Removing Synergy from coating

[WillSports3]

Afternoon folks,

My car is currently coated with cquartz UK and had a layer of PBL synergy wax on it. So when I first did my car, I ordered the 50 ml bottle which left me more than enough left over. Seeing as how it's just my car, I wanna use up the coating.

I know that a polishing pad with a finishing polish like Reflect will wipe the coating and Synergy off but I'm hoping to find a method to remove Synergy without stripping the coating. I was actually wondering if PBL paint cleanser will do the trick or something along those lines? I know that PBL paint cleanser is meant to remove old wax before the pbl coating is applied but would Synergy be too stubborn for a chemical paint cleanser like that? Or if anyone has any suggestions as to how I could do this without polishing off the coating, that'd be great as well.

 

[The Guz]

How about an IPA wipe with something like Eraser. Perhaps that will remove it.

 

[WillSports3]

I considered that since I don't think the bond will be that strong considering it's a ceramic wax but on a differently branded coating but then again I unno if it would be strong enough to take it off. I'm thinking maybe just pure ipa from the bottle mixed half half with eraser.

 

[FUNX650]

Since it's recommended to use
Pinnacle BL Surface Cleansing Polish
to "clean/prep the surface" before
applying the Synergy...

Was this, or some other product(s),
applied to the CQuartz UK, to make
sure that the Coating would provide
that aforementioned clean/prepped
surface, to receive the Synergy?

Just curious.


Bob

 

[WillSports3]

Cquartz UK got a carpro reset wash and then a double eraser wipe down before I applied synergy so it was just the bare coating topped with the wax. I used eraser as a drying aid and to clean off any possible residue left after I generally used UWW to wash my car before this point.

 

[FUNX650]

Cquartz UK got a carpro reset wash and
then a double eraser wipe down before I
applied synergy so it was just the bare
coating topped with the wax.

I used eraser as a drying aid and to clean off
any possible residue left after I generally used
UWW to wash my car before this point.

•I wonder what effect a doubling-down,
with a product that contains between
~12.5-29.0% IPA, has on CQuartz UK?

•That is to say: Afterwards...how much
(if any) of the Coating was actually left?


Bob

 

[WillSports3]

Not much effect actually, after it's fully cured after a week eraser doesn't do much.

 

[The Guz]

Have you coated the wheels yet? If not you can use it on them as well.

 

[WillSports3]

I don't like my current factory rims and I'm gonna wait until next spring to get the ones I actually like so my rims just get ironx and meguiars upw. Once I get new wheels, I'm considering between a few wheel coatings.

 

[FUNX650]

•I wonder what effect a doubling-down,
with a product that contains between
~12.5-29.0% IPA, has on CQuartz UK?

•That is to say: Afterwards...how much
(if any) of the Coating was actually left?

Not much effect actually, after it's fully cured
after a week eraser doesn't do much.

I'll paraphrase/use Mike Phillips' below
format in order to express my thoughts
regarding your above posting.

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As for will this product remove a coat of wax
or synthetic paint sealant, let's put this question
in extremes, one of my favorite ways of using
a question as a teaching moment.

Question: Will the CarPro Eraser ADD
more protection to a CQUK coated surface?
Answer: No.

Question: What's the opposite
meaning of the word ADD?
Answer: _____________

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Bob

 

[WillSports3]

I think that's true for most instances but Avi from Carpro has stared once cquartz uk had cured for at least an hour, eraser doesn't do anything to it.

 

[swanicyouth]

I will state it's my humble opinion there is no way to reliably remove this wax without possibly affected the coating.

This isn't a regular "wax" - it's quit durable. I would say just leave it alone - or use an abrasive polish and start over.

 

[WillSports3]

How many passes do you folks think is sufficient to really remove the Synergy? I pretty much coated my car from new so I'm not quite sure what pad. I was thinking white polishing or black finishing with carpro reflect.