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It turns out that I've been using wax & grease remover wrong.
Here's what I've done:
- Some metal was sand blasted, some metal was new panels with EDP coating (EDP coating was scuffed)
- I'd take a blue towel, and douse it with W&G remover. It would be quite damp.
- I'd wipe the rag over the metal in a single sweep kind of like you you'd use a tack rag, but with more pressure
- I wasn't "scrubbing" the metal with the blue towel, just a wipe down
- The towel would be dirty after the application so I'd fold it over to a fresh side or get a new one
- After the wiping, the metal would still be a bit wet from the W&G remover
- Douse the rag with W&G remover and give it another wipe
- Repeat until the rag comes out clean
- Wait for the metal to dry (15-20 minutes in the summer)
- Go over it with a tack rag a couple times
- Shoot SPI Epoxy primer
... so this was just to get the metal protected while I built the rest of the car. My next phase is to hit the epoxy with 180 and then shoot another fresh coat of epoxy. Then onto bodywork and final paint.
Is it terrible that I let the final wipe-down of W&G remover dry on the car? I now know that you are supposed to wipe it off and never let it dry on the car. But on that last application (I did about 3 rounds), the towel came out clean.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Sal
Here's what I've done:
- Some metal was sand blasted, some metal was new panels with EDP coating (EDP coating was scuffed)
- I'd take a blue towel, and douse it with W&G remover. It would be quite damp.
- I'd wipe the rag over the metal in a single sweep kind of like you you'd use a tack rag, but with more pressure
- I wasn't "scrubbing" the metal with the blue towel, just a wipe down
- The towel would be dirty after the application so I'd fold it over to a fresh side or get a new one
- After the wiping, the metal would still be a bit wet from the W&G remover
- Douse the rag with W&G remover and give it another wipe
- Repeat until the rag comes out clean
- Wait for the metal to dry (15-20 minutes in the summer)
- Go over it with a tack rag a couple times
- Shoot SPI Epoxy primer
... so this was just to get the metal protected while I built the rest of the car. My next phase is to hit the epoxy with 180 and then shoot another fresh coat of epoxy. Then onto bodywork and final paint.
Is it terrible that I let the final wipe-down of W&G remover dry on the car? I now know that you are supposed to wipe it off and never let it dry on the car. But on that last application (I did about 3 rounds), the towel came out clean.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Sal