Best product to remove all old wax

Ok thanks and just regular dawn not antibacterial or something like that
 
You can do a dawn wash. I would follow up with a IPA or Eraser wipedown. Or you could use Clay.
 
If I have opened a bar of clay and its been sitting in a ziplock bag is it still fine?
 
Thanks so much and wouldn't dawn turn plastic white or harm it?
 
I have citrus wash and gloss from chemical guys what would the dilution for 5 gallons of water?
 
Worth doing a bit of searching on this topic. If you are referring to dawn the neutral hand wash detergent, it doesn't strip any LSP which would be worthy of discussion on AG. What it does is leave a surfactant residue which bonds quite firmly to the LSP and hides water beading and sheeting. Dawn is specifically designed to do this so that you do not get water spotting and to boost gloss. Gloss enhancing shampoos do the same thing - you don't boost gloss by removing LSP from the surface, you boost it by adding something.

This is one of the scariest myths out there. As a chemist and formulator, I have never been able to achieve stripping with a surfactant detergent equivalent to Dawn, I have removed the beading but it is recoverable if you rinse it enough to remove the residue. More than that, there is no chemical reason for the stripping that is claimed.
 
Mercedes350 said:
I have citrus wash and gloss from chemical guys what would the dilution for 5 gallons of water?
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I don't think Citrus Wash and Gloss is much different from the shampoo I use which is CG's Citrus "Clear". Probably the same thing without the gloss enhancers. To use as a paintwork cleanser the directions say two ounces of "Clear" shampoo per gallon of water and to do a weekly maintenance wash mix one once per four/five gallons water. To use in foam guns and cannons mix one ounce shampoo to 16 ounces of water. As you can see, the "Clear" is quite versatile and I bet these same ratios would work with your shampoo as well. I would call them to be sure.
 
PiPUK said:
Worth doing a bit of searching on this topic. If you are referring to dawn the neutral hand wash detergent, it doesn't strip any LSP which would be worthy of discussion on AG. What it does is leave a surfactant residue which bonds quite firmly to the LSP and hides water beading and sheeting. Dawn is specifically designed to do this so that you do not get water spotting and to boost gloss. Gloss enhancing shampoos do the same thing - you don't boost gloss by removing LSP from the surface, you boost it by adding something.

This is one of the scariest myths out there. As a chemist and formulator, I have never been able to achieve stripping with a surfactant detergent equivalent to Dawn, I have removed the beading but it is recoverable if you rinse it enough to remove the residue. More than that, there is no chemical reason for the stripping that is claimed.
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I think you're going to have to both cut off the head and drive a stake through the heart if you want that myth to die.
 
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