heh - got it :xyxthumbs:
are you planning to stock panel wipe? we can ship from over here in tea-bag land but seems a bit daft to be lugging such a commonly available product across the pond
That's out of my area of influence. My areas of responsibility are on the education, demonstration side of things...
I know the online audience and I knew this is the direction this thread or a similar thread would take sooner or later because the online detailing enthusiasts and pro detailers tend and trend to be OCD and they want specific information when using a product like EXO.
Heck, I'm the guy that
didn't want to write this article but had to because of all the
bad information being recommended by others.
How to Mix IPA for Inspecting Correction Results
Key to the performance of any product is following the manufactures directions because since they engineered the product they know best how to use it. When it comes to Gtechniq EXO a HUGE part of product performance is prepping the surface.
I'm confident we will remove all the swirls and scratches Thursday night out of the very exotic paint job on the 1965 Fastback Mustang using Pinnacle Polishes by machine.
What I want to show during the *live* broadcast that will also be recorded and then shared on YouTube
into the future will be,
- A technically correct procedure
- A safe procedure
- A procedure an enthusiast or pro detailer can duplicate without having to be a scientist.
We have a number of products on Autogeek.net that can be used to strip compound and polish residues off paint, the key is to find one that will do so while at the same time
not mar or scratch the paint which is what I call
working backwards.
Most chemicals that offer enough
solvent or
dissolving ability are not at the same time good
LUBRICANTS and therein lies the problem. Wiping perfectly polished paint with something that will also induce marring is a
working backwards.
I like how Mineral Spirits wipes over polished paint, it's fairly good at letting a microfiber towel glide over the paint, at least better than most solvents.
IPA and Water is okay.
I haven't used
Prep-All for years but I can pick some up and give it a try. Just for the record, the product is spelled
Prep-All, and over the last three years I've typed the name and included a picture enough that it can be found by doing a
search on the forum as long as a person includes the
hyphen between the two words,
Prep and
All.
Dr. David Ghodoussi has created formulas for
Klean-Strip in his years of being a chemist and I spoke with him about this product and he said that since the stricter EPA laws went into effect the VOC content has been reduced but it is still an effective surface cleaning solvent.
I'll do some testing today to see what wipes best, I've done some of this in the past and you can see high resolution pictures on black paint here,
Hologram Free with a Rotary Buffer
And of course, to date no one has ever challenged what I wrote in the above article.
