I thought about buying this myself. I wonder if this also leaves behind some sort of residue even after wiping? :laughing: Gotta love detailing!
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I have no direct detailing knowledge of comparing the reactivity, safety, or "harshness" or IPA and mineral spirits on clear coat.
However, from a chemistry perspective I would be more worried about mineral spirits as a solvent than isopropyl alchohol. Due to its structure, IPA is even more unreactive that ethyl alcohol/ethanol (common alcohol), or methanol is. With that said it is hard to compare the reactivity of IPA with clear coat without knowing the chemistry of the clear coat paint, which I don't.
After reading this I am going to be careful with both.
The Griot's is never going to the lowest cost product to use but I did like the "feel" better than IPA.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...ng-fuzion.html
See page 4 of this thread...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...23225-ipa.html
That's a great "best practice" for everyone...
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Sorry to bump this old thread but would like to share similar experience I had as a warning.
The case was different though. I was doing a minor but deep scratch repair on my car and I had used masking tape to cover outer area. I sprayed the paint then a lilFinishing Solvent Spray as the per the paint manufacturers instruction. Later after the paint dried, I remove the masking tape but damn, paint was wrinkled. :(
Fortunately the damage area was small but still can be seen.
I had used the same products few times before and it never harmed the paint but I didn't used masking tap before.
So I too believe its chemical reaction between masking tap or its adhesive.
WARNING AGAIN: Becare full when using cleaning chemicals + adhesives
Thanks...
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I appreciate this is a very old question however I do think there is some validity in using ONR or maybe other similar products. For quite a while I had been using ONR to clean up the kitchen hob. As long as the dirt and oils were quite light the ONR had no problems.
This made me think if ONR can remove light oil from a hob then it might be able to remove polishing oils. So, I tried smearing some polish (Menz Power Gloss) on a glass mirror and tried different things to remove all traces of the oil. IPA worked well if given a few seconds to dwell but so did ONR. The biggest difference is IPA left a very slight haze although this was very easily removed and possibly indicated the dilution mixture was a bit high. No such problems with the ONR.
Obviously using a mirror is not a true analogue of paint but it did show a rinseless product can remove light oils. Maybe if someone is going to use a coating then something stronger maybe be required
Of course, it would have been better to respond to this two years ago but timing was never my strong point
i think if you use something like show car glaze like i do before waxing you want the oils to penetrate preferably overnight. an ipa wipe down after that would defeat the purpose for me. im just here researching paint chip repair
Thank you for your great advice Mike. I do have a question, what does MS stand for?
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I believe Mike is a fan of Mineral Spirits.
Ahh thank you!
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