It does, Let me rephrase the question, after a correction with a polish such as Meguiars 105 or Pinnacle Advanced finishing polish or Menzerna Super polish. Once this polish step is complete and wiped with a micro fiber. Is there any further cleaning or paint preparation needed before proceeding to the sealant and or LSP.I'm going to guess there's confusion over
A paint cleaner is usually a lotion like liquid to clean the surface of the paint before applying a wax or paint sealant. This idea of procedure has been around long before the Internet and products like Zaino introduced the "idea" of chemically stripping the surface to CLEAN the paint before applying a synthetic paint sealant or coating.
- Paint Cleaners
- Methods of chemically stripping the paint
Methods of chemically stripping the paint are doing things like using IPA or Mineral Spirits or the host of different chemical strippers from detailing suppliers or even washing the car using some type of detergent dish washing soap to remove any polishing oils off the surface before applying "some" paint sealants or coatings.
At least I think this is where all the confusion is coming from, people are thinking that a "paint cleaner", also referred to as a PRE-WAX cleaner with some type of product or procedure to chemically strip the paint.
People are over-thinking this and taking something that should be very simple and making it very complicated.
If a person compounds and then polishes paint, there's no need to use a paint cleaner after using the polish. The "cleaning" was done with the compound and polish.
If the paint is in good to excellent condition and the person doing the work does NOT want to remove swirls and scratches, then to ensure the surface is clean, they can use a paint cleaner or pre-wax cleaner to clean the surface before applying a wax or paint sealant.
I hope that makes sense...
Mike Phillips said:
Mike Phillips said:
No. It would be redundant. P21S is a non-abrasive paint cleaner or pre-wax cleaner. M205 is a Fine Cut Polish. The M205 will both remove below surface defects and clean the surface of the paint, so there's no need to use a paint cleaner after using a fine cut polish.
As for removing any polishing residue that's personal preference. You could wipe them off carefully with a microfiber towel.
You could wipe them off carefully using a spray detailer.
You could apply your choice of wax or paint sealant and the act of applying and then wiping off the wax or paint sealant will in and of itself act to also remove any trace polishing residues.
You could wash the car with a quality car wash or a detergent wash and this will or should remove any polishing residue.
You could chemically strip the paint using a product made for stripping paint or other commonly used product like IPA or MS
What you do depends upon how AR you want to get and your own personal preferences and beliefs about how important it is to get the surface clean in order for the "protection ingredients" in the LSP of your choice to bond to the surface.
Here's a few related articles...
The benefits of a light paint cleaner, cleansing lotion or pre-wax cleaner
How to Mix IPA for Inspecting Correction Results
Miscible and Immiscible - Wax and Paint Sealant Bonding
For most of history of man as it relates to washing and waxing a car, people would wipe the polish off and then apply the wax and then move on with life. You can make washing and waxing your car as simple as possible or as complicated as possible, on discussion forums the trend is usually the latter...
