clean body pannels before painting

[pawwaw17]

whats the best thing to clean body pannels with before painting

[mad jon]

do not clean the panels you are going to paint wit t-cut or any other polish it is full of silicons wich will react (mdoo98) has not got a clue wot hes on about im a spray painter u will have to flaten the panel with 13000 wet and dry the use a stuff called panel wipe witch will remove all all silicons and anything that will upset the paint

[pawwaw17]

thanx, mad jon. that what ive done had no intention of Tcuting anything, should have been more specific, just wondering if there is a home made altenetive to pannel wipes.
and as a follow up question, i keep getting the orange peal effect when sprayin the pannles, should i spray a coulple of coats and 1200 grit to smooth it then lacker it and buff or us a rubbing compound?
in ur expert opininion, me being but a young upstart eager to learn

[mad jon]

the best thing you can do to stop orange peel is build a good base coat of paint leave for 24 hours then flaten with 1500 wet and dry with sope and water then buff up with a compound (is it a metalic paint?)

[mad jon]

panel wipe is very cheap from any paint suppliers but petrol on a clean reg is jus as good

[pawwaw17]

no its not metalic paint, didnt think there would be any harm in putting some lacker over the top,

[mad jon]

if you paint the panel then flaten it with wet and dry and put laquer on it the finish will be very poor as i said before
a good thick coat of paint 2-3 coats flaten it with 1500 wet and dry compound wit a stuff called g3 its wot all the pros use if you can get a lone of a dolly buff to do this you will get a very good shine (ps as i said im a pro at the and we get orange peel all the time you need to flaten it out same with runs they will flaten out to )