Ike21
10-09-2014, 03:31 PM
Hey All,
So, I've slowly been working on decontaminating, compounding and polishing my 2014 Accord for the past week, and have finally gotten to the point of surface prep for PBL DSC application! She looks fantastic polished!
http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b541/ncwookieherder/car%20detailing/612C4D8A-6A05-4347-8DF4-9994E1AE2803_zpsxq4hltkw.jpg (http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/ncwookieherder/media/car%20detailing/612C4D8A-6A05-4347-8DF4-9994E1AE2803_zpsxq4hltkw.jpg.html)
Unfortunately, I'm a bit stuck now, and don't know how to best proceed...
I taped the car using a combination of green frog-tape and 3m automotive masking tape. You can see the car still partially taped in the previous photo. Both have left a significant amount of adhesive behind on most surfaces, most especially the frog tape. During polishing around the frog tape, the "edge lock" adhesive rim was partially removed and spread around with the polish, causing clumps of adhesive to form (the polish still did a fine job however...). These clumps would occasionally latch on to a microfiber, and thusly spread on the car's surface during the initial polish wipe-down, so I had to work especially clean, using a clean portion of a microfiber with every wipe close to taped areas. Still have some smears of adhesive in random places on the car.
So, in preparation for PBL surface cleansing polish, I wanted to pre-remove as much of the adhesive residue as possible, to avoid loading down the applicator pad and/or spreading the adhesive around. I also don't want to "work backwards" as Mike Phillips reiterates in his articles, by dulling the polished surface via chemical micro-etching. I have almost no experience here, but I would imagine that most chemicals will not significantly dull the polished surface.
So far, I've tried:
1) 10% IPA- did not remove much
2) Meg's quick detailer- removed some residue, but extremely slowly
3) NanoSkin Glide- removed a bit less than the meg's
4) Detailer's Cleanse- Worked well, dissolved the residue without a problem... Uses a lot to make it happen, as the adhesive residue seems to eventually become concentrated enough to stay behind on the panel, creating a large, dull adhesive mess.
5) Glide and Meg's detailer added to a 10% IPA solution... didn't work terribly well... a chemist, I am not :).
I also have practically all household cleaning products on hand, as well as tar removers (such as Stoner tarminator).
So, what would be the best chemical, or multiple chemicals, for accomplishing the adhesive removal without a) risk of inducing scratches from lack of lubricity, and b) dulling?
I'm dealing with pretty much all surfaces of the car (plastic trim, lights, aluminum trim, rubber molding, paint, etc.).
Would Detailer's Cleanse be best for the task? I'm a bit apprehensive about inducing scratches, and/or dulling the finish with it. Also, I'm apprehensive about damaging the split fibers in my high quality micro. cloths by using strong chemicals... would Cleanse be a bit on the harsh side for micros?
Thanks!
Mike
So, I've slowly been working on decontaminating, compounding and polishing my 2014 Accord for the past week, and have finally gotten to the point of surface prep for PBL DSC application! She looks fantastic polished!
http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b541/ncwookieherder/car%20detailing/612C4D8A-6A05-4347-8DF4-9994E1AE2803_zpsxq4hltkw.jpg (http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/ncwookieherder/media/car%20detailing/612C4D8A-6A05-4347-8DF4-9994E1AE2803_zpsxq4hltkw.jpg.html)
Unfortunately, I'm a bit stuck now, and don't know how to best proceed...
I taped the car using a combination of green frog-tape and 3m automotive masking tape. You can see the car still partially taped in the previous photo. Both have left a significant amount of adhesive behind on most surfaces, most especially the frog tape. During polishing around the frog tape, the "edge lock" adhesive rim was partially removed and spread around with the polish, causing clumps of adhesive to form (the polish still did a fine job however...). These clumps would occasionally latch on to a microfiber, and thusly spread on the car's surface during the initial polish wipe-down, so I had to work especially clean, using a clean portion of a microfiber with every wipe close to taped areas. Still have some smears of adhesive in random places on the car.
So, in preparation for PBL surface cleansing polish, I wanted to pre-remove as much of the adhesive residue as possible, to avoid loading down the applicator pad and/or spreading the adhesive around. I also don't want to "work backwards" as Mike Phillips reiterates in his articles, by dulling the polished surface via chemical micro-etching. I have almost no experience here, but I would imagine that most chemicals will not significantly dull the polished surface.
So far, I've tried:
1) 10% IPA- did not remove much
2) Meg's quick detailer- removed some residue, but extremely slowly
3) NanoSkin Glide- removed a bit less than the meg's
4) Detailer's Cleanse- Worked well, dissolved the residue without a problem... Uses a lot to make it happen, as the adhesive residue seems to eventually become concentrated enough to stay behind on the panel, creating a large, dull adhesive mess.
5) Glide and Meg's detailer added to a 10% IPA solution... didn't work terribly well... a chemist, I am not :).
I also have practically all household cleaning products on hand, as well as tar removers (such as Stoner tarminator).
So, what would be the best chemical, or multiple chemicals, for accomplishing the adhesive removal without a) risk of inducing scratches from lack of lubricity, and b) dulling?
I'm dealing with pretty much all surfaces of the car (plastic trim, lights, aluminum trim, rubber molding, paint, etc.).
Would Detailer's Cleanse be best for the task? I'm a bit apprehensive about inducing scratches, and/or dulling the finish with it. Also, I'm apprehensive about damaging the split fibers in my high quality micro. cloths by using strong chemicals... would Cleanse be a bit on the harsh side for micros?
Thanks!
Mike