car detailing? - removing wax from textured plastic parts

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - car detailing? - removing wax from textured plastic parts

Posted: 9/19/2005 9:21:28 AM EDT

Last time I waxed the car I got some on a silver matt plastic trim piece. Anybody have any suggestions on how to remove it without damaging the plastic?

Posted: 9/19/2005 9:22:33 AM EDT

[#1]

tooth brush

Posted: 9/19/2005 9:31:58 AM EDT

[#2]

These guys are REALLY into car detailing:

Link

Posted: 9/19/2005 10:13:08 AM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Last time I waxed the car I got some on a silver matt plastic trim piece. Anybody have any suggestions on how to remove it without damaging the plastic?

Tooth brush is actually not a bad idea. Plastics are porous, and the toothbrush used GENTLY can lift the wax out of those pores. Use a little bit of your car soap and water with the brush.

Posted: 9/19/2005 10:15:42 AM EDT

[#4]

lighter fluid

Posted: 9/19/2005 10:16:50 AM EDT

[#5]

A product called "Goof Off."

Get's off tar, bugs, pine sap, and that wax crap from the plastic, etc. Great stuff.

CMOS

Posted: 9/19/2005 10:17:20 AM EDT

[#6]

I use car detailing brushes that can be found at Autozone or any of the other stores like that. They usually come in a three pack with three different coursness levels.

Posted: 9/19/2005 10:20:03 AM EDT

[#7]

Read around on autopia.org.

What I've found works is a little dab of eagle one rim cleaner on a toothbrush not letting it sit very long at all before flushing with water.

Before you try this try regular car soap, diluted of course on a toothbrush. Maybe a little dawn would work instead, when I'm ready to do a monster re-wax on my vehicle I wash it with dawn which get's the wax off very well.

Posted: 9/19/2005 10:22:32 AM EDT

[#8]

From the strange-but-true files, peanut butter worked into the plastic with a toothbrush and then washed off will remove the wax.

Jim

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