Hi all, i bought some used fender flares, and they have some white coloring on them from old wax..... my question is: what can i use to remove the wax? any tips, or tricks? thanks !!!

 

Try Dawn dishwashing liquid.

 

will do.... ill let you know what happens..... they are off the truck still, so it will be easy to try anything.

 

Peanut butter !!

 

Chunky or Creamy?

 

Generally I just use a toothbrush, some soap, and some elbow grease for smaller areas like door handles but that might take a while for the whole fender flare.

 

pb34,

Elbow grease usually goes a long way, but how can you protect the plastics so that you can limit how often you need to apply elbow grease??

Over here in the hot baking sun trying to keep these darn things looking new is a real struggle so I'll take any suggestions as well.

 

Turtle Wax Ice - its clear and can be used on all painted and plastic surfaces. Tends to dissolve existing wax on plastic when applying it. Use it in place of both car wax and plastic/rubber dressing (Armorall, etc.)

 

Peanut Butter does work, the wax on plastic will be gone.

 

any explanation as to why peanut butter works???

 

Here is something I pulled off the web:

From: talltom <talltom@teleport.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 00:39:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Peanut Butter???

>>> Hope ya'll forgive me but I kind of skim the digests for technical stuff
and
pass on the ancillary. Anyhow I caught a post about waxing (I have NEVER
washed
my car) and something was mentioned about peanut butter removing hazing from
mouldings. This was on a car less than a year old! My question is what is he
talking about?
>>>

Rub peanut butter onto the porous side moldings (not chrome - you can wax
those) to remove wax that has been trapped. Apparently, the oil contained in
the peanut butter helps "lift" the wax out of the vinyl/plastic moldings.
Like you, I thought it was crazy but John Walsh (Technical Director @ Zymol)
made the suggestion and it worked.

Note, use a paper towel to take the first layer of peanut butter off the
moldings -- then follow up the a cotton towel. You'll have to rub the
moldings several times to remove all the peanut butter. Once cleaned, use
either Zymol Vinyl or Black Again as your top dressing. Another suggestion
is to coat your trim prior to waxing, as this helps minimize the hazing
effect.

Stuart M.
96-M3

 

what about plastic turning white from uv rays? any sulutions?

 

Mother's Back to Black is available at most Autozone stores, and will restore the black to faded plastic and rubber. Works very well and is easy to use.