stripping the wax
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I want to take the old layers of wax off my car but it seems that all the car wash soaps you find won't remove the wax. Is there any car wash soaps that will remove the old wax? Other than dawn, I know it damages the clear coat! I want to re-glaze, re-polish, and re-wax my car starting from scratch. thanks for the help.... and if you have any recommended products, list them!
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I want to take the old layers of wax off my car but it seems that all the car wash soaps you find won't remove the wax. Is there any car wash soaps that will remove the old wax? Other than dawn, I know it damages the clear coat! I want to re-glaze, re-polish, and re-wax my car starting from scratch. thanks for the help.... and if you have any recommended products, list them!
- Car wash detergents are not supposed to remove wax. Which is pretty obvious since no one would want to rewax every time they wash their cars.
- Polishing and glazing alone will cut any surface on the paint away (including wax and some microns of paint)
- Dawn does not damage paint, clearcoat, moldings, glasses, etc in any way. It will remoe grease and wax if you use a certain amount. I (and many other professional detailers) wouldn't be using dawn if it damaged the surface of my car.
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Don't go crazy with this idea, but you can get some liquid washing machine soap (I used gain) and use it for your suds.> It was just an experiment. And I was also playing around with NuFinish and some other wax at the time. Now this maroon Expedition just continues to shine on and on despite my ignoral to it.
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