Pre-clean deluge system

A deluge cleaning system for filtering and distributing a cleaning solution to a vehicle white body as part of a pre-paint process, said system comprising:

• a cleaning solution tank comprising a main tank and a weir tank, said weir tank being located upstream of said main tank, said white body being at least partially immersed in said main tank after traveling past said weir tank;
• at least one deluge cannon through which pressurized cleaning solution flows into an interior of said white body;
• a pump means;
• a filtration system comprising a series of filters that are adapted to remove metal particles from said cleaning solution, said filtration system and pump means cooperating to provide said pressurized cleaning solution to said deluge cannon;
• wherein said at least one deluge cannon is disposed at a location such that said white body is flooded with said pressurized cleaning solution prior to immersion in said main tank and wherein cleaning solution and entrained particles flow from said white body and into said weir tank.