Which cleaner do you need? Solvent or Waterborne?

  • Thread starter Bob Hollinshead
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That sounds like it was a major PITA-been there a few times, are these Camaro interior parts?
 
I bet a water test before the first spray attempt would have showed if the contaminants were removed, it's worked for me on urethane and thermoset parts but I could see on some thermoplastics like polypropylene the water will bead no matter what.
 
Bob Hollinshead;8781 said:
That sounds like it was a major PITA-been there a few times, are these Camaro interior parts?
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I should have done a water test for sure!!!

Bob these are for the Camaro.. Normally I will wait to do all small parts if they are a solid color to the end of the project.. Meaning car is most of the time shot and buffed, then I have all this small work to do.. Often times a customer will pick up car and say " its going to take months to put it all together and Im not showing it till whenver" so they say get it when you have time..

This always leads me up to rushing to get the parts to them that they should already have as time grows near that they will need them..

So this time I took a different approach.. Spray all small parts, interior etc,. dash, then shoot the outside.. Then its all done at once..

I know I know should do it that way, but just one of my flaws when doing these cars.. I push small parts to the side for some reason..

PS... Original Poster...Sorry for the thread hijack!!!
 
I used spay glass cleaner back in the 90s it worked great as a final wipe. I think its the amonia.
 
Have done many interior dye/paints, gotta start with ammonia/water mix, 75% to 25% water, then Simple Green or Greased lightning, rinse well, then WB wax & Grease. Works every time!
 
I did another piece of plastic, however this time around I did things differently.. I used dawn and power cleaner from auto parts store until there was no water beading up anywhere on anything,, Then did a wax and grease remover wipe..

Worked perfect
 
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