> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1993 22:05:39 -0400 (EDT)
> From: GAKNUTSON@delphi.com
> Subject: Re - Car Wax
> To: british-cars@autox.team.net
>
> Subject: Re - Car Wax
>
> Jerry -
>
> > I hear that the miracle silicon stuff soaks into the
> > paint so that you can never really get it off or touch
> > it up.
>
> with it bubbling/peeling or anything. Also, most people I have talked to
> on the question of a repaint tell me it is best to remove the paint to the
> metal even if you are going to repaint the same color - therefor - no big
> deal about the silicone "soaking" into the paint.
The argument against using silicone waxes and sealers I've heard was not
that it soaks into paint (which it apparently does), but that it leaves
an impossible to remove residue on the metal surface underneath. This
residue supposedly can cause newly applied paint to "fisheye". Silicone
wax is certainly easy to apply and it does look good. I guess it a
matter of whether or not your willing to take the risk.
Roland
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