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"Classic" Dawn (the blue stuff) is best for stripping old wax, light road tar and everything else. If you don't want to remove wax, I'd just use a commercially available "wax safe" car shampoo.
Detailers Paradise makes a product that people talk highly of. I use a jug of "Armor All Car Shampoo" that's still half-full after 8 months of use. For tough, baked-on bugs (like, say, after a long road trip in August), I just take a hand towel, soak it in the soap and then drape it over the worst area... By the time you're done with the rest of the car the soap will have loosened the bugs 95%. Most of the time though they just wipe off with no real effort.
Detailers Paradise makes a product that people talk highly of. I use a jug of "Armor All Car Shampoo" that's still half-full after 8 months of use. For tough, baked-on bugs (like, say, after a long road trip in August), I just take a hand towel, soak it in the soap and then drape it over the worst area... By the time you're done with the rest of the car the soap will have loosened the bugs 95%. Most of the time though they just wipe off with no real effort.
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Dawn is the most friendly product to use. It will remove bug residue and road tar as well as any factory wax or any pevious wax products.
http://www.murmini.com/articles/2006...ate-polish-job
http://www.murmini.com/articles/2006...ate-polish-job
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Griot's garage sells Paint Prep. Use about 1/6 of a bottle to strip a car once you washed it of anything. Applied when the car is still wet, rub it all over with rubber gloves. Then, rinse it off and dry, claybar after that, blam, perfect surface.
VERY SAFE. for antique cars and show cars so its fine for a modern built mini.
worked for me. Try not to get it on windows, can do weird streaking things for a while.
Best though is (I think according to octane?) is 3M paint prep solvent. kinda powerful though.
VERY SAFE. for antique cars and show cars so its fine for a modern built mini.
worked for me. Try not to get it on windows, can do weird streaking things for a while.
Best though is (I think according to octane?) is 3M paint prep solvent. kinda powerful though.
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for tar and bugs, you might want to use clay (or even wax) after your
wash or use other bug remover solvents. im thinking about trying Wizard's
bug remover.
for removing wax, as El J has already mentioned, i too use PaintPrep and
use a MF towel to work the product while keeping the panels wet with
another bottle filled with water. 2-3min is all you need and just rinse it
off with a hose real well. squeaky clean.
wash or use other bug remover solvents. im thinking about trying Wizard's
bug remover.
for removing wax, as El J has already mentioned, i too use PaintPrep and
use a MF towel to work the product while keeping the panels wet with
another bottle filled with water. 2-3min is all you need and just rinse it
off with a hose real well. squeaky clean.
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