Believe it or not there are so called "professionals" that make that mistake everyday.
Ask them why and they always say the same thing-" It works fast and I don't ever see any problems from it".
And the dummy's don't realize that they never see the customer again either!
Often, dealerships or bodyshops send employees to our PrepExcellence school and the first couple of hours, they sit there with a " chip on their shoulder" arguing about what we are teaching. They think they know it all, and don't have the open mind to accept change or documented, validated facts that are provided to our class by all the paint suppliers, vehicle manufacturers, etc. They think they know it all and actually know very little other than "old wives tales" heard from a buddy or a saleman who drives around with his truck full of detail products.
These "salesmen" are often ex-detailers, who don't know anymore real facts than their customers.
This is common in the industry, the one thing that turns them around is the way we show them during the day, just how things are produced, applied and how to diagnois conditions. They see the very concerns, what caused them and realize that they have been causing a lot of them.
Plus, since their boss paid for the school and expects them to pass the test and graduate, they had better shape up or lose their job. Would you pay a man two days salary, travel and hotel, plus the cost of the school, and have him come back with out his graduation certificate?
Read any domestic vehicle owners manual produced in the past few years, all have somewhere a statement that basically tells the owner, don't use enamel reducers, paint thinner, lacquer thinner, acetone, toulene, benzene etc on your vehicles paint.
I am one of the main contributors in getting that statement included in all Ford, GM and DCX owners manuals.
The use of a good grade mineral spirits will not damage the clearcoat used on vehicles by the vehicle manufacturers since the mid eighty's.
Now, all bets are off, if you use it on Macco repaint!
They use junk, cheap resin system paints. A dog peeing on it may affect it.
Don't use the mineral spirits on the satin black trim pieces either, unless you have tested to make sure it does not effect them.
Do the test by wiping a area that is not noticable, wait an hour and look to see it turn it white or looks like it stained it.
Most of the staining or "whiteing" of trim when exposed to polish, wax etc, is not from the product it's self, but the solvent in them attacking the trim piece.
These parts are supplied by outside vendors and the coatings are often underbaked or use a coating material that uses a cheap resin system.
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