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To start off with, and it may make your life a little easier, also it will show progress...why not go panel by panel...what I mean by that is finish a panel, get it stripped and rust free, wash it off with Wax and Grease remover and Epoxy prime it...if you can do two panels at a time great...that way you are done and not going over the same panel time and time again.
By applying the Wax and Grease remover wet and drying it off with a dry lint free towel is the proper way to use this product. The fact that your continuing to get a film or dark presence on your lint free towel when applying the product is that all steel contains carbon...carbon is black and even a hint of carbon on a damp cloth is going to leave a mark...so don't worry about the cloth not being clean after wiping a piece of bare steel down...your only trying to remove the contamination...not the carbon....if you ever taken a piece of charcoal or even a barbeque briquette and and rubbed it onto a piece of cloth or even your fingers...you know how hard it is to get off, same thing with metal...carbon gives metal strength.
Getting into channels and tight areas with sand paper, a wire wheel anything is a PITA, however it needs to be done in order to do a proper job. Have you ever tried one of these from 3M?
Amazon.com: 3M 9099DCNA Large Area Paint and Rust Stripper: Home Improvement
It may be small enough to get into those tight spaces...they are fairly expensive but, they do last a long time. If someone has suggested this in the past and you have tried it...disregard this suggestion...as I said, I've gotten involved a little late in the project and I'm not sure what has been and what hasn't been suggested.
I hope that these suggestion help and the explanation for why your towel keeps getting dirty even after the panel has been cleaned makes sense. I'm also glad that your "back on the saddle" and getting after the work that needs to be done...keep asking and hopefully we can more thoroughly answer your questions.
All the Best
Ray
By applying the Wax and Grease remover wet and drying it off with a dry lint free towel is the proper way to use this product. The fact that your continuing to get a film or dark presence on your lint free towel when applying the product is that all steel contains carbon...carbon is black and even a hint of carbon on a damp cloth is going to leave a mark...so don't worry about the cloth not being clean after wiping a piece of bare steel down...your only trying to remove the contamination...not the carbon....if you ever taken a piece of charcoal or even a barbeque briquette and and rubbed it onto a piece of cloth or even your fingers...you know how hard it is to get off, same thing with metal...carbon gives metal strength.
Getting into channels and tight areas with sand paper, a wire wheel anything is a PITA, however it needs to be done in order to do a proper job. Have you ever tried one of these from 3M?
Amazon.com: 3M 9099DCNA Large Area Paint and Rust Stripper: Home Improvement
It may be small enough to get into those tight spaces...they are fairly expensive but, they do last a long time. If someone has suggested this in the past and you have tried it...disregard this suggestion...as I said, I've gotten involved a little late in the project and I'm not sure what has been and what hasn't been suggested.
I hope that these suggestion help and the explanation for why your towel keeps getting dirty even after the panel has been cleaned makes sense. I'm also glad that your "back on the saddle" and getting after the work that needs to be done...keep asking and hopefully we can more thoroughly answer your questions.
All the Best
Ray
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