Cleaning cleaner and wax from rubber

[lalanne]

I'm a newbie, and have quesions about auto detailing. I just bought a rotary polisher, and have used it on my old Mercedes to buff the paint with No. 2 fine cut cleaner. My next step is to polish the car with No. 7 show car glaze with my old orbital poisher. Right now, I have considerable amounts of the fine cut cleaner on the car's black rubber and plastic parts, and I suspect more will be deposited there when I apply the glaze with the orbital polisher. What's the best way to remove all this white residue from the black rubber and plastic parts?

[rusty bumper]

Re: Cleaning cleaner and wax from rubber

Originally posted by lalanne
I'm a newbie, and have quesions about auto detailing. I just bought a rotary polisher, and have used it on my old Mercedes to buff the paint with No. 2 fine cut cleaner. My next step is to polish the car with No. 7 show car glaze with my old orbital poisher. Right now, I have considerable amounts of the fine cut cleaner on the car's black rubber and plastic parts, and I suspect more will be deposited there when I apply the glaze with the orbital polisher. What's the best way to remove all this white residue from the black rubber and plastic parts?

Hi lalanne!.......Welcome to the forum!

Meguiar's #39 is the best product to remove dried on cleaner/wax residue with...



The best way to use this product on rubber/plastic trim is to spray it onto a toothbrush like tool (Large areas can be sprayed directly.....Just don't let it run down the paint and take the polish/wax off), and then scrub the trim until the foam turns dirty looking. You will then want to clean your brush in a pail of rinse water (Give it a good tap to remove excess water), while at the same time, you can use a damp rag to wipe the trim with, then dunk it into the pail to clean it too.

After a while, you will have to change the rinse water as it will be very black looking!

After you finish the cleaning part, then treat the trim with a good protectant, like Natural Shine, or Gold Class Trim Detailer.

This method has worked very well for me!

Edit: This method works well on rubber, but the foam may not look too dirty on plastic/vinyl trim. Sometimes, I will wipe #39 off of plastic and vinyl surfaces with a dry towel only, as I think the residue tends to help condition these types of surfaces.........Just my take on it anyway.

[Mike Phillips]

The Triple Duty Detail Brush works really well for removing any residue along with the M39

[rusty bumper]

Originally posted by Mike Phillips
The Triple Duty Detail Brush works really well for removing any residue along with the M39

Hope I can find one of these locally.

It's been slim pick'ens around here for Meguiar's accessories.