Product Details
Features:
- Removes compound oils and polishing residue completely
- Reveals true paint condition after correction
- Essential for proper ceramic coating adhesion
- Works faster than traditional IPA solutions
- Eliminates hidden fillers and surface contaminants
- Leaves surfaces completely bare and ready
- Made in USA
The final wipe before any coating goes down, built to remove everything that should not be there. Its water-based formula works by encapsulating and dissolving polish oils, fillers, silicones, and contamination that alcohol wipes leave behind. What remains is a surface that is chemically clean and ready to bond with wax sealant or ceramic coatings. Silicone-free, body shop safe, and effective as a streak-free glass cleaner too.
Professional detailers and car enthusiasts rely on Panel Prep for the cleanest possible surface. The solvent formula ensures ceramic coatings bond properly and perform at their maximum potential.
The Final Step Before Protection Begins
Panel Prep is the last thing that touches a surface before a coating goes down. It was built for one purpose: to remove everything that should not be there. Polish residue, carrier oils, filling agents, silicones, topical contamination, none of it survives contact with Panel Prep. What remains is a surface in its true condition, ready for inspection or ready for coating.
No other prep product on the market works the way Panel Prep does. Alcohol-based cleaners can lift light surface oils and that is the extent of what they do. However, the heavier petroleum-based carrier oils found in most compounds and polishes require a different approach entirely. Panel Prep was engineered to handle both.
How It Works
Panel Prep’s water-based formulation operates on two levels simultaneously.
The first is mechanical. The formula uses smart surfactants to physically attach to light, medium, and heavy carrier oils, filling agents, and contamination particles. It encapsulates them and pulls them away from the surface.
The second is chemical. The active components within the formula break down and dissolve the bonds holding contamination to the surface. This allows for a deeper level of removal than any alcohol-based cleaner can achieve.
The result is a surface that is genuinely clean. Not surface clean. Not visually clean. But truly and chemically clean. Every oil removed. Every filler gone. Nothing left to interfere with coating adhesion.
Why It Matters
A coating is only as good as the surface it bonds to. Polish residue and fillers that are designed to hide surface imperfections. They do exactly that — including imperfections the installer needs to see before committing to a final coating application. Skipping a proper prep step means bonding over contamination. It means committing to a finish that was never fully inspected. And any good ceramic coating will do the job of removing those fillers during the application. Revealing and then amplifying the visibility of the damages.
Panel Prep is an industry standard for a reason. Using it reveals what the surface actually looks like, not what the polish made it look like. This is the most important step before coating can begin. Using Feynlab Panel Prep will ensure accurate results every time.
Panel Prep also works as an exceptional streak-free glass cleaner. It is 100% silicone free and body shop safe.
Product Benefits
- Removes all surface oils, carrier oils, and filling agents completely
- Exposes the true condition of the surface before coating application
- Ensures optimal adhesion for FEYNLAB coatings and any other topical protection
- Performs as a streak-free glass cleaner
- Can also be used on interior surfaces
- 100% silicone free and body shop safe
Approved Surfaces
Panel Prep is approved for use on the following surfaces only. Do not apply to unapproved surfaces.
- Clear-coated painted surfaces
- Polycarbonate plastics, including headlights and taillights
- Black plastic trim and textured plastics
- Rubber gaskets and trim
- Interior plastics and trim
*The use of Feynlab products on any surface not explicitly listed in the instructions is done at the user’s own risk. If damage occurs to the surface as a result of using the product on an unlisted surface, we will not be held liable for any such damage
