Wax Stains.

[4ss4s1n]

I was waxing my car a few days ago,and I get a little wax on the black rubbery/plastic trim by the windows.The wax has dried and now I cant get it out.Ive always kept that area shiny with armor all so the sun wont get to it.I thought I would be easily able to get the wax out with a brush or a towel.But I have failed.Its pretty dry and looks like it doesnt want to get out.Does anyone have any thoughts on how I can remove these wax stains from my trim?

[cujo92cavz]

i have same problem, bleech it???

[BullShifter]

I use an acrylic cleaner for that purpose.

Use another product besides Armor All, that stuff is no good. Before waxing apply dressing to all ext. black plastic trim & wipe any wax ASAP. It's ok to get a little dressing on the paint because waxing will remove it.

[Sci-Fi]

Can use Prepsol or just buy a white plastic eraser and that should remove the wax. Peanut butter works too.

Find a wax that doesn't stain your trim, like S100 wax from Harley Davidson or other motorcycle dealers. Meguiars #16 or #26, Mother's Pure Carnauba (not the cleaner wax), etc. should all be available locally. Most waxes have warnings IF it stains rubber or trim, so read the labels/instructions carefully before buying.

The alternative would be to use 3M's blue painters tape to mask off your trim if you like the brand of wax you are currently using.

[MStout]

I always thought it was permanently damaged...since when you wipe off the wax (Meguiars Cleaner Wax for me) your hands are black as if the rubber had rubbed off its coating on your hand. I see so many people that must wax over it and dont care...it looks like shit.

[Markgase2000]

Originally Posted by MStout

I always thought it was permanently damaged...since when you wipe off the wax (Meguiars Cleaner Wax for me) your hands are black as if the rubber had rubbed off its coating on your hand. I see so many people that must wax over it and dont care...it looks like shit.

First time I encountered this problem I didnt know what to do. I called ford and all the detailer shops in the area they all said the same thing " its permanent. Guess what , I proved them wrong! The cleaner you use on K&N air filters works , it contains sodium metasilicate. You dont just spray it on and wash it off you gotta scrub! Use a vinyl brush and scrub in circular motions , rinse it off and dry the vinyl(rubber) and see how much came off. Repeat if it doesnt fully work the first time and repeat till its all gone. I just proved a manufacturer wrong and many many detail shops.

[Savage Messiah]

This the same for hard plastic?

[Markgase2000]

Thats the same for all plastics(vinyl) that get wax worked into them , best results if you repeat the process till all the wax is gone. Another brush that works good is a horse hair brush (they are pig hair nowadays)

[IH8RICE]

how about some back to black, ive used that stuff that i got at walmart. i had some compound stuck on my letters and trim so i went over it with this looke like fresh black trim.

[Markgase2000]

What when the product wears off? That product is intended for weathered and faded black plastics or rubbers and works great to keep weather strips from freezing the doors shut in winter , thats if its the greasy stuff Im thinking of. I would prefer to just take the wax off the way I described cus its a permanent fix and is worth alot of money to fix. Infact the best I made was 80 bucks to remove power polish wax burn off an entire ranger 4x4 that returned from a low quality body shop that insurance companies are famous for using. It was horrible and took alot of elbow grease. It took me an hour.

[IH8RICE]

no back to black is more of a paint, meant for trim ive used it on the wrecked vechicles we fix and resell works great on explorer fender moldings or any plastic molding.

[koeb$]

get some orange citrus cleaner and a smooth birsseld paint brush. put some of the orange cleaner on the spots n with a lilttle pressure rub the spots with the brush then whipe off with a towel

[Markgase2000]

He is saying that the plastic or rubber is weathered and faded not a cleaning issue , that may work good for removing wax from the vinyl tho.

[koeb$]

it will definatley work to remove wax new or 3 years old off a vinyl or weatherstrip. i fix peeples same mistakes at work all time wit the same procedure

[JTrujillo86]

I got some on my car today and I used Eagle One Quick Detailing Spray. On the bottle it says that it helps remove wax from stuff like that and it did.

Jeremy