Alochol as anti-static
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A while back a guy told me about some sort of alcohol you could use as an anti-static. Anyone heard something like this? Seems like he said isopropyl alcohol mixed with distilled water, but I cant really remember now. Its winter time now and I am noticing more static on the parts I paint. Im sure I could get anti-static wipes or something, but if there is a more economical option, it would be better or course.
yes. the technical term for it is called glass cleaner. 😆
Haha!! For real? So can you use it for an anti static wipe?
Humidity gets low here, especially in the winter…spraying plastic bumpers can be bad.
I have used isopropyl, and it is good but doesn’t seem to completely kill the static. Just remember to dilute it with distilled water (50-70% Iso max). I’ve used glass cleaner to clean panels like a final wipe solvent with waterborne (and it is great) but I’ve never thought to try it as an anti static wipe.
I recently heard that U-Pol makes a great anti static cleaner. Has anyone here tried it at all?
Have not tried UPOL. Used DX103 years ago. Now I just use glass cleaner for what I do. Even wiping the backsides of panels with water will neutralize the charge imbalance. Learned almost 30 years ago static will suck the paint off the end of a dagger brush. Gentle wipe with a damp cloth and good to go.
Yeah I did some truck flares a few days ago and they had so much static they were pulling all my arm hairs toward them when I wiped em down. I tried wiping them with a damp cloth and it helped a little, but there was still plenty of static there.
Dupont has individualy wrapped antistatic rags. On my golfcarts I had alot of static. I would wipe the cart with a dryer sheet after pre clean. It worked pretty good.
DeBeer’s water borne degreaser, 9-851 was pretty good at removing static. I couldn’t say what was in it but it smelled like a water / alcohol mix. Like glass cleaner 😆
I drink a lot, and my clear is always full of trash.
Myth: busted.
[quote=”gtome” post=30390]A while back a guy told me about some sort of alcohol you could use as an anti-static. Anyone heard something like this? Seems like he said isopropyl alcohol mixed with distilled water, but I cant really remember now. Its winter time now and I am noticing more static on the parts I paint. Im sure I could get anti-static wipes or something, but if there is a more economical option, it would be better or course.[/quote]
Sikkens Anti-Static Surface Cleaner. Works great!
[quote=”Andy T” post=30402]DeBeer’s water borne degreaser, 9-851 was pretty good at removing static. I couldn’t say what was in it but it smelled like a water / alcohol mix. Like glass cleaner :lol:[/quote]
Their 900 base coat is reduced with IPA too, smells like windolene!
All they Major paint manufacturers make an anti static wipe. I have always used soap and water or waterborne cleaner.
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