Water has a high heat indexâit absorbs a lot of heat before it begins to get hot. This is why water is valuable to industries and in your car's radiator as a coolant. The high specific heat index of water also helps regulate the rate at which air changes temperature, which is why the temperature change between seasons is gradual rather than sudden, especially near the oceans.
Anyway, I finally bought the chalk paint and clear wax and got started. I did three coats of paint (with at least 24 hours of drying time in between) and yesterday I put on a coat of clear wax (with the uber-expensive wax brush). First of all you donât have to wait that long between coats of paint. Depending on humidity, an hour or two should be enough.
I won't wax a fresh paint job until after I polish it. I won't polish until I can rub a hidden spot with polish and get NO paint transfer on a clean cloth. I won't do the polish step until I test a hidden area with a stiff plastic spatula for hardness. The spatula should not leave a mark IN the paint but should transfer plastic to the hardened painted surface (any mark in the paint can be removed when you do the polishing stage). I usually figure a minimum of three weeks but that's here in Tucson in the summertime with the car kept in the shade.