Body shop safe wax

[Love Eleanor]

Hi to everyone here!

My appologize if there is already answer to my question... I'm new here at MOL so maybe my mistake... and this is my first thread... so I hope that it will be useful... there is the question:

Is there any wax (or sealant) in Professional or Consumer line called body shop safe?

Second question is how is solved this problem during detailing car in body shop conditions? To apply al compounds and cleaners, then transport car from workroom out and apply wax? ...what about winter period, rain...?

...thanks a lot for my (I hope) simple question!

George

[Murr1525]

Re: Body shop safe wax

Is there any wax (or sealant) in Professional or Consumer line called body shop safe?

No. Those 2 terms dont really go together, at least not at the moment.

Second question is how is solved this problem during detailing car in body shop conditions? To apply al compounds and cleaners, then transport car from workroom out and apply wax? ...what about winter period, rain...?

Well, I am sure shops do it all kinds of ways, some more careless than others. You are right that do it properly, you would want to paint the car in one area, then move it far away to another for detailing.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Body shop safe wax

You're not going to find a true wax or sealant this body shop safe.

When you talk about detailing at a body shop, is this a separate service offered at the shop, or is it just the final cleaning an polishing done following a fresh paint job? If it follows a fresh paint job then you shouldn't be applying wax or sealant so soon anyway - fresh paint should be allowed 60 - 90 days cure time before waxing.

[Love Eleanor]

Re: Body shop safe wax

You're not going to find a true wax or sealant this body shop safe.

When you talk about detailing at a body shop, is this a separate service offered at the shop, or is it just the final cleaning an polishing done following a fresh paint job? If it follows a fresh paint job then you shouldn't be applying wax or sealant so soon anyway - fresh paint should be allowed 60 - 90 days cure time before waxing.

Thanks for your reply, Michael!

The first situation - separate service - is absolutely clear about body shop safe produts.

The problem is about to provide detailing services parellel with paint job on several panels on car. My customers (our company is providing non-paint products in our country) are sometimes doing jobs on old cars that is producing big difference between fresh painted panels and rest of car - sometimes not acceptable for their customers. They would like to refresh paint on these panels that was not painted but of course not with products not developed for body shop conditions... I think that with the combination of well known fact of non-waxing fresh paint is clear that M21 and other sealants/waxes should be applied in another workroom and another time and / or to stop detailing with cleaner/polish like M80 or M07.

...I hope that I understood it in the right way

Thanks for your confirmation!

[Love Eleanor]

Re: Body shop safe wax

Hi, everyone!

I'm here back with one ask - one of my friends told me that there is some sealant (watter based, not Meg's, maybe Farecla or something like that) that can be used in body shop instead of wax. I'm not sure about the protection and functionality of such product at all - do you have any experiences?

Thanks a lot! This theme is for me important in this time!

Best regards

George

[Mike Pennington]

Re: Body shop safe wax

Our M80 Speed Glaze is what you are describing. It is used by body shops on fresh paint all the time.

Like stated above, it does not have true "wax/sealant" protection, it does give you the best amount of "protection" you can get from a fresh paint safe product....We call it....Body Shop Safe Protection.

[Love Eleanor]

Re: Body shop safe wax

Our M80 Speed Glaze is what you are describing. It is used by body shops on fresh paint all the time.

Like stated above, it does not have true "wax/sealant" protection, it does give you the best amount of "protection" you can get from a fresh paint safe product....We call it....Body Shop Safe Protection.

Great to hear about that, Mike!

In this case I have the last question (I hope ) - if there is M8x series (or also M105 and M205 - or other products mostly used in body shops) safe for repainting with clear coat? I mean the situation when you apply M8x or for example M105 after wet sansing on fresh color-coat, if it is safe to cover this cured surface with clear coat (classic or watter based) or if there is always need to use some sili-remover or something like that?

Thanks a lot for info, I hope that it will be useful also for other people in bodyshops in future

George

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Body shop safe wax

George, when we talk about a product being "body shop safe" or "paintable" it means that you can safely use these products in an environment where fresh paint is being sprayed without fear of contaminating a properly prepared surface. But you should never buff an area with any product and then simply wipe off with a dry towel and spray paint over it. You still want to do proper prep work, including whatever pre-spray wipe down product you would normally use.

The problem with non-body shop safe products being used in such an environment is that you would constantly have potential contaminants in the air that would play havoc with a new paint job. You can use all the body shop safe Meguiar's Mirror Glaze products you want without fear of some little bit of it getting onto a surface just before laying down fresh paint and causing you problems. But proper housekeeping is still the way to go.