Help removing polish from black trim

[02nissanISR]

Helping a friend clean up his car and was wondering what the best method is for removing polish from textured door trim.

[Rsurfer]

Get some Wax Blaster or peanut butter will do.

[02nissanISR]

Smoothe or crunchy lol just kidding. That was about the last thing i thaught someone would suggest. What is it about peanut butter that removes polish? And can you get wax blaster OTC I have pep boys, salvos, western auto

thanks for your help on this

[HighEndDetail]

Wax Blaster

Wax Blaster Wax Remover dissolves errant wax stains on rubber & plastic exterior trim in minutes! trim, wax stain, white wax, molding, rubber, (http://www.autogeek.net/wax-remover.html)

Or you might try Zep citrus degreaser cut with water. I have used this method and has work well..

[rasch_C]

Wurth Rubber Care. Believe it or not, this is what the product was originally designed for.

[67Customs]

Smoothe or crunchy lol just kidding. That was about the last thing i thaught someone would suggest. What is it about peanut butter that removes polish?
The peanut oil helps breaks down wax or polish that has dried on plastic trim.

It works very well.

[Deatil Dr]

Peanut butter!........ it's cheap and I bet you already have some? :props:

[MikeyV]

I just bought the wax blaster and don't seem to have too much luck with it.:(
I think I will try PB. Who would have thought??

[DLB]

In my experience:
The peanut butter does not usually remove it.

What happens is that the peanut oil gets soaked up into the rubber, thus making it shiny for a while. As soon as the peanut oil wear's out, you're back to where you started.

Maybe others have had better success than me with it - and I could be using the wrong peanut butter or something.

With that said - a good APC and a pressure washer can go a long way on the wax removal.

rasch - I have been wanting to get my hands on some of the Wurth Rubber stuff, just haven't yet. Might need to pick some up now that I know that.

DLB

[unclestu]

I had some good luck in removing polish from my windshield wiper cowl and the textured plastic on my running boards with what Asphalt Rocket recommended which was acetone. It took that milky white stuff of in a matter of seconds with no effort. I waited a couple of days and the white residue still hasn't reappeared. I then dressed those areas as well as my tires and all the rubber gaskets and any other vinyl or plastic trim with the FK tire coat that I won from AG a while back. Will let you know about the durability of the FK as time tells the story.

[02nissanISR]

Thanks for the help guys Wurth looks good asetone too anyone tried mineral spirits? Happen to have some that's why I ask.

[sparkie]

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/autogeek_2079_40702985or http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/autogeek_2083_25340785

[MDetail]

APC 10:1 and a toothbrush worked for me

Before
http://www.schotography.com/photos/albums/uploads/Auto%20Detailing/Benz_Detail/normal_Benz_Detailed_023.jpg

After
http://www.schotography.com/photos/albums/uploads/Auto%20Detailing/Benz_Detail/normal_Benz_Detailed_024.jpg

[loco]

Try Klasse AIO. It took month old FK1000P residue off the textured plastic black trim around my side mirrors with ease.

[DLB]

Experimenting on the plastic fender flares on a Jeep today I found that on hard plastic - Mineral Spirits with a brush works great.

DLB