Does Dish Soap Really Strip wax?

[Setec Astronomy]

This is going to be a near-weekly thread until the end of time - no matter how many people do experiments or demonstrations.

In my experience Dawn just does exactly as Rasky said - leaves surfactants that inhibit water beading.

And the logical reason for this is that as a dish soap (and maybe as a car wash) by causing the water to lay out in a flat sheet, it keeps you from getting water spots on your dishes.

[Loach]

Dawn actually rinses really well from the paint in my tests. So I'd say if you're starting with a product that is beading like mad and then you apply Dawn on top and now it's sheeting like unprotected paint after that first wash, I'm on the team that says we've most likely removed the product. But I have yet to see a full removal by Dawn.

Unprotected and polished paint behaves a similar way on all of the paints I've done the test with. I'll see water repellency after the first rinse, but it doesn't last beyond the first wash with soap or an extended rinse and I'll notice a very slow sheet form on the surface. So that's why a lot of my testing is based on seeing the water behavior before and then after that first wash and comparing that short term durability to other products. I have a video that shows this behavior here:



If you're noticing different behaviors let me know! I'm always wondering if my results are typical or unique to my environment.

[mitpol15]

That's true! I have been using Dawn dish soap more over the year, cause it's PERFECT!
Love the scent, which is hard for me to find since so many bother me. Also does the cleaning job with just a little bit of the product, so it goes a long way!

[FUNX650]

Bob

[LSNAutoDetailing]

The real question is, Will Pert Plus Clasic-Clean strip an LSP??? Inquiring minds want to know!

[fightnews]

I can't believe there is no way to test whether or not there is wax on paint? With all the chemists and so called scientists in this industry nobody has found a way to tell for sure? We can put a man on the moon but can't figure out whether or not a car has wax on it with 100% certainty?

Can't they do a swab test or something?

[FUNX650]

I can't believe there is no way to
test whether or not there is wax
on paint?

With all the chemists and so called
scientists in this industry nobody has
found a way to tell for sure?

We can put a man on the moon but
can't figure out whether or not a car
has wax on it with 100% certainty?

Can't they do a swab test
or something?

Car has Wax; car has no Wax?

100% certainty can be obtained
quite effortlessly, via the use of
an electron microscope (SEM).



Bob

[Rsurfer]

Car has Wax; car has no Wax?

100% certainty can be obtained
quite effortlessly, via the use of
an electron microscope (SEM).


Bob

Get your SEM and end this debate, Bob.

[FUNX650]

Get your SEM and end this debate, Bob.

Not necessary:




Bob

[GSKR]

I had read countless answers from both sides to this and really I feel if it cant dissolve your skin and it takes scrubbing to remove grease on plates and things, why could it dissolve or strip wax?

I am not a chemist and maybe some are here but what is your idea?

Gasoline is the ultimate stripper. Installing letters on waxed cars dish soap doesn't do it.