The tar removers are just a weak version of kerosene and all of them will remove your LSP.
Kerosene is cheaper and works better.
Any stories about it doing harm is just internet BS
I have been using it on my cars for 60 years just wash it off with soap and water then polish and apply your LSP
A foam tire wipe or a small foam paint brush is what I use.
It is no wonder you are having trouble you have no control of where it goes with a rag, try a foam brush you will have much better luck.
When you wax while is is drying apply your trim dressing and if you get a little on the waxed...
When the pad turns the color of the car you are working with single stage paint.
What you see on the pad is oxidation that was removed that is normal.
Use some APC and clean your pad. You should have several pads for a job like that.
IF I order in the winter I order on Friday or Saturday because my local UPS has no one around on the week end and I had a shipment that arrived on Friday night and it sit on the trailer till Monday morning in sub zero temps.
When they delivered it was frozen hard as a rock so I order so it...
Until it is checked by a tech their is no way of knowing but I can tell you that washing the engine with a stream of water can cause problems weeks later.
The water gets in the connection and causes corrosion it will run ok until it can no longer make contact due to the corrosion.
I would...
I have LC pads that are 6 years old and they have never been cleaned with anything but dawn dish soap.
My pads are just as clean as when they were new.
You can buy small aerosol spray cans of top coat it is for clear coat repair.
I have used it before on my paint and it should work on lights.
This would cost less and no mixing and clean-up just prepare the surface and spray.
My lights do not need anything done too them but if they did I...
I think some get lint from the dryer. If it is not cleaned good after drying cotton towels it will have lint in the exhaust screen.
I have 2 dozen of the 750 Shamrock towels and after washing them when new and removing the lint that was on them when shipped I have not had a problem.
I have...
When I bought mine I did not look up the manufactures web site just went with what was on the site selling them.
Since they were calling them microfiber and great for applying a LSP that is what I tried to do with them.
Using this pad on a very glossy Black finish will leave horrible little tick...