so i thought it would be fun to go out and wax my car the sunday seeing how it keeps getting odd scratches here and there. well, the wax cleared up most of the scratches...woohoo! but i was a bit sloppy with it. i was in a hurry to get it done because it was getting dark so when i went to leave for work monday morning i noticed some wax in some of the cracks around the windows, along the sides of the roof, and again along the strips on the doors. anyone have any tips on how to remove it? i did manage to get some of it after work today but the rest is really in there good and it's semi-noticeable

any tips will be appreciated, thanks!

 

That happened to me before. Just use a terry cloth and take your time getting into the cracks with it and it will look fine. I also use tire gel on the rubber trim to get the white off of it.

 

diaper rag and a plastic knife.. and rap the knife with the rag and rubb it off

 

# 1 rule is patience, and don't get it where you don't want it. that being said, i don't have much patience so i use an old toothbrush to get into where i can't get a rag. NEVER get it on the plastic trim pieces, because you will never get it off. good luck!

 

i work at a detail shop, you need some type of exterior dressing go to your local parts store or where ever you get your cleaning products and look for somthing like that, i use a product called blue ice

 

thats a really good idea to.. you also can buy this stuff called back to black its for black plastics.. it works well

 

it took me forever to get the wax off of the plastic trim piece around my driver mirror. i heard that peanut butter will take it off and it sure did.

 

toothbrush will work for the hard to get to areas.

 

thanks!


from the few things i've tried, the black will never go back to black. maybe there is a way out there, but i don't know it. i used a few things that covered up the wax, but you would have to keep putting it on every so often.

 

When I got some wax on my trim and mirrors, i decided to try the stuff I had originally purchased to use on my tires: http://www.autopia-carcare.com/son-730-8.html

It worked so well that I used it on all the rubber and black plastic I could find on the car.

 

I heard using Dishwashere soap and a toothbrush. The soap eats wax, so i would assume it would remove it.

 

thanks for all the tips guys!! i'm gonna look into some of these tomorrow to see if i can get this stuff off

 

you thats something u cant rush haha. just use a toothbrush and try and get into the cracks what i do is i tape off all the things i dont want wax geting in or on.

 

i never thought of that but will remember it for the next time, thanks!