How do you get wax off molded plastic?
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How do you get wax off molded plastic?
My dad waxed the Bimmer and got wax all over the black plastic door and tail gate molding. Naturally, it stuck and I can't get it off. How in the hell do you get it off? I gave him **** for it, because it looks like crap, so I want to get it off of there... just scrub some more?
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Rep Power: 396 Its very hard to gete it off the black molding. Along time ago there was a chemical called Black again by Rhino products. Im not sure if they are still around, but this stuff removed and covered the wax that got on the black molding. You can try to use a solvent based product like AftaLyne. You can purchase this at home depot, or lowes or another hardware store. After you use this product, please go over all the black plastic with soap and water...and you may want to put some sort of moulding dressing on...That afta can dry out the moulding causing it to fade....but that is a rare thing.....usually happens with excessive use
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Rep Power: 0 Try one of the following methods:
1. Rub peanut oil unto the stained plastic trim and work the oil into trim using a toothbrush.
2. Using a white polymer eraser (can get at any stationery store), rub the stained plastic trim. I prefer this method over the peanut oil because it's much cleaner and a bit more effective. Essentially, you'll be erasing the wax stains the same way you would pencil writing on paper. I've yet to encounter a car that had wax residue that didn't come off using this method. I was able to get year old Blitz Wax residue off my 330I this way.
If this doesn't work, then you might have to redye using Forever Black. No big deal....I know a lot of people that just use this product once a year and never bother dressing their trim.
You'll probably also have a good amount of caked residue in the seams and areas between the paint and trim. Get those out with a brush similar to this:
http://www.properautocare.com/nookcranwhee.html
I have a few of these brushes and they work surprisingly well.
Follow it up with your favorite dressing and you're all set!
Next time, either tape off the plastic trim using painters tape before waxing...or find a wax that's trim friendly!
(Pinnacle Souveran, P21S, Zaino, etc)
1. Rub peanut oil unto the stained plastic trim and work the oil into trim using a toothbrush.
2. Using a white polymer eraser (can get at any stationery store), rub the stained plastic trim. I prefer this method over the peanut oil because it's much cleaner and a bit more effective. Essentially, you'll be erasing the wax stains the same way you would pencil writing on paper. I've yet to encounter a car that had wax residue that didn't come off using this method. I was able to get year old Blitz Wax residue off my 330I this way.
If this doesn't work, then you might have to redye using Forever Black. No big deal....I know a lot of people that just use this product once a year and never bother dressing their trim.
You'll probably also have a good amount of caked residue in the seams and areas between the paint and trim. Get those out with a brush similar to this:
http://www.properautocare.com/nookcranwhee.html
I have a few of these brushes and they work surprisingly well.
Follow it up with your favorite dressing and you're all set!
Next time, either tape off the plastic trim using painters tape before waxing...or find a wax that's trim friendly!
(Pinnacle Souveran, P21S, Zaino, etc) Last edited by Intermezzo; Aug 4, 2003 at 05:51 PM.
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