Safest most convenient way to clean a vinyl wrap?

[Dixxy95]

Can anyone suggest the best way to clean a vinyl wrap? I’ve bought a new car and it’s wrapped in matte black, I’m still unsure on the best way to clean it.. I took it for it’s windows tinted at a place where they do car wraps and the bloke doing it told me to use window cleaner and just wipe it off with a microfibre clothe, I went ahead and gave it a go as bizarre as it sounded to me and it resulted in my car being left with white stains all over it, i panicked and zoomed to the hand car wash and luckily it came clean. Since that I’ve just been using warm water and a clothe. Is their any other products I can use such as a spray for a waterless clean or am I better off just using water?

[Alex_225]

I'd just use a normal car shampoo and dry with a drying towel as normal. Obviously you can't polish it and some places recommend glass cleaner for a quick clean but just a normal wash would get my vote.

[Uncle John]

I think you need special shampoo for a wrap, and carry around a quick detailer and microfibre to get any tree sap or bird poo off as soon as possible.

My brother in law had a wrap, looked awful after a short while as he didn't look after it.

Good luck.

[Silverbullet767]

I'd suggest using a proper foam cannon with a pressure washer for a pre wash, rinse off, then a light wash using the 2 bucket method and a soft mitt.

[MrBarry123]

From experience...

Hand clean the car as you would normally however make sure none of the products you use have any [non-matte specific] wax or polish products included in them.

The advice regarding bird poo is also sensible i.e. get it off the wrap ASAP.

Wraps aren’t very hard to look after provided you’re sensible about what products you use and, as long as you look after the wrap properly and the vinyl used is good quality, it’ll continue to clean well for a long time.

[smudgerebt]

I've always used swissvax matte for matt wraps.

Very expensive.

Other stuff is now around and alot.cheaper.