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I made a mistake, I let my wife help wax the car and despite me telling her to absolutely not get any wax on the black plastic trim, well...... Here we are.
How do I get it off? I've scrubbed it, chemical guys has some stuff specifically for this, but it doesn't work.
It really looks horrible and she got it all over. smh
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FYI if you tried to attach a photo it does not look like it came through.
 
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couple of things to try. 1) A regular pencil eraser 2) A Toothbrush with some APC or concentrated dish soap. If you don't have a spare toothbrush, use the wife's.
If she didn't have false teeth ,I would use her toothbrush,lol
 


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Maybe try a wet magic eraser? I’ve read somewhere that works
Only if the trim is the hard 'rough type' of trim. The smooth black trim on some cars will get ruined with a Magic Eraser. With wax being water resistant a good dish soap that degreases is needed to break down the wax properties. But you are indeed correct, it will work on the rough textured type of trim.
 
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Use Isopropyl Alcohol(IPA) 50/50, with microfiber towel, it will remove and strip off the wax/wax oil.
 
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Ok, some dishwashing liquid and a little brush got most of it off. I couldn't believe it after scrubbing it with microfiber cloths and stuff that was supposed to take it off not working, a little dishsoap took most of it off.
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