body solvent?

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mihilc

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I had my car detailed a few months ago by a detailer who before claying and after washing used on my car a products called "new car solvent" from AutoMagic. What's the ideea?



I mean why don't u all use this step between washing and claying?



1. wash

2.SOLVENT

3.clay

4.polish

6.wax
 
I *do* use a similar product (New Car Prep from AutoInt) on some jobs. Just isn't always necessary and I only do what's called for.
 
what is it doing?

It remover tar, grime, bugs? I think it also removes wax too

Does it degrease the panel?
 
I use a mild degreaser in the winter at almost every wash. It helps me get rid of most of the dirt without touching the car=less marring. Easier and faster to wax more often than removing scratches and marring.
 
mihilc said:
what is it doing?

It remover tar, grime, bugs? I think it also removes wax too

Does it degrease the panel?
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Yeah, it does all that stuff. The way it removes LSP is why I only use it when I really have to. The next time I use it will be on the RX-7, which I recently undercoated. The New Car Prep will remove the undercoating overspray (and anything else that the regular wash doesn't get).
 
I'm also a New Car Prep user and I use it to strip my paint completely naked of all LSPs and during one last final wipe down after all polishing again, to have bare naked paint to inspect before I go to the reapplication of the LSP.
 
The body solvents you are talking about sound much stronger than the once I'm using. I dilute it with water also 1:3 and I'm sure it doesn't remove a good LSP after one use.
 
Thanks, but how do you apply it? Wash mitt, MF? Do you dillute it? Do you need to follow with a wash afterwards to neutralize it?
 
It's not unlike typical solvents such as naphtha or mineral spirits but it's a specially formulated blend. There's nothing harmful to paint or plastic surfaces ( I still wouldn't let it dwell too long on plastic though). It's basically a simple wipe on, let dwell briefly (to break up LSP), wipe off. No diluting, no need to follow with a wash.





Here's the mfr's specs
 
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