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Thanks for the cautions. One good thing about this weather, no sunlight or high heat here for a while. What's your preferred step(s) after it dwells? Best, Mike

Thanks so much for all the details. I will be using Tarx on most if not all of the vehicle due to the adhesive mentioned. This is why the initial wash. So, I just spray and/or applicator on the Tarx, let it dwell a moment, give a no pressure agitation with sponge/mitt (just enough to remove...

Thanks. The car is new, and I have a lot of adhesive on the large panels from shipping wrap. Since, I'd be hitting so much of the vehicle to get the adhesive off, it seemed to make sense to just tarx the whole thing rather than risk missing a spot. Of course, this is just the plan if the wash...

All, After reading replies on removing the adhesive from our new car, I have decided to 2 stage decontamination with these products after initial wash. This is wife's daily driver and, unless I see something really awful, I would like to go straight to paint cleaner and LSP. I typically use...

I'm sure the traditional solvents would work as one or the other will usually get problem adhesives removed. I'm just not as focused as my younger days and would like all the margin for error and safety as possible now. The more I read about the products often mentioned I'm kind of grouping...

I'm not sure how deep your scratch is, but we had one on our DD van from a painter with a ladder. It had the same dent as well and the scratch was really long, deep on the sliding door. I took it to our body shop, which does excellent work and really tries to steer you in the right direction as...

I kind of like this approach before pulling out the pure solvents, yet I'm not versed enough to know if there is any difference. Would anyone know if the Xenit is similar to the Poor Boys Bug Squash undiluted in make-up? I'd like to use it since it's already here, but anything new I'm going to...

I could only get so lucky! It's so cold that I'm not holding my breath. I might lightly inspect it during wash just to see what may happen. I may be getting worked up over something that's not going to be that big of a deal. It could just end up being a little extra time and care. Best, Mike

Thanks. I never thought of that. I did think that there are so many spots that I didn't want to work them until getting the iron off the car. I just might give it a before and after to be on the cautious side. Best, Mike

I treat it in a lot of ways like my camera lens. I'll use a bulb blower to lightly blow off heavy dust followed by a natural bristle artist's brush. If there are spots that remain that need any pressure, I will use a lightly moistened PEC pad (from the optic industry) to "very" gently remove the...

Thanks, I appreciate the advice. I was planning on tackling this on my third step after initial wash and IronX. Would there be a better point? It seems like from a product standpoint it's just going to be whatever solvent based item one has around that works. I can always give the Poorboys a...

All, I've used products from AG for many years now and have always learned a great deal from the site. I finally have a real need to ask for some help from the pros and those with experience. We just picked-up a new car (light silver metallic), and it has what appears to be spots of adhesive...