What's your pre-wax preferance?

[Fly bye]

Any polish in the Menzerna lineup, then LSP.

[MFE]

Meguiar's #7 or 3M Imperial Hand Glaze

[Trents_goat5.7]

Ipa or SV cleaner fluid.

[PBoy]

Meguiar's #7 or 3M Imperial Hand Glaze

old school for clear coats

[Shane731]

Just started getting into the whole paintwork cleanser thing. I have WG PPE, and just got Pinnacle PCL on BOGO - looking forward to trying it out.

[sohail99]

I do a cleanup with IPA followed by EZ creme glaze and then LSP

If the paint has some minor defects, then XMT360 or sometimes, DC paint cleaner.

[SeaJay's]

Prior to waxing (after I've done my claying and any polishing) I'll do an IPA wipe down. It works well at removing any remaining oils on the paint and like you said it's cheap! I've used a couple paint cleaners and they all work well, but I just find that for the price and ease of use the IPA is the best. You should check out Mike Phillips article that he posted yesterday Miscible and Immiscible - Wax and Paint Sealant Bonding (sorry I haven't figured out how to post the actual link yet). Gives some good info on prepping paint.

[Bunky]

For an alternative to IPA wipedowns, Griot's makes a pre-wax spray cleaner that is citrus based or consider paint safe (if not left to dry) Optimum Power Clean at 3:1.

[CEE DOG]

After polishing step and ipa check in a few places I prefer a paint cleaner of the type that's most compatible with the sealant I am using. I have a few and just use the one I imagine is best suited with that sealant. If going straight to wax there's an app errr a paint cleaner for that too.

[J1nx93]

Thanks for posting that seajay, it had a lot of good info. Now I'm kinda confused on what to do lol. I think I'll do ipa wipedowns followed by p21s paint cleaner.