Need Help with Trim and Removing caked on wax :(

[BlueTooth4788]

I am looking for a good product to restore the black trim on my 2005 Chevy Colorado. The Colorado is a daily driver with 95XXX miles and I am trying to keep her looking sexy in her higher mileage days. I have tried various products with little success. Ultima Tire & Trim Guard Plus seems to be the way to go, just curious what i would have to do to prepare the trim for UTTG. I have some dried on wax on some of the trim from a not so good tape job Also I have a line-x bed liner I am trying to bring back to life. The installer of the bed liner suggested using a product called "Just Once" seemed to do the job just wouldn't last very long.

Anyone have any tips on restoring the shine back to my powder coated black tool box?

[embolism]

try a magic eraser or isopropyl alcohol

the eraser is less messy though

[jamores23]

becareful with the ME it can stain the trim. Ive turned some black trim white with the ME. The alcohol sounds like a better approach. The steamer is awesome for this!

[LuxuryMobile]

I polished a similar truck box on a Nissan Titan with a white pad and some ultimate compound and it cleaned it up pretty nicely.

Here is a 50/50 shot and an after shot

50/50 Truck Box



Truck Box after

[BlueTooth4788]

Same exact tool box! Would Meg 105 or 205 do the job or something lighter like PO85RD?

[embolism]

becareful with the ME it can stain the trim. Ive turned some black trim white with the ME. The alcohol sounds like a better approach. The steamer is awesome for this!

I haven't had any issues but I've only used them on a couple cars and didn't scrub very hard. The trim was also pretty flat as opposed to textured...

[mcpp66]

A friend of mine has a truck whose trim has caked-on wax much worse than this so I'm going to subscribe to this thread. I was thinking of using a strong external cleanser like DP Cleanse-All and then follow up with something like Black Again or UTTG......what do you guys think?

[LuxuryMobile]

Try 205 or 105. You will probably have more luck with 105.

[Midnight1700]

In many cases you can use Klasse AIO on trim and it works great on removing wax and other polishes. You can use the AIO on many of the trim pieces to clean and protect them. You'll be surprised on how well it works.

[HeavyMetal]

Before you get all complicated abut the wax on the trim, try clay. I had a little around the edges on my RAV and there was pretty heavy wax build up on my nephew's trim, clay with a lot of lube took it right off. I also like the way clay took off the dull oxidized crap. I don't know how many here clay the trim, but it worked wonders for me.