Prepped for CQuartz but now going to the body shop

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chadg

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My car is prepped and ready for CQuartz, no protection on the paint whatsoever . . . but now it needs to get the driver's side door repainted (long story). They are going to remove the door and paint, so should I go ahead and coat the remainder of the car now before it goes to paint or leave it as-is and deal with any touch-up polishing and coating afterwards? Either way I won't be able to touch the paint on the new door for 90 days.

I worry about them washing the car and swirling it and having to repolish anyway, but also having the paint exposed with no protection worries me as well. Suggestions?
 
I would wait until you get it back, you will still get swirls with CQuartz so you might have to polish them out and then re-apply the coating anyway.
 
Thanks

That's kind of what my gut was telling me, rather than waste product and potentially doing it twice. But it does scare me a little to have the car hanging out with no protection on the paint, I think I can talk them into storing it indoors for me, though. Just bought them a couple of cases of Sierra Nevada Boot Camp Across America to thank them for taking care of me!
 
I definitely wouldn't apply CQuartz yet. You could apply something quick and simple, hydro or reload just to have something on the car.
 
Car goes in for paint tomorrow, wish me luck. I'm bringing a couple of cases of beer and I'm going to ask them to store it in their back warehouse, to just remove/repaint the door, and not to bother washing it - I'm fine getting back a dusty car. Rather have that than a swirly car . . .
 
These guys are correct but steering you down the wrong path. You don't want to coat the vehicle untill is comes back. Not cuz of swirls or other nonsense. The reason you don't want to do that is so the painter(if he is good) can properly match the paint. If you have a coating on, he will try to match whatever effect the coating gave the paint. Problem is when you coat the repainted panel it may be a bit off if you coat previously. This usually isn't a problem with waxes and sealants since most good painters will do a solvent wipedown which will remove waxes and sealants...... but as we all know, coatings are rather resistant to most solvents. So wait to coat untill after repaint
 
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Dr Oldz said:
These guys are correct but steering you down the wrong path. You don't want to coat the vehicle untill is comes back. Not cuz of swirls or other nonsense. The reason you don't want to do that is so the painter(if he is good) can properly match the paint. If you have a coating on, he will try to match whatever effect the coating gave the paint. Problem is when you coat the repainted panel it may be a bit off if you coat previously. This usually isn't a problem with waxes and sealants since most good painters will do a solvent wipedown which will remove waxes and sealants...... but as we all know, coatings are rather resistant to most solvents. So wait to coat untill after repaint
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I didn't think of that, but good point. The shop agreed to put the car indoors and remove the door for repaint, so I don't think having bare paint is going to matter since it should be anywhere near birds/overspray/etc. I didn't sleep last night I've been so worried about my car . . . first world problems, right?
 
Wait. You are more than likely going to have some sort of over-spray on the car when you get it back. Even though shops have paint booths...there is still stuff flying around in the air.
 
Got my car back from the shop on Monday, and I'm very happy to say that the paint looks pretty much untouched! I put a spotlight on it in several places and it still looks just as good as it did when I finished polishing it, so I'm really happy about that! If all goes according to plan, I plan on trying to jewel the paint (minus the freshly painted door) with Menzerna SF4500 and a black Lake Country pad on Saturday, then put two coats of CQuartz and a coat of Reload (again, except for the freshly painted door - which they removed for repaint) on Sunday!

Thank you all again, and especially Corey for all of the help!

Chad
 
Coat 1 complete! 20 minutes until I start coat 2! I'm blown away at how easy this is to apply and remove . . . much better than my previous coating (Wolf's Body Wrap). The microfiber suede towels make all the difference!
 
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