Best product to remove all old wax

[poweraid]

I have citrus wash and gloss from chemical guys what would the dilution for 5 gallons of water?

bottle says 1oz per gallon for paintworks cleaner

 

[PiPUK]

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.

One can but try...

 

[BobbyG]

What are you working on and what are you trying to achieve?

 

[Setec Astronomy]

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.

We kind of debunked the "Dawn the LSP stripper" and the "Dawn will destroy your car" myths at another forum a long time ago (however they live on), using the MSDS and pH relative to other car soaps and the fact that people are expected to put their hands in it every day. Interesting though about the mechanism by which it eliminates beading, thanks.

PS You sound less...um...authoritative now that you changed your user name

To the OP--the clay that you are intending to use should do a commendable job of stripping your LSP.

 

[Theostoubos]

Not unless the paint have germs.

:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[sproketser]

:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

lOL , + 1 .

 

[FUNX650]

Disregarding Dawn, (and other WUL's of its ilk), for the time being;
and, to reference the OP's original thread-starter question: "Best product to remove all old wax"?...

-What, then, is/are the product(s)/chemical(s) that folks here on the AGO forum
recommends to perform the removal of all old wax?


I'll start:
-First...There has been no mention of how 'old' the "old wax" is...or what "type".
What is the life expectancy of car-waxes based on the different "types" of natural-waxes?
[To Simplify: carnuba, beeswax, and montan (or, to complicate a little bit: a combination thereof)]


Now...(With that out of the way):

-Mineral spirits (low odor for me); Prep-Sol and/or its 'kin'; OR:

-Polishing...many choices as far as "abrasives/abrasive-types" goes. OR:

-Upon having a clean vehicle (after a car-washing/drying-session, using a car-wash shampoo/"drying-aids");
and, taking into consideration the original scenario presented by the OP...
Just go ahead and: "Wax-over" whatever wax, if any, would still be present.


Anyone else?




Bob

 

[inDetail]

then I usually use 50/50 Citrus wash and gloss and Dawn in my home made foam gun as a presoak. Hit it with the power wash. Then 2B method. I never touch the paint with a wash mitt with dawn on it. Just presoak for 10-15 minutes

 

[Mercedes350]

I just bought griots garage paint prep so I think I'm fine now

 

[T3 AutoDetails]

ELBOW GREASE DUH!! j/k

Any dawn dish soap should strip all protection off and is cheap and effective.

 

[FUNX650]

I just bought griots garage paint prep so I think I'm fine now

Yes...
Griot's Garage Paint Prep's performance in "removing all old wax" should be pretty close to products such as:

-Prep-Sol and/or its 'kin';

-DuPont PrepSol
-3M Prep Solvent
-Wurth Clean Solve
-Klean Strip Prep-All

However...
It's price-point per ounce may be a little higher at times
than the products I listed above.




Bob