removing polish residue from cracks

[ninobrn99]

What do you all use to remove left over polish that has gotten into cracks and crevices? Anyone use brushes that wont scratch the paint, but loosen the dried polish up?

[AeroCleanse]

Re: removing polish residue from cracks

I tape before I polish. However you can use APC to remove it.

[DogParkGuy]

Re: removing polish residue from cracks

I use quick detailer and a microfiber cloth to remove any wax left over. But I also liberally use tape to mask off potential problem areas.

[Markus Kleis]

Re: removing polish residue from cracks

Depends how fresh it is (or isn't).

For fresh polish (few hours) you can likely just use Last Touch and something soft.

For something that has been there for a long time you may need an APC cleaner.

[ninobrn99]

Re: removing polish residue from cracks

I tape as much as I can, but there are some places you cant put tape because you need to polish around those areas (between body panels)
Here is a perfect example:

A MF towel didnt really go deep enough to remove everything. I did use a quick detailer to try and loosen it up and it worked, but a brush would've helped big time in this instance. Only thing is, I dont wanna take a brush to it and marr it all over again.

[Markus Kleis]

Re: removing polish residue from cracks

Have you tried Q-tips?

www.AutoDetailingSolutions.com sells a specialized q-tip like tool with specialized ends that work well for removing product from cracks and crevices.

[ninobrn99]

Re: removing polish residue from cracks

actually, no i havent. I completely forgot that I have about 200 of the long style ones.

[kaptain_zero]

Re: removing polish residue from cracks

I have a lot of those areas on my car, where painted rubber strips go along the doors and around the corners of the painted bumpers (09 Sonata) and there's just nothing you can do to keep wax out of the cracks if you want the entire visible painted surface covered with an LSP. Something like a Q-tip won't even be close to getting in there. I ended up buying several $0.99 pure bristle paint brushes from the local building supply store. These are most likely Chinese made, have boars hair (blondish color) bristle, a cheap metal ferule and unfinished wooden handle. Mine are 1½" wide and about a ¼" thick. I just wrap some painters tape around the ferule and extend it downwards (wrapping it so it's just like the ferule) until I get what feels like the right stiffness. In my case this leaves about 1" of unsupported bristles and it works perfectly to brush out the remaining wax after it's hardened and turned (well, in my case anyway) white. The natural bristles won't scratch my paint, the painters tape covering the metal ferule avoids any issues there and the best part, it's only a buck so when it finally gets a bit too grungy from the wax, I'll just toss it and make a new one.

Regards

Kaptain "Just call me Rube G." Zero

[ninobrn99]

Re: removing polish residue from cracks

guess my swissvax wheel brush or the megs interior brush would work fine then.