I agree I would not use Reset as a prewash. Or any car soap for that matter if you only foam and rinse off. It can be effective to foam a car soap on afterwards you have done the prewash and start touching wash it with the foam on. But Reset is no economical foam soap. If you have some spots left on the paint after 2-3 wipes. I let it be and move on and come back when I`m done with the panel and it`s useally easier to be cleaned.
Even if I preach about prewash process it`s not the holy grail to be absolutely clean afterwards. The last dirt is needed to be aggitated to be cleaned off. So why do I do the prewash? It is so when I touching wash it will be easier to release the dirt and get to use less aggitations when doing it. Also it makes my wash media and rinse water way cleaner after a wash. So I could be rinse the loose dirt off and then touch washing. And get as clean paint as with a prewash. But with less of aggitations you minimize the risk of marring and scratches. Your LSP is often most affected by aggitations so you have a chance off a higher protection until you reapply the LSP. And I feel even when it has takeing longer time between washes than I would like. The contaminants build up has been less than ever before with this car. Next month it`s 2 years since I had it clayed and polished. And still I feel a smooth feeling after a wash on the paint. This have been with various LSP and also a couple of times I have feeled that the LSP has been done. I have gotten some marring and swirls and some RIDS during this time. But only a little I think has come by the washing and drying. The most defects on the paint has come by the need of takeing off the snow. We get fined here in Sweden if we have a build up of snow on our vehicals. So just natural build up from the driving is acceptable to have. The hood and the roof has gotten some marring from takeing the frosen on snow off.
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