emcsqis300

The use of a nylon car cover, especially in wet weather
is prohibited because it prevents the paint from
breathing? Is that correct? If it is, then, the use
of an acrylic seal such as Klasse would be bad
for the paint as well, since the acrylic seals the
clearcoat, preventing the paint underneath to breathe.

Am I correct in making this assumption?

Please advise.

Thanks.

ps. Happy Father's Day!

Guitarman

When you put a solid vinyl cover over your paint, you're trapping moisture in between it. Condensation and moisture has nowhere to go, and it can and does cause problems such as dulling, or blistering and rusting. That's a bit different than applying a sealant onto your paint, because first, you aren't trapping moisture in between the paint and sealant, and secondly, the paint also doesn't "breath" quite the way some people think. When your car is painted by lexus, or it comes out of a body shop, there's a time window you should adhere to before applying wax or a sealant because the solvents in fresh paint "off-gas" (rise to the surface and evaporate). This happens to all paint until it fully cures, and cure time is dependant upon differing factors, which include heat and/or chemical reaction. Once paint does cure though, it doesn't "breath" this way anymore, at least not to the extent that it is measurable by any standard that would interfere with wax or sealants.

Many hundreds of thousands of us have used sealants for many YEARS ( Zaino for me, and others with Klasse' for over 10 years) and we're all pretty happy with the results. Conversly, many HAVE applied plastic covers over their cars for too long a time and witnessed blistering and rusting, as well as fading paint. The proof is historical and documented on both accounts.

If you apply any sealant over cured automotive paint, you won't see any detriment to doing it. Quite the opposite, you'll see some benefits from protecting it from UV and the elements. Here are a couple threads from Autopia.com with some more info from others, on this subject;

http://www.autopia.org/forums/showth...=paint+breathe


http://www.autopia.org/forums/showth...=paint+breathe

Hope this makes sense, cheers.

emcsqis300

Everything coming from you makes great sense.
I will use Klasse w/ a peace of mind.