I just received a gallon of Rejex I had ordered. How is this stuff applied? Do I just put it on right out of the bottle or is it concentrated? Not much instructions on it that I can tell. I probably should have gotten the spray but I wasn't sure. Thanks for any help.
First step is to prep the paint...clay bar or a clear coat finish cleaner..then simply apply (soft cloth) as any other high end wax/protectorant...BUT ReJex requires a 'cure' time... I tend to apply in the evening and let sit over night and buff off in the morning...
Michale
RejeX is applied full-strength. Clean the car well, shake up RejeX well, wipe it on, wait for it to haze (20-30 minutes), wipe it off. Just like NXT or most other high-tech waxes, except that you then want to let it cure for 12 hours. As far as I understand the cure time mostly means not letting it get wet - I assume it polymerizes due to moisture, like superglue. There are a lot of threads about this over in the car care area.
You may find transferring some to a smaller bottle to be convenient.
It was not meant to be left on overnight. The instructions are to apply a thin layer wiped on. Then, after about 15 or 20 mins when it is a visible film, wipe it off. Do not let it sit that way overnight. It is then that the car should be kept out of the elements for 12 hours and not driven in order to let the polymers cure.
At one time, cars were sprayed with laquer (paint that dries by evaporation) which was reduced with a mixture of solvents. Some of these solvents evaporated quickly, letting the paint gel enough to be solid but others evaporated more slowly, over a period of weeks. During this time the paint was still too soft for most polishing operations - the abrasive would embed in the paint rather than polish it. Most automotive waxes do include some abrasives as cleaners and polishers.
As far as I know, all modern automotive paints except touch-up paint are enamels, paints that dry by chemical reaction. This reaction occours pretty quickly - less than an hour in any case. In particular the paints used by automotive factories dry very quickly - they have to, to keep the line running, and they can because automated equipment is used which can spray the whole car very quickly.
So as far as I can tell, a week (and it's not likely that you got your car within a week of it's being painted, even with museum delivery) should be plenty of time for any residual curing of the factory paint.
In any event, the RejeX itself shouldn't be a problem - it's not abrasive.
i just used it for the first time this saturday squirt it on spread it around with a soft cloth wait 20 minutes while it hazes used a micro fober towel to wipe off left it in garage overnight to curepulled it out of the garage in the morning and watched it sparkle this stuff is great i think i'm gonna have to buy some more
i just used it for the first time this saturday squirt it on spread it around with a soft cloth wait 20 minutes while it hazes used a micro fober towel to wipe off left it in garage overnight to curepulled it out of the garage in the morning and watched it sparkle this stuff is great i think i'm gonna have to buy some more
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