Dawn Alternative? Or, which Dawn?

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Thank you for such a great forum. I have been studying like crazy and think I know just enough to be dangerous. I received my SPI epoxy and W&G remover order and am getting perilously close to slinging my first bit of it.

I have checked several brick and mortar stores, amazon, and Dawn's website. My last ditch effort will be to try Big Lots, but I haven't been able to make it there. My guess is that they don't make original Dawn anymore, or I otherwise can't find it. Is there an alternative? Or, is one of their new formulas proven?

I bought Seventh Generation Free & Clear, but saw a post here that said glycerin, an ingredient, is no good.

I also saw mention of Dawn Ultra. Is that the one to get?

Thanks in advance for saving a complete novice from disaster right from the hop.
 
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I've been using the blue Dawn Ultra for over 20 yrs. now, I love it.
No need for wax and grease remover if you wash it with Dawn.
I wash everything with Dawn before I do anything to a car.
I then scrub the panels I'm going to work/paint with a scuff pad and scuffing paste,
wash again with Dawn and rinse thoroughly.
After bodywork and primer sanding, I wash it again before paint.
That's as clean as it can get.
I don't use wax and grease remover anymore except for a touch up.
 
Thank you very much for the quick reply. Dawn Ultra is very easy to find, if I remember right. I greatly appreciate the insight and knowledge.
 
Yes, Dawn Ultra is my choice also.
When I took a automotive painting class at the local community college many, many years ago, they had us use Tide laundry detergent. It did get the car extremely clean but was very rough on the hands.
 
'68 Coronet R/T said:
Yes, Dawn Ultra is my choice also.
When I took a automotive painting class at the local community college many, many years ago, they had us use Tide laundry detergent. It did get the car extremely clean but was very rough on the hands.
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I've been using soft scrub. Cleans without scratching.
 
In High School I had a job helping clean cars on a used car lot. Lots of cars at that time (1989) still had alkyd enamel and acrylic enamel finishes. We would use Ajax powder in the cardboard container to clean them. It actually worked really well at removing the oxidized paint, without any buffing or waxing.
 
Laundry detergent i use for cleaning wax applicator pad. Nothing else (Dawn included) comes close.
Key is don't wet pad, massage detergent in first. Comes out new. Then i do a quick Dawn rinse.
I never used laundry det. prepping cars, Dawn 99% of the time. All wheel cleaner for stubborn areas.
 
And Dawn is great to use as a lubricant to insert rubber into openings such as the plugs that retain the firewall pad to the firewall, the rear axle rubber bumper inserted into its retainer on the floor, quarter glass rubber into their frames, etc.....

Mike
 
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