HAND CREAM

[Smokey14]

I had a similar problem with a gold leaf lettering job I did on an ambulance. The job came out perfect until 1 week after delivery when the fire dept that bought it washed it and noticed some of the shadowing coming off. I ran my finger nail across it and it came off like it was latex on glass. turns out there was Armorall on a rag that the dealer used to wipe it down before he brought it to my shop. Even after a full wash and prepsol the Armorall still ruined a 3 day lettering job. I wish it had fish eyed before I got to far in to the job, let alone finished and delivered it. got payed once did the job twice.
I feel your pain.

[Backbeach Jake]

Mold release is silicone, I have a can of it in my shed for stuff that really needs to be slick. Been keeping my AC compressor alive with it for 2 years. Silicone is a double edged sword. Use it on the wrong plastic and that plastic will disintergrate. Read dashboards here. But if you need to yank a cat through a keyhole, silicone is your stuff. Of course now you know it ain't paint friendly...Makes paint afraid of the surface. We used to use a product called Poly-Cracker 20 years ago. It would remove it if you let it sit long enough. Would also stain lacquer. Had sodium hydroxide in it. The recent water fiasco in Spencer brought that to mind.