{"id":4958,"date":"2011-04-25T09:25:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T13:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=4958"},"modified":"2016-11-16T10:15:14","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T15:15:14","slug":"removing-polish-and-wax-from-rubber-trim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/removing-polish-and-wax-from-rubber-trim\/","title":{"rendered":"Removing Polish and Wax from Rubber Trim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shown below is the perfect reason to tape off trim on your car!\u00a0 We have all seen it, but may not know how to fix it…I am talking about the stained rubber trim around windows, lights, door seals, etc.\u00a0 “Forgetting” to mask off these areas leaves an unsightly sight…white trim!<\/p>\n

Here you can see what I am talking about.\u00a0 This is from a Mercedes that just came from a body shop.\u00a0 I had previously detailed this car prior to the accident so I know it wasn\u2019t like this before getting treatment done at the body shop.\u00a0 By NOT taping this section off, staining occurs and requires more work to remove the damage.\u00a0 It takes about 20 seconds to tape off the window trim with some\u00a0Meguiar’s masking tape<\/a>.\u00a0 I would much rather do that than spend 5-10 minutes cleaning up the mess left behind!<\/p>\n

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In order to remove the polish from the rubber trim, I took a bit of\u00a0Meguiar’s all purpose cleaner plus<\/a> and a microfiber towel<\/a> to it.\u00a0 What I did to prevent APC from spraying all over the car was spray the towel itself away from the car.\u00a0 Then I ran the towel over the whole area to get it pre-soaked.\u00a0 I reapplied some more APC to the towel and began wiping and scrubbing.\u00a0 I used my other free hand on the backside for support since without holding the back, the rubber would just come out of the plug holes and fold over.\u00a0 After this step, I washed the area with ONR<\/a> to remove the APC from the door and rubber.\u00a0 Sometimes, you will have to take a tooth brush and APC and work a small section at a time for stains that have been there for a long time, or the use of a steamer might come in handy as well!\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t leave the steam in one spot too long, but a few quick passes might loosen from the polish\/wax enough to make the cleaning much easier.<\/p>\n

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Once the rubber was cleaned up and looking fresh, I added some 303 Aerospace Protectant<\/a> to it in order to protect against UVrays and the outside elements.\u00a0 This also adds a matte finish completing the look of the car!<\/p>\n

So there you go!\u00a0 The steps to clearing up stained trim are: wash, APC clean, wash, protect.\u00a0 Step to prevent yourself from having to do this, TAPE IT OFF!!!<\/p>\n

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Does your car’s trim have unsightly white staining, but you’re not sure how to clean it up? In this article, Eric Schuster describes the methods and products he uses to remedy this problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":21350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,48],"tags":[106,722,227,78,562],"class_list":{"0":"post-4958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-exterior-trim-and-misc","8":"category-trim-care","9":"tag-303-aerospace-protectant","10":"tag-body-shop-issues","11":"tag-meguiars-all-purpose-cleaner","12":"tag-optimum-no-rinse","13":"tag-stained-trim"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/5642810384_60371de365_z-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kPO7-1hY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4958"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14694,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4958\/revisions\/14694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}