Car Wash Products Dawn, any kind of dishsoap s usually amonia based, which will strip the clear coat from the paint. Years ago the manufactures used acryillic enamel (the smart ones) GM used acrylic laquer. Back then a paint job was about 10-13 mils thick. With the advent of clearcoat, and in order to save money and allesdgedly boosting fuel economy, the manufatures started dipping the bodies to get 2 mils of color and 2 mils of clear. which makes the paint shinier and last longer, (if you don't wash with dishsoap). Had a neighbor who bought an 1986 Tarus new and would wash it evry 2 weeks with dishsoap. upshot was that by the end of his first year of ownership paint was flat, and would not take wax or anything lse, this would be great if you wanted to scuff and shoot paint, but is murder to your cars' finish. BTW 4 mils of paint is not quite as thick as a plastic sandwich bag. So be gentle. |