What to use to remove wax from black trim??

I got scolded for this last time I recommended it, but I use iso alcohol on a cloth, followed up by Poorboy's trim restore to rehydrate the rubber.
 
autoobsessed said:
There is a product called wax blaster, works well.
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That may well be the same stuff sold under other names. Griot's has something along those lines called "Dried Wax Remover" or somesuch.



There's something potent for cleaning trim called GR-40 (forget where I bought mine :confused: ) that works great in *some* cases but only so-so in others, and I've removed it with KAIO and Pinnacle PCL too.



A dressing that will also clean such stuff off is Autglym Bumper Care, but it won't work miracles with regard to the cleaning end of it.
 
autoobsessed said:
There is a product called wax blaster, works well.
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I have been wanting to try Wax Blaster but on every on-line detailing site I found that carries it is backordered.



Makes me wonder if it is just that popular or if there is another reason for it not being available.



???



Chilly
 
Accumulator said:
There's something potent for cleaning trim called GR-40 (forget where I bought mine :confused: ) that works great in *some* cases but only so-so in others, and I've removed it with KAIO and Pinnacle PCL too.
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Top of the line used to sell GR-40 appears they no longer carry it. They do have wax blaster though.
 
jono20 said:
I got scolded for this last time I recommended it, but I use iso alcohol on a cloth, followed up by Poorboy's trim restore to rehydrate the rubber.
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:secret With good reason. That may work in Canada, but for those of us near the equator it may not be wise to prematurely age your rubber trim, and/or "soft touch interior" by drying it out with alcohol. I love iso alcohol as much as the next guy, but it doesn't suit cars very well. I completely ruined the interiors my '01 Beetle and '01 Golf using it and crap like Windex. BTW, I got that malicious advice on a forum, too. Be sure to "test" any products on small surfaces before going gung ho on your whole car...
 
So TOL (yeah, that's where I got it!) doesn't have GR-40 any more huh?



Most of the suggestions on this thread are the "usual answers" and are OK. But sometimes you get a situation where nothing seems to work, not even PrepSol type solvents (and yeah, they can really dry out some trim). I can't, for the life of me, remember what I used to get some such stains off the M3's textured black trim, but I tried everything I had with varying techniques and spent so long on it that in hindsight I shoulda just bought new trim pieces instead (but I was losing enough on that car's sale as it was).
 
I will use any APC with a towel first and then a Trim restorer or a bumper and molding protectant .I had that problem a couple weeks ago and a friend recommended me 3D Trim Care protectant 711oz16 ,it worked pretty good . :bigups
 
tried wax blaster first without much luck on my textured trim, even after multiple applications. i was going to try some megs #39, but the guy at the local auto-part shop recommended autotech trim re-nu. he even demonstrated it on a test area before i bought it. ended up working great!
 
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