Abrasives That Don't Stain Trim/Rubber?

[armifabbri]

My understanding is that some compounds and polishes do not stain the plastic or rubber on our vehicles. If you know of products that are non-staining, please chime in. Thanks!

[Mike Phillips]

For what it's worth,



Two things you can do to avoid staining trim,

1: Tape-off trim with painter's tape.

2: Slow-down - don't buff on trim in the first place.




Off hand I don't make a mental list of what stains and what doesn't stain.


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[tonloc08]

Optimum hyper polish and compound doesn’t stain trim.


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[luckydawg]

Most all Polish Angel products do not stain

[UncleDavy]

I have been using some old HD Cut and HD Polish+ and they have not stained any trim. I am not sure about the new 3D stuff but I would imagine that would also not stain.

[2wookies]

Like Mike said, step 1: TAPE
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[DUBL0WS6]

I've always heard the general rule of thumb is to not polish plastics with regular polishes but plastic specific polishes.

[TTQ B4U]

Personal insight, just go slow around trim or seals. I haven't taped anything for years and been good. Lots of today's products won't stain or cling. Another small trick if you do have a mishap is to pick up a basic $5 bottle of mineral oil. Couple drops on a microfiber rag and it will remove any polish or compound in seconds. Just IPA wipe after and move on.

[Eldorado2k]

Right now I’m polishing a vehicle that showed up with the most perfect rubber trim I’ve ever seen in my life, and that includes brand new vehicles... I know that’s a bold statement, but I mean it.




The glass is also remarkably perfect on this van, causing me to constantly wipe it clean after every step in order to prevent any possibility of inflicting any water marks or defects on it.

As far as the window trim, I didn’t want to tape it off because for 1, it may not have stuck perfectly and even if it did, I didn’t want to risk molesting its perfect current condition with the removal of the tape itself.

So I took a chance and put my trust in pre treating with the Blackfire Total Trim & Tire Sealant.
The polishes I’ve used so far are Griots Correcting Cream and also Meguiars M205.



Absolutely no hint of any marks or staining, providing me with a much needed sigh of relief.

[The Guz]

Optimum hyper polish and compound doesn’t stain trim.


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Hyper polish works great at cleaning up trim or removing a trim coating.