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Old 09-08-2011
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I always use hot soapy and rinse. How ever the other day I painted a kit B44.1 shell. Preped as normal dried (bone dry) Masked and painted it, as I always do. Finished it, went up stairs, made coffee, returned and the paint was lifting I dont mean a little 90% of the shell lifted clean off. So I soaked it in warm water for an hour put it in the dishwasher on hot, as I had nothing to lose at this point. Cleaned the shell perfectly and repeated the whole process. No problem at all the second time.

Whats with that?
When you clean the shells with soap, you will need to rinse it as normal then rinse it again in cold water as the cold water gets rid of any residue of soap. You only need a drop of soap as well.

It was the residue of soap that made everything flake off, and or flake when you have a crash. Its acting like a release agent.
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