Some strange methods of cleaning
I am reading!!
Either you are encapping with a true encap product or you are muck shifting with a bonnet
I cant quite get my head around the pre spraying with other solution and then encapping, still what ever works best for the individual.
I have on occasions on really bad low profile used h/w/e then encapped to finish, with great results.
Whilst on the subject, I believe most of the products mentioned on this thread and past threads will give results when used as a so called encap product, BUT non have the true encapsulation properties that specific encap products are designed for, so imo use the correct solution and don't believe others are doing the job.
An example I can give you , I once used some algex by mistake, visibly great
, only realising by the smell all was not right I had to extract immediately.
geoff