Cleaning the jaloppy

ninty9er

I took my car to the car was this evening and decided I'd do the polish at the grandparents place since there's a lot of through traffic in the driveway at the minute at home.

So I got some wax on the black trim (surprise surprise...)

Anyhow: I discovered through experimenting with Brillo Pads that they're perfect for cleaning black plastic trim...furthermore..liquid shoe polish has proven beneficial to said trim. I'll wait to see how it looks in the morning, but things are looking good!!

Any comments or tips?

TomMc

I would not use a brillo pad as it is bound to scratch to some degree. Shoe polish ? well it will just be a short term solution, covering up the stains. The oils in peanut butter work well at actually removing the white stains left in plastic. Otherwise a degreaser usually does the trick. More modern car polishes & waxes are water based or at least have a lower solvent content so this staining does not occur.

stratos

Please never use the word car and brillo pad in the same sentence. I'm with the above poster.

ninty9er

stratos wrote:

Please never use the word car and brillo pad in the same sentence. I'm with the above poster.

I obviously didn't use it on the paintwork, but as the trim isn't and never has been an entirely flush surface it does a good job of removing unwanted stains. Never tried it before because we don't keep such items in the house:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

ninty9er

TomMc wrote:

I would not use a brillo pad as it is bound to scratch to some degree. Shoe polish ? well it will just be a short term solution, covering up the stains. The oils in peanut butter work well at actually removing the white stains left in plastic. Otherwise a degreaser usually does the trick. More modern car polishes & waxes are water based or at least have a lower solvent content so this staining does not occur.

I'm going to a few stealers this weekend shopping so a quick fix will do!!