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you can use a sealant before or after applying wax, as long as the sealant and wax doesn't have any cleaners in it.

from what i have been told if it is new off the truck from a production line (special ordered car) it won't have anything on it, thats why alot of cars will have the white plastic sheeting stuck on them, It is suggested that a "new" car should not be waxed untill paint cures completely. Which can take a month or 2...It won't hurt it but from what i was told once...The color may never be exactly as intened to be by the manufacturer, which could make "matching it up" if paint work needs to be done later at somepoint in it's life.

I know when i had my roush louvers painted the didn't match exactly at certain angles and the dealer said wait a month or two before waxing so the paint can "bleed out". Now i noticed it is 100% exact from all angles...they look completely stock.

Just another tid bit of info i learned about car paint from a custom paint guy...Paint that contains metal flake actually has some static charge to it...and depending on the static charge built up on a body panel or surface to be painted eitehr positive or negatively charged, it causes the metal flake to "lay" in a certian direction...So later on down the road if you are having paint work done, it may be eaxctly color matching but the static charge could cause the metal flake to lay in a different direction...

factory paint on the cars are baked before shipped off, so there shouldn't be any curing time.

If it were up to me, I'd do the detailing myself and not have anyone at the dealership do it. It's not very hard and the results will be great with the right products.

Pay an outside professional, or do it yourself...Jerks at my dealer**** put so much tireshine on it took 45minutes to clean it off after it sprayed all over the sides of the car driving it home...Makes me question the thought process of the dealer**** "detailers"

isjoining said:

you can use a sealant before or after applying wax, as long as the sealant and wax doesn't have any cleaners in it.

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Negative, a sealant will not layer on top of carnuaba wax. The oils in wax will keep the sealant from properly bonding to the paint. Also most sealants need at least 12hrs of curing time before they can be layered.

The one month wait time for curing is if it's a body shop paint job, not a factory one. The factory does bake it to cure it, which body shops do not. If you are getting black, I wouldn't let the dealership touch it; their mistakes will be very obvious on black.