OK here is a link to a picture of my wiper:

http://www.geocities.com/buschman_007/wiper01.jpg

It's of my Intrepid and it's drivers side windshield wiper has a plastic cover that has a rough texture on the outside. As you can see I accidentily waxed it when I was waxing the front gril. How do I get the wax build up off there so it looks black again?

Thanks so much for your help.

Buschman

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My Navy Blue 2000 Firebird Firehawk

 

Peanut butter to remove waxy buildup, then tire dressing (armor all, black magic, etc. . .) to make it nice and black again.

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Chris a.k.a DJ Cobol or NuknFutz99
No F-body yet!
<A HREF="http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1597693&a=12173255" TARGET=_blank>'97 Cutlass Supreme SL coupe - Bright Red
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Are you serious? Or do you just live in my neighborhood and your friend is beting you to make the a$$hole across the street look like a dork in public? Hey thanks for the advice, I'll try it.

Do I just put it on and rub it in with a finger or what?

Buschman



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My Navy Blue 2000 Firebird Firehawk

 

Just use a little bit of peanut butter. On your finger or however you want to do it. The oil in peanut butter breaks up the waxy residue. Simple green works sometimes. But not everyone has simple green. Everyone should have some peanut butter though!

If you have real home made peanut butter that separates, your in luck. Just soak up some of the oil with a cotton ball and go to town! If you want to see a crazy sight, I'll take a pic of my detailing case with a little bottle of JIF in it that came from a hotel. Customers see it and ask if I'm makin my own lunch. They look at me weird when I tell 'em its for their car!

-Chris

 

haha I would love to see a pic of your case. Do you, or did you, detail professionally? I was a lot attendant and started getting into detailing. The one thing I never got to get profecient with is the high speed buffer. I mean I understand the concepts, but if I wanted to buy a buffer, how do you suggest I learn? My new Hawk has a few scratches on top of the rear spoiler and I want to get them out. i know that there are specific uses for each compound and you have to know how hard, fast, and long to buff it out.

Any help would be tremendously appreciated. Maybe I'll even introduce you to BauerStealth and we'll see what your cutlass can do

later Bro,
Buschman

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My Navy Blue 2000 Firebird Firehawk

 

I do detailing on the side for a little extra cash.

I can assume you have a buffer already correct? If not, I got mine at Pep Boys. Its called the Waxmaster. It works pretty good too. Got a variety of bonnets for it too. If you want to learn (and not practice on your own car), go to a junkyard and grab a few decent looking body panels. I got a few quarter panels and a fender or two and started working on those.

You might want to ask a few other people about technique/compounds. The only stuff I've ever used is the 3M 39009 or whatever the swirl reducer stuff is. It worked well on an old lightly scratched fender. For deeper scratches, I've used some rubbing compound on a wool blend bonnet and have had good results with that.

lol! That would be cool. Although its sad to say my Cutty is that fast. Its a quick car, but I got barely beat by a new Cougar with a few mods. He had an edge with the manual tranny, but oh well. I'll get him eventually.


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Chris a.k.a DJ Cobol or NuknFutz99
No F-body yet!
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