I just bought a Brand new Acura TL Type S 2003 last week. When I waxed my car , I noticed some weird things on my hood. I looked at my hood and I noticed smudges. I'm not sure if it;'s my eyes or something is wrong with my paint .I moved the car to the sun , and it was gone.. Is there something wrong with my paint ???

 

probably just a reflection or the wax

 

I think i know what you talking about. is it streak-lines?

 

It looks like patches of dark and gray spots on my hood ..

 

What type of wax are your using.

 

Don`t use a spray on wax! They leave sploches. I made that mistake ONCE! Take a buffer to it. It will come off!

 

You really should never wax a brand new car until it at least 6 months after it's build date. The paint hasn't had the chance to cure yet. Not only did my dealership tell me this but so have various body shops. Not to say that this is why you have those spots, just some advice. If you can't get the spots out try taking it to a good detail shop, they should be able to do something.

 

I used 3m Liguid wax. When I bought my first two cars , the dealer waxed the car . I would think you should wax the car since the summer is coming to protect the paint

 

Do you have the Satin Silver Metallic? If so, i might know what ur talking about... the SSM paint under certin lighting conditions looks flawed... but its real hard to see....

 

Yeah I hav the Satine sliver . Really??.. so thats normal ?

 

Jon..

congrats on the car...

btw: I will be selling my Mugen wing, if you are interested let me know.

 

Thanks Phil ..

Did you get your Z?

 

should come in sometime next month.

Bring your car over... Lets get a shot of the cars before mines gone.

 

This is not true anymore, especially with water-based paint systems. Call Sal Zaino and he will tell yout he same thihng.

On a commercial repaint (like a body shop fixing a ding), I would wait 60 days, tops. The volatiles in the paint will have leached out by then so that any chance of paint problems will be zero. Certainly, exposure to summer extremes is riskier than not doing it.