Removing body wax residue

[peterbredde]

Hello - looking for tips on removing body wax residue. Having waxed my car on the weekend I am stuck with streaks of wax on plastics and rubbers.

Any tips for the best/least harmful way of removing?

Thanks in advance.

PB

[okie592]

Autoglym do a product called bumper and from gel, it removes polish from rubber and trim, works really well.

[belleair302]

All Purpose cleaner or any plastics cleaner from the usual car detailing suppliers. I like the stuff from 1Z or Einszett.

[Hitch78]

peterbredde said:

Hello - looking for tips on removing body wax residue. I am stuck with streaks of wax on plastics and rubbers.

Skim reading this it seemed much more weird than it really is...

[Matt UK]

Hitch78 said:

Skim reading this it seemed much more weird than it really is...

Hey, we've all got to enjoy our weekends as best we know how!

[peterbredde]

Thanks guys. I am in Dubai, and unfortunately there is an absence of decent car cleaning kit.

Fairy liquid it is then.

[themanwithnoname]

Blue tack and peanut butter.

Blue tack to remove the residue (works very well as a clay substitute), peanut butter to improve the plastics if unpainted.

Awaiting the firing squad.

[zeduffman]

Any cheap quick detailer and a microfibre cloth will take care of it.

[nickfrog]

QD on plastic trim won't do anything but make it worse. QD is for coated surfaces.

Any domestic all purpose cleaner diluted 1:5 and agitated with a nail brush should do and then a trim dressing like this for example http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/auto-fines...

[Mave]

themanwithnoname said:

Blue tack and peanut butter.

Blue tack to remove the residue.

Any idea what blu tack is like on sun cream? Clay doesn't work, and I've got hand prints all over the door!

[CoolC]

Pencil eraser.

[chonok]

Cycle degreaser

[Mave]

Ta, I'll give it a try :-)

[peterbredde]

Pencil eraser sounds good. I once took a car with cream seats in for service and it was left with dirty marks all over the seats. When I pointed it out the service guy tokk an eraser to it. All gone in seconds.

[themanwithnoname]

Mave said:

Any idea what blu tack is like on sun cream? Clay doesn't work, and I've got hand prints all over the door!

Never needed to try and remove sun cream. Sorry.

I'd have thought a degreaser would work better, perhaps even the treachery that is a short of fairy on a finger tip and very gently spread over the area. Likewise lemon skin used in the same manner as clay could work.

Just be quick and wash it off as soon as possible. The salts/acids respectively are probably a bit harsh.