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Originally posted by DRAVEN:
antonio ... its called 15 years in the paint business. The silicone gets imbedded in the paint and doesn't clean out. Paint prep 101. Take the class,lol. Seriously it will f' up a future paint job the more you use the worse things get. Talk about fisheyes... or should i say whale eyes?

All silicone is not bad, it is the type of silicone that matters. When people say "silicones" are bad for paint, they are referring to dimethyl silicone oil. This is the cheap, greasy, oil, that shines like crazy and is in some detailing products. It is a fact that this type of oil on your paint can be very difficult to remove as it finds it way and leaches into cracks and voids. If it is not removed completely when repainting a panel, "fisheyes" can form in the paint. This is confirmed in an article out of Professional Carwashing & Detailing Magazine. Oct 2000 issue - Caring For Today's Automobile Finishes. "....Detailers should polish with non-silicone, body-shape-safe products. Silicone causes fish eyes. Occasionally, vehicles are polished and then need paint repairs within a very short period of time. If silicone-based products were used and were not cleaned off properly, they can cause fish eyes in the paint finish...."

Originally posted by DRAVEN:
Try using a bodyshop safe tire dressing and then take your care to get painted... I dare ya. I wouldnt trust it. You cant even get tape to stick to the "bodyshop safe" crap. You can clean all you want but in the end would you trust shelling out $3000+ in paint work to have it screwed up?