How to clean/strip aggressively with least amount of contact?

[Brews02ws6]

Hey everyone, I never post here but have been happily using Adam's for several years. Now I need some advice.

 

My Trans Am is stored in the garage, which is great...except for when I need to do stuff that creates dust in the garage. So we recently remodeled our bathroom, which meant cutting tile in the garage since it was raining. I had the top half of the car covered, but obviously the mist created by the tile saw carried tile dust particles all over the garage - including the lower half of my car. 

 

I just bought the Porter Cable polisher and some Adam's products to try my first car polish, but I need to strip and clay the car before starting. I want to get as much of the tile particles off the car without touching it (don't I?). And I'd like to use products I have on hand: APC, Adam's Soap, Rinseless Adam's Waterless, blue Dawn, and a foam gun for the garden hose.

 

My thought was to mix APC with some Adam's soap in the foam gun and heavily soak the car for several minutes. Then I could rinse with either straight water or water + rinseless Waterless. And finally start the final wash as a 2 bucket wash with the Dawn or Adam's like normal. Am I on the right track or not even close? I just want as much of that porcelain dust off the car as I can get before rubbing a towel on it.

 

Thanks in advance.

Edited April 20, 2017 by Brews02ws6

[Nathan]

I would spend a few good minutes spraying down the car first, then I would foam it down really well, using car shmaooo with some all purpose cleaner, then go after it with the wash pad using the 2 bucket method, I would fill up the soap bucket like normal and then add 2 oz of all purpose cleaner. Once done washing rinse well and rewash if you want, then dry and start polishing!

 

200th post! Woot woot!

[LT1xL82]

Put the Dawn back in the kitchen. 

 

Waterless is great stuff...but I'm unsure it fits into this task.

 

I think you're basically on track by not rushing in with agitation. Rinse well, foam, rinse, foam, a bit heavy with the amount of Adams Shampoo in the soap AND rinse bucket. (Yep, Shampoo in the rinse bucket!) Mix up some shampoo 16:1 in a spray bottle and keep the vehicle surface and wash media well lubed with it.  

 

Additional Note:

 

If you don't want shampoo in the rinse bucket and prefer plain water, just give the wash media an extra squirt of shampoo-water mix after it comes out of the soap buck. ANYTHING you do to rid the wash media of the abrasive dust and lubricate it is good.

Edited April 20, 2017 by LT1xL82