Getting wax off trim parts
12-27-2002, 05:05 PM
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Getting wax off trim parts
Hey guys is there any way to get wax off trim parts .... Like the stock hb wing or the side molding ...... How do you get wax off when you get it on there .. I have tried water and soap .. but I dont want to get too abrasive for fear of damaging it .. is there a trick to gettting this white crud off ?
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12-27-2002, 05:17 PM
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Re: Getting wax off trim parts (Mrfirefox)
The only way I've been able to get it off is to rub it with a dry clean cloth this heats up the wax so it melts again then the cloth usually absorbs most of the wax left on there. Only problem is that if you do this too hard or too often it'll ruin the trim.
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12-27-2002, 05:27 PM
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Re: Getting wax off trim parts (JDM_SIR_II)
Hey there is one way that I heard works when trying to get wax off of trim, like the rubber mouldings around your windshield and stuff. I heard that if you take some baby oil and put a little of it on the wax and take a toothbrush and just scrub the rubber moulding, it will come out. On your car mouldings, I just kinda scrape it with your fingernail, it comes off pretty easily and it wont scratch your ride.
12-27-2002, 10:46 PM
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Re: Getting wax off trim parts (JDM_SIR_II)
Warm water and a toothbrush is what i use most of the time....sometimes ill use Armor All because I don't give a **** about my paint job cause it blackens up the moldings while removing the wax (I'm lazy)
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12-27-2002, 11:15 PM
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Re: Getting wax off trim parts (piscorpio)
I just rub the **** out of it with the rag. Usually works well.
Or I put the rag on the trim piece and use my fingernail through the rag to scrape it off with out scratching anything. If that makes sense at all.
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12-28-2002, 12:13 PM
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Re: Getting wax off trim parts (euclid)
i think meguiares or mothers has something called back to black, it works real well on getting the moldings back to black heheh
12-28-2002, 12:16 PM
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i think meguiares or mothers has something called back to black, it works real well on getting the moldings back to black heheh
Peanut Butter? Really? I wonder what drunk guy thought of that...
thanks for all the good info guys !
12-29-2002, 04:11 AM
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Re: Getting wax off trim parts (JDM_SIR_II)
Peanut butter does work, I use it on my Civic when I get any residual wax or excess wax on parts other than the metal body. I heard this from another automotive forum on the internet, and it DOES work. Just don't start applying Smuckers Strawberry Jelly on top of it, and you'll be ok.
12-29-2002, 05:09 AM
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Re: Getting wax off trim parts (euclid)
my dad has a modded bmw 540, it has plastic moldings... he heard about this on an e39 board. 
AND DONT CALL HIM A DRUNK!!!! 
AND DONT CALL HIM A DRUNK!!!!
Peanut butter taking off wax. Your dad may have HEARD it, but the guy who thought of it was definately high as a kite when he first tried it. If you can't understand the joke, then you're in trouble.
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12-29-2002, 10:21 AM
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Re: Getting wax off trim parts (shawnhayes)
if you cant understand the joke of me understanding a joke then you sir... are the one thats in trouble. i understand that he wasnt refering to my dad as the drunk but i wanted to clarify that it does in fact work, and you dont need to spend any $ on some meguires. sorry for the confusion though 
12-29-2002, 11:46 AM
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Re: Getting wax off trim parts (euclid)
paint thinner is a no no.....
I detail cars for a living and the best i have used is mothers back to black. Or dont be lazy next time and wipe off the wax asap.
I detail cars for a living and the best i have used is mothers back to black. Or dont be lazy next time and wipe off the wax asap.
12-29-2002, 12:40 PM
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Re: Getting wax off trim parts (euclid)
if you cant understand the joke of me understanding a joke then you sir... are the one thats in trouble. i understand that he wasnt refering to my dad as the drunk but i wanted to clarify that it does in fact work, and you dont need to spend any $ on some meguires. sorry for the confusion though
AND DONT CALL HIM A DRUNK!!!!
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12-29-2002, 12:44 PM
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Re: Getting wax off trim parts (beeseries)
i think meguiares or mothers has something called back to black, it works real well on getting the moldings back to black heheh