Ways of degreasing heavily oil sprayed car

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Striker

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I have a mustang that was heavily oil sprayed for the majority of its life. Lots of this over spray ended up on exterior panels, inside of kick panels especially at the bottom of the doors etc.

I do have mineral spirits at my disposal. I used gallons of mineral spirits to restore the engine bay to its former glory so would I be able to do the same for the exterior panels.

I was thinking of washing with dawn followed by an ISO wipe down?
 
All that came to mind is, hot chicks being sprayed down with oil whilst precariously posed on the Stang.

I hear Car Pro Eraser is great for that.
 
4u2nvinmtl said:
All that came to mind is, hot chicks being sprayed down with oil whilst precariously posed on the Stang.
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I'm with you on that one ... :rockon

Well, back to the topic ... Has the oil jelled, or is it still mostly liquid? I think this is one of the few cases where a heavy DAWN wash would be called for. I'd almost be tempted to go panel by panel with a spray bottle of APC and an old wash mitt then once the heaviest of the oil has been removed, rewash the car with a strong solution of a good car wash soap. Then perform a second "detail wash" to get the cracks, crevices and edges that you missed during the major wash.
 
The wheel well lips were covered in oil so the point where you couldn't see the paint there. A rag and some wd40 took care of those areas.

Last night I used an old mf and some dawn in a spray bottle... Worked pretty well on the bottom of the quarter panel infront of the rear wheel.
 
Hmm....dawn and/or a degreaser in a foam gun, then a serious pressure wash, rinse and repeat?
 
What is this product you speak of accumulator? I'm actually heading over to the Ford dealership in a few hrs if you have more details?
 
Striker- I don't know what Ford calls it, but ValuGard just calls the stuff their "ABC Decontamination System".

Link: https://www.valugard.net/store/p-167-a-b-c-neutralization-system.aspx

I was thinking that the step "A", AKA "Acid Neutralizer" (because it's alkaline) would be great for this kind of cleaning.

If you find the right guy at the Ford dealership they oughta be able to figure it out, but I dunno how much you'd have to buy.

Eh, sorry I'm not being more helpful.
 
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