This may be a dumb question, but I'm cleaning my frame tomorrow for a paint. I have some Eastwood pre painting prep. I'm also wondering if Windex would work too.
Spraying Windex on frame?
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IDK if windex is a good enough grease remover.
take it up to the DIY high pressure wash place. soak the frame down with the engine cleaner option, it's an oil remover. then blast the crap out of it with clean water in and out, be sure to rinse it all clean. it'll dry some on the ride home, either let it sit and get totally dry, or take your leaf blower and help it.
then do your paint prep.
don't spend a bunch of $ trying to hide some rust, it will just hide that it's still there and it'll be worse next time. clean it off best you can and use spray paint/rattle cans, it won't hide things from you and its easy to touch up.
take it up to the DIY high pressure wash place. soak the frame down with the engine cleaner option, it's an oil remover. then blast the crap out of it with clean water in and out, be sure to rinse it all clean. it'll dry some on the ride home, either let it sit and get totally dry, or take your leaf blower and help it.
then do your paint prep.
don't spend a bunch of $ trying to hide some rust, it will just hide that it's still there and it'll be worse next time. clean it off best you can and use spray paint/rattle cans, it won't hide things from you and its easy to touch up.
No, but wash it with Dawn, let it dry, remove as much rust as possible, scuff up the rest of the paint with scotch brite pad, clean with alcohol, use 2 coats of rust converter on the places that still have a little rust, paint the whole frame semi-flat black (factory color).
I think @JMT should get an award for the cleanest frame...
If @Irun posted a pic of his I would have to pass that award along to him, the real king of clean!
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I'm going to why not. If it can clean the dirt off my alloy wheels it can do anything lol
Paul Land
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No it does not it's ammonia based you need VOC base like Acetone. Perp-Sol is what we use in paint booth
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That’s what my brain was trying to recollect; it’s ammonia based and you want a VOC base. Thank you.
OP
Ok @Irun you need to start a new thread explaining your methods. That’s just crazy.
Windex is a ghetto choice. 
Do it exactly how the paint manufacturer says to do it.
If you can't find that info use water and a detergent of some kind followed by a solvent that doesn't leave a film and will cut grease, oil, and silicone. Your Eaestwood product is probably good and so would something like Prepsolv. In a pinch Ive used a lot of laquer thinner.
Do it exactly how the paint manufacturer says to do it.If you can't find that info use water and a detergent of some kind followed by a solvent that doesn't leave a film and will cut grease, oil, and silicone. Your Eaestwood product is probably good and so would something like Prepsolv. In a pinch Ive used a lot of laquer thinner.
Kinda funny two guys that have me blocked are showing off how clean their frames are. Could somebody else maybe post some pictures so I can see how clean their frames are, it sounds amazing. Mine looks terrible.
I'm getting a sense I need to create a "how to"