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Old 10-22-2009, 03:56 AM
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Typically when I use raggtop protectant I just spray it on in a few places and then grab a microfiber towel to really get it worked in and spread out evenly. This has been fine every other time I've done it but this last time I did it you can still see the spots where I sprayed first. When you get in the light right it looks terrible. I tend to use this method b/c it makes it easy to apply without making a mess of paint and windows as I usually do it after I've washed my car and let the top dry out.

Is there anything I can use to get the protectant off so that I can reapply properly. This only happened to half the top, on the other side I decided I'd spray my microfiber first and then work it into the top.

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Old 10-22-2009, 04:57 AM
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I've got the raggtop cleaner, might want to try that and then re-apply the raggtop protectant. I would think the cleaner will remove some of the protectant residue.
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I'd just reapply over what you already have. Removing what's already on there seems like a waste of product to me.
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I put raggtopp protectant a couple of months ago. I didn't notice that some droplets got on the paint. I have washed two times with Dawn and clay barred the car. These droplets haven't come off yet.

What is the best way to get these off before I proceed with the Zaino products?

Thanks very much for your help!
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Originally Posted by krshultz,Oct 22 2009, 10:22 AM
I'd just reapply over what you already have. Removing what's already on there seems like a waste of product to me.
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Originally Posted by Grasshopper123,Oct 22 2009, 03:55 PM
I put raggtopp protectant a couple of months ago. I didn't notice that some droplets got on the paint. I have washed two times with Dawn and clay barred the car. These droplets haven't come off yet.

What is the best way to get these off before I proceed with the Zaino products?

Thanks very much for your help!
try a paint cleaner. or go to walmart and get some prep-all. follow the directions on the can. then apply fresh wax to that area.
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[QUOTE=slanguage,Oct 22 2009, 04:27 PM]try a paint cleaner.
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Originally Posted by Grasshopper123,Oct 22 2009, 12:55 PM
I put raggtopp protectant a couple of months ago. I didn't notice that some droplets got on the paint. I have washed two times with Dawn and clay barred the car. These droplets haven't come off yet.

What is the best way to get these off before I proceed with the Zaino products?

Thanks very much for your help!
Uhh...you've got me stumped. I've never heard of such a thing.

Are you positive it's Raggtopp? Perhaps it's something else, and it's just a coincidence that you spotted it right around the same time you used the Raggtopp?
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I noticed the droplets a day or so after I applied the Raggtopp protectant. It was just obvious that's what it was, the reason being that the droplets were nowhere else except for around the edges of the top.

Now, I have used this product in the past, and it may be the wax job was holding up pretty well. Now, it needs a wax very badly, and perhaps now it's become a problem because of that.

So, I don't know why it did that.
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Foam pad work best imo...


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