffer that vibrates i.e. no swirls. It's faster and more consistent than waxing by hand.

you can wax your car everyweek if you can, but if you wax it once a month your car will look always very nice.
What color is your new car?
Renato

How often to wax depends on a few things.

First, what kind of environment is the vehicle kept in? Garaged everyday and driven 5 miles a week by a little old lady or a 100 mile a day commute to work in snow and rain? One puts more wear and tear on the surfaces the other is in a protected environment.

Second is the quality of wax. A low end wax most likely is not going to offer your vehicle the protection it needs very long. A quality product will give the most protection. What is a quality product? When in doubt I recommend old faithful, carnauba paste wax! It is just well proven over the years and hard to go wrong with it.

It wouldn't hurt to clay the vehicle next time you wax. We have seen many new cars with rail dust still on them. Most memorable was the Chevy 2500 with 125 miles. We hand waxed it and he drove away only to come back claiming we didn't wax it. The hood was covered in rail dust and I demo'd the bar. He returned to the dealer and now when we do a hand wax we clay a one foot by one foot area on the hood to demo what the clay bay does.

First of all "clear-coat" is paint. It is part of a two stage paint system used on nearly all the vehicles today.

First they spray a base coat of color, only 1 mil thick. Then they spray the clear which is a polyurethane enamel to provide the shine and protection for the color coat (base coat).

Like any paint the clear needs to be protected with either wax or paint sealant.

Most good waxes won't last more than about 30 days under normal driving and car conditions. In salt air or salted road areas, it will last less.

A paint sealant will last longer, again depending on driving conditions as above. But under normal conditions a sealant can last 3 months. They do not last 1,2,3 or a lifttime without regular re-applications in at least 4 to 6 months.

To protect the clear you should apply a coat of wax or sealant every 30 days (wax) or 60 days (sealant) if you want perfect protection.

Bud Abraham
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