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Old Feb 28, 2014 | 11:48 PM
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I'm landing on touching up the little chips on my hood, mirrors and front bumper. I know how I plan on doing it other then what's the best solvent to use to clean the areas being repaired. The car has wax and Rejex on it. Paint reducer, lacquer thinner, wax and grease remover??

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Many use Dawn to take wax off the car. Not sure if it would work well with Rejex. Might want to post up in the Car Care Section and see if they can give you some advice.
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Wash the car with Dawn, then wipe each spot you're going to touch up with paint thinner or mineral spirits.
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Didn't know about the Dawn thing,, that shoul do.

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Dawn may not be strong enough. Isopropyl alcohol works great as well as 3M general adhesive remover and its not harsh on the paint.
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is also a product you can pick up at a local parts store called prep-sol it is a wax and contaminant remover used by body shops before painting, it will not harm the paint that is there
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Do what you want to with your car but I would never use Dawn or any detergent on my car's clear coat. I would use Prep-Sol for what you are doing. I don't have time now or the desire to explain why. There are many good threads on this forum that explain why.

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