Solvent or waterborne W&G first?

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MitchellMetalandSpeed

Hey guys. I know this has been covered here before but I can't find it and i'm in a crunch for time. I'm running back out into the shop and will check back in a while. What order should I use wax and grease remover in or does it matter? I like to clean with both before I lay down my sealer and base, but should solvent base be used fist followed by waterborne? or the other way around. Thanks for any advise.
 
i have always used solvent first then water. seems like the right order to me. other may do it different though...no idea
 
I always start with waterbourne but that's because I usually start with bare metal.. If it's bare or plastic I use waterbourne, if it's right before paint I just use solvent.. at this point I feel we should just be cleaning off dust and light dirt from the repair process.
 
Bare metal I've used them in either order and see no difference, the waterborne definitely cleans bare metal way better though IMO. If I only had one for bare metal it would be waterborne.
 
Thanks guys. I didn't think it really mattered much but I had someone question me on it yesterday which make me question myself. I've always done solvent fist and followed up with waterborne so I guess I'll just keep doing it that way. Again thanks for your help.
 
Bare metal either way is just plain overkill.
Reason we have in tech book use the 700 and then the 710 is our productions shops tend to do it that way to speed up the dry time of the waterborne. they don't like the 30-45 minute wait time.
 
About to order some epoxy, w&g cleaner and few other things, so if I don't mind the wait time I can just use the waterborne w&g cleaner then ? I'm not going to be going down to metal in all instances either ( eg textured interior parts ) I find this part a little confusing on what I need.
 
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