Hey guys, and ladies..
I found a good household concoction, I believe, to remove those LSP's in the rare occaision you have a reasonable LSP on the car that isn't more than 2 weeks old, and you want to try out a new glaze, or new LSP for that matter.
Sure claying or polishing will get it done. But if you don't have to spend the time doing that and need to wash the car anyway (aka: You've recently clayed AND polished the vehicle)-- Why not do both *wash and remove LSP* at once?
With my concoction you can comment all you want -- But let us please not turn this in a debate of if dish washing soap is safe or worthy and so on for paint. (I know its a risk,.. so lets just leave that speak out please
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Anyhow,.. I did some reading and searching and there was no certain way to remove LSP's with a carwash approach, aside from buying a specific brand carwash that is a 'paint cleaner/prep' type.
I obviously wanted to do it then/now -- And I realllly didn't want to spend yet more money on another product, I'm over 6 dozen already.. :think:
Annyhow --
I just mixed three ingredients to make it powerful enough, but with enough lubrication, and to not leave a 'film'.
These aren't exact ratios and I don't believe they have to be exact..
I used Ivory Dish Soap -- (would have used Dawn if it was in the house.. I just grabbed what we had). Meguires Crystal Car Wash (pink) -- and Vinegar.
Yeah, initially it smelled like, well, vinegar.. but dilluted it isn't bad at all.
I put in about 3-4oz of Meg's car wash. -- Then followed with vinegar , oh lets say, 8-10oz of vinegar. Then I put in the Dish detergant -- about as much or a little more than I did of the Meg's.. So we'll say 5-6oz.
It was a bit overkill I'm sure,.. but it worked.
Then I also combined it with HOT water,.. not warm, but hot to mix.
When water was Hot I used the spray nozzle in the kitchen to break up the thick concoction I had made on the bottom. Then just let it fill up after it was broken up.
So the water was as hot as tap will go,.. but cools down a bit whlie you get the hose ready and such.
I basically washed the car two times with it,.. but with one rinse. The first wipe (wash) I used elbow grease on every area. Then second immediately after I just wiped with little pressure to get it spread over panels again.
(I do the whole car at once if its not hot/sunny) -- The second pass mixed the suds across the entire vehicle where none were drying, so I let it sit for about 3-4minutes.
Then I rinsed, and I rinsed.. and I rinsed somemore. I used the 'spray' setting.. A few other settings, and then the full stream, and 'pressure washed' the paint with the power of a 'garden hose'.
Finally of course I sheeted the water with the nozzle off the end of the hose.
Then dried with two Waffleweaves, and final wipe with a large MF drying towel.
Result: Water doesn't bead any longer.. (This is with layers of NXT 2.0 on there) -- No film, (car is still polish shiney). And nothing smells like vinegar
This is all in preparation for DWG. In which is going on next. Debating how many layers if any I am going to use.
I think I am going to put one layer of DWG, then seal with NXT 2.0 -- (Given some say NXT 2.0 cleans a little, and some say it doesn't) -- I will layer on top of the NXT 2.0 with another DWG layer. This way DWG will be at 100%, and I know the DWG doesn't remove under products (clean).
I haven't gotten to test the DWG yet, so fairly excited to see what all the hype is about. :2thumbs:
Comment if you want, otherwise its just a blog of my autopian obsession -- :buffing:
Take care,
I found a good household concoction, I believe, to remove those LSP's in the rare occaision you have a reasonable LSP on the car that isn't more than 2 weeks old, and you want to try out a new glaze, or new LSP for that matter.
Sure claying or polishing will get it done. But if you don't have to spend the time doing that and need to wash the car anyway (aka: You've recently clayed AND polished the vehicle)-- Why not do both *wash and remove LSP* at once?
With my concoction you can comment all you want -- But let us please not turn this in a debate of if dish washing soap is safe or worthy and so on for paint. (I know its a risk,.. so lets just leave that speak out please
)Anyhow,.. I did some reading and searching and there was no certain way to remove LSP's with a carwash approach, aside from buying a specific brand carwash that is a 'paint cleaner/prep' type.
I obviously wanted to do it then/now -- And I realllly didn't want to spend yet more money on another product, I'm over 6 dozen already.. :think:
Annyhow --
I just mixed three ingredients to make it powerful enough, but with enough lubrication, and to not leave a 'film'.
These aren't exact ratios and I don't believe they have to be exact..
I used Ivory Dish Soap -- (would have used Dawn if it was in the house.. I just grabbed what we had). Meguires Crystal Car Wash (pink) -- and Vinegar.
Yeah, initially it smelled like, well, vinegar.. but dilluted it isn't bad at all.
I put in about 3-4oz of Meg's car wash. -- Then followed with vinegar , oh lets say, 8-10oz of vinegar. Then I put in the Dish detergant -- about as much or a little more than I did of the Meg's.. So we'll say 5-6oz.
It was a bit overkill I'm sure,.. but it worked.
Then I also combined it with HOT water,.. not warm, but hot to mix.
When water was Hot I used the spray nozzle in the kitchen to break up the thick concoction I had made on the bottom. Then just let it fill up after it was broken up.
So the water was as hot as tap will go,.. but cools down a bit whlie you get the hose ready and such.
I basically washed the car two times with it,.. but with one rinse. The first wipe (wash) I used elbow grease on every area. Then second immediately after I just wiped with little pressure to get it spread over panels again.
(I do the whole car at once if its not hot/sunny) -- The second pass mixed the suds across the entire vehicle where none were drying, so I let it sit for about 3-4minutes.
Then I rinsed, and I rinsed.. and I rinsed somemore. I used the 'spray' setting.. A few other settings, and then the full stream, and 'pressure washed' the paint with the power of a 'garden hose'.
Finally of course I sheeted the water with the nozzle off the end of the hose.
Then dried with two Waffleweaves, and final wipe with a large MF drying towel.
Result: Water doesn't bead any longer.. (This is with layers of NXT 2.0 on there) -- No film, (car is still polish shiney). And nothing smells like vinegar
This is all in preparation for DWG. In which is going on next. Debating how many layers if any I am going to use.
I think I am going to put one layer of DWG, then seal with NXT 2.0 -- (Given some say NXT 2.0 cleans a little, and some say it doesn't) -- I will layer on top of the NXT 2.0 with another DWG layer. This way DWG will be at 100%, and I know the DWG doesn't remove under products (clean).
I haven't gotten to test the DWG yet, so fairly excited to see what all the hype is about. :2thumbs:
Comment if you want, otherwise its just a blog of my autopian obsession -- :buffing:
Take care,
Adding the Meg's shampoo was probably a good idea, increased lubricity and all...