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Title: Is it true?
Post by: GTI:Gibbo on 19 December 2011, 15:03

Can any one confirm it's best NOT two cover freshly painted body work with a car cover for at least 3months?  :undecided:

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: barrym381 on 19 December 2011, 15:06

i would think so  :smiley:

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: GTI:Gibbo on 19 December 2011, 15:08

Reason?  :smiley:

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: barrym381 on 19 December 2011, 15:10

paint needs time to settle does it not  :smiley: prob same reason u dont wash it either ryt away

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: Gti_Jamo on 19 December 2011, 15:12

I would have thought 3 months is excessive. After a month or so it should be fine.

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: barrym381 on 19 December 2011, 15:14

http://www.luckeyscollisioncenter.com/auto-paint-care.shtml

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: GTI:Gibbo on 19 December 2011, 15:17

Hmm!  :undecided:

Okay it's just i had a full front respray on Saturday done by my brother in law who has been painting for well over 10 years and on sunday i wend down to help put bumper ect back together and then he jet washed it for me as it was coverd in white powder after being mopped? But i was thinking about buying a car cover as the weather is sh*t down here?  :undecided:

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: Len on 19 December 2011, 15:18

Birmingham id UP to me! :grin:

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: Gti_Jamo on 19 December 2011, 15:20

I would get a really good quality car cover it if its outside in the elements. Cheap covers will scratch the paintwork as it chafes with the movement.

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: GTI:Gibbo on 19 December 2011, 15:20

Quote from: barrym381 on 19 December 2011, 15:14

http://www.luckeyscollisioncenter.com/auto-paint-care.shtml

Good info cheers  :wink:

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: GTI:Gibbo on 19 December 2011, 15:21

Quote from: Len on 19 December 2011, 15:18

Birmingham id UP to me! :grin:

??

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: Thom89 on 19 December 2011, 15:51

Do not cover fresh paint with any type of cover for a least 3 months! Covers can either react with the paint, or synthetic covers can eat into the paint, we have a cover for our Lola T70 that cost well over a grand, that did untold damage to paint that was 6months old at least! Luckily I was able to flat and polish the damage out, had it been a base and lacquer, it would have been ruined!

Thom

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: GTI:Gibbo on 19 December 2011, 15:53

Thanks Thom  :smiley:

I will be defo waiting then till i cover her up  :rolleyes:

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: Gti_Jamo on 19 December 2011, 16:28

Although leaving it outside to bare the winter elements won't do it much good either.

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: GTI:Gibbo on 19 December 2011, 16:45

That's why iv decided to leave it at works underground car park  :wink:

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: richw911 on 19 December 2011, 16:47

Covers are bad news to new or old paint if used for long periods  :smiley:

Title: Re: Is it true?
Post by: houston on 20 December 2011, 17:54

Quote from: richw911 on 19 December 2011, 16:47

Covers are bad news to new or old paint if used for long periods  :smiley:

yup, my uncles e46 bmws faint faded and rust started forming on the bonnet, was a cheap cover either, bought it from halfords. when he looked online apparently there was LOADS of cars it was happening to.

and paint still cures for months after its been applied, just cos it feels dry doesnt mean its not still giving off moisture