Decon on Fresh Paint?

here's my dilemma. i dont know how, but recently the horizontal panels on my car were peppered with a light coating of tiny little pin head sized sap spots. they are extremely small in size, and almost only detectable by touch. i have clayed most of it off, but am considering using valugard AB decon to get rid of the rest of it. my problem is, i am having my passenger door repaired and resprayed this saturday, and im wondering if valugard is safe to use on the fresh paint, or if i should try and decon before the respray. i know the freshly painted panel wont need to be deconned, but theres bound to be some residual that creeps onto the fresh paint. i could probably get away with claying the rest off, but i figured i might as well decon, then clay again just to make sure everything is taken care of. plus ill be winter prepping the car soon, so i would obviously like the paint as contaminant free as possible anyway.

can anyone shed any light on this for me?

 

I would clay, then thorough IPA or sap removers after , decon from valugard may not be anymore effective it is only strong degreaser chemical exactly like in Meg Superdegreaser, not specialised sap remover.

 

I already tried ipa. The spots are too small and too many. Decon will do the trick for sure. I've used it before for this purpose on other cars. I may be wrong, but I believe valugard AB decon is a little more than a strong degreaser.

 

IPA straight did nothing? What about using hair drying to warm up spots, and then IPA? I checked data sheets to be careful, chems were almost exact same.

 

If this is fresh paint it may me paint 'nibs' i.e. small specks of dust under the clear coat.

Dust Nibs

When painting vehicles, contaminants (dust particles) can compromise the visual appearance of the finished paintwork. Exactly how much this happens depends on a number of different factors, such as insufficient cleaning of the existing surface before painting, lint from clothing, the spray booth not being clean enough, and the air supplied to the gun. These dust particles create small bulges in the paint surface, under close examination, will have a speck of dirt in the centre of the crater

Correction- wet-sand or compound with 1200 or finer grit paper to remove and then polish to restore gloss

Take it back to the paint shop and tell them to fix it

 

Jon, how would one sand and compound dust nibs "UNDER" the clear??? is there a technique you have for that as I would be "All ears" on this.

 

Just to clarify guys, the car has NOT been painted yet. The problem is the dusting of light almost microscopic sap specks all over the horizontal panels. I'm wondering if I should decon wash BEFORE paint to remove everything or if it is safe to decon AFTER the door gets painted this weekend. I'm worried that a decon wash is not good on fresh paint. I am very familiar with the post-paint process and dirt nibs as I do a lot of that type of work M-F.

 

Billy, if it is sap, spray some Krud Kutter on it and let it dwell. Or use KK as a clay lube and do it that way. It is great stuff and should get rid of your sap.

 

Once the paint has fully cured you wont have any issues, as for ab res (which you shouldnt have) the painters prep work should/would take care of that.

 

richy do you cut the kk for clay lube purposes? never gotten into decon yet but want to incorporate into a nano tech future

 

Yes, a 50/50 mix with water. It may do the job by itself without the clay. It's strong stuff.


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