Best way to clean off polish sling/leftover residue?

[Al Buff]

whats the best way to clean off polish sling and left over residue without marring the surface? sometimes, its on there pretty damn good.:waxing:

[imported_weekendwarrior]

IPA (alcohol) and a quality microfiber (like you use for polishing/waxing). It is good to do this after polishing, before applying the LSP to make sure the polish corrected, instead of filling in perfections.

[Accumulator]

If you can, get it off before it dries completely.



I`ve been using ONR (thanks to Totoland Mach for the idea) to clean it off instead of my usual #34 and it`s worked out quite well.

[David Fermani]

Another thing I normally do after my wipe down and final polishing is done is to re-wash (power wash) the entire vehicle. I make sure to blast all the cracks are crevises to insure everything is flushed out and completely gone.

[Junebug]

David, when I first read that, well I thought damn - another hour to wash and dry, but after thinking about it. I decided that on some details where there was a lot of polishing done, that it would be faster than to try to clean it with a MF and QD. It sure would help making sure the paint was clean before the LSP. I`ve had a (My Name is Earl) experience lately when it comes to details, I can work faster due to better products and technique, but I add steps in to make it as perfect as possible - so I`m back to the same amount of time. I just want to do great details - my name is ...

[David Fermani]

Alot of times no matter how much wiping, taping and covering you do, polish still finds it`s way into the smallest of places that powerwashing can easily fix. Even if you do spend an hour doing this, it certainly pays off in the end result.

[Al Buff]

what kind of alcohol should i use? wont that really smell?

[imported_raddogz]

Regular alcohol you can get at local pharmacy. I don`t think higher percentage of isoprop is going to really matter