Just spent a whole afternoon cleaning my car up: Washing,
Paint cleaner, glaze, wax, and Q-tips getting the remnant wax off.

Although before the detailing I have used masking tape mask those plastic trims off, I found later that there are still a lotta plastic/rubber trims exposed to wax and now they look white-ish and pretty ugly. Say, those rubber strips around window glass are now contaminated with wax and :mad:

So how do you guys get them off in such a case? Thanks!!!!!
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Mars Plastic eraser - Available at all drafting and office supply stores.

I hate it when that happens. I still have wax remains from last year.

Mine are all white too. The eraser has worked well for me in the past and I've heard of using peanut butter on them also, but never tried it. I think I'm going to use an eraser to get all the crap out of them then go over them with some type of dressing. Does anyone have any recommendations for what to use on the moldings?

Pencil eraser for so much moldings? :-<
When I began the job I should really really take 20 minutes more to meticulously mask all the moldings up to save tons of time later - like now......
Thanks for the advice, I'll try pencil eraser first.

If the eraser doesn't work, take an old toothbrush and cut the bristles down to half their original length. It works pretty well. Just make sure you don't run the brush over the paint, because those nylon bristles will scratch the finish.

Believe it or not, Zymol leather cleaner works well with a scrubbie.

Eagles wipe and shine with a toothbrush works very nice.

toothbrush and peanut butter, it works for me

I've posted this before but didn't get all that much response i dont think. The primarily place where i see wax residue that drives me nuts is on my sunroof liner. The thin strip of trim that you see on the roof that surrounds the sunroof. It's about a 1/4 inch of plastic and then a thin strip of felt like material. This thing is practically white in some places. Any suggestions?

I tried using 303 with a qtip on it, but the results were so-so and only temporary.

The answer is Meguire's Back to Black! It works Great! Go to Pep Boys or Auto Zone and you are done

DJ

Archyx, Peanut Butter and white drafting erasers work well!

It is a good idea to dress your trim first before polishing or waxing. The film prevents such materials from adhering. When you avoid buffing over the trims, this process pretty much eliminates masking the side trims. If you are more comfortable with masking the trims then do so (better than spending another half hour trying to remove those wax/polish residues. I have found that Blitz wax and S100 wax do not leave residues.

M3Ryder, I am in the same boat as you. I am still hoping somebody here has an answer for it. I remember using Menzerna Intensive polish and forgot to wipe it off with a damp (just water) microfiber towel as soon as posible. Yes this residue is not easy to remove on a felt trim esp. when it dries up. Now I just tape that part with blue masking tape when I polish my car. On a side note Menzerna Final polish did not leave residues on my side and bumper trims.

two words my freinds, Trim Shine, that thing just sprays on and makes it not only black again, but like new, try it sometime.

ive actually just used the armorall protecting wipes.. makes the molding look new again n gets rid of the extra wax..

I am in the same position now. I used a product called "black again" on the side trim and it cleaned everything off right away. Also, I found that the residue on the rubber trim around the doors was easily removed with just a damp microfiber towel.

"black again" can be found at www.properautocare.com and probably elsewhere.

Jason

Rubbing alcohol and cotton balls. You guys are making this harder than it is. Also, try crumpled up newspapers to clean the outside windows with Stoner Invisible Glass. Just a couple friendly tips.

Originally posted by myavus318ti
toothbrush and peanut butter, it works for me


Fast and super easy, the PB works awesome for that.

Hmm, just tried the PB idea, it works AWESOME. I took some pics, so I s'pose I'll make a little writeup when I have a minute.


-Ben