Wax of Plastic Trim

Lazzman

Lazzman

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I was rushing through a detail today and stained a whole bunch of the textured black plastic on the lower rocker panels and around the wheel wells of a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. I was using Collinite 476S to get it ready for the winter.



My first thought was to use a bottle of Wax Blaster I had sitting around for a while. It did not do anything.



Anyone know of any products that work to get this wax stain of the black plastic trim, it looks like a**.



Thanks
 
Wow, of all the products to stain trim with...lol. If you have KAIO, that works very well for me.
 
yes and it looks horrible.



I have Meg's APC I will give it a shot at 4:1 ratio.



Don't have the Hi temp prep handy.
 
Why not just 3M wax and adhesive remover? Seems like everyone has a can in their garage and most corner parts stores sell it.
 
Some sorta-random thoughts follow:



-Using 476S on trim is tricky; it can work fine (that's "can", not "always will") but it takes a carefull, W-O-W-O approach.

-845 is a much better choice for this.

-Most wax removal solvents/products oughta work OK, it's just that 476s is pretty tough stuff.

-IMO everybody who's serious about detailing oughta have a can of 3M adhesiver remover and a bottle of PrepWash.



Note that the local autobody/paint supply place oughta have some kind of solvent, probably the 3M stuff, on the shelf.
 
The old tricks sometimes work the best. Try a pink pencil eraser. It leaves lots of pink crumbs that you can blow off, but it has worked for me whenever I tried it. YMMV. Also, I would put some dressing on the trim after you are done with whatever removal technique you use.
 
dschribs- I've had varying experiences with GR-40. Works OK most of the time, but didn't do a thing for polish residue on the M3's belt-line trim for some reason. Maybe it just works better on some residues than on others...good to have on the shelf though.
 
Tried Meg's APC 2:1 with nylon brush, did not work great only so so.





I ordered the Hi Temp prep wash from Top of the line, hopefully it won't require as much effort as the Meg's APC.



Thanks for the help.



BTW, I did follow up the Meg's with Optima opti bond and all is well on one side of the vehicle. I will have a go with the Hi temp when it arrives on the other side.
 
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