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Old Aug 22, 2004 | 09:50 PM
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Default Plastic stained

When toyota fixed my sratches on my car they left behind a white chalkie substance witch seems to me to be polish, the thing is that it stained all the plastic it touched, is there anyways to get this stuff off? i tried washing and scrubing no luck, i really dont like my toyota dealer
Old Aug 22, 2004 | 10:01 PM
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Default Try Peanut Butter...

Not the chunky kind! Something in the peanut oil breaks down the wax residue. You can also use Back To Black or Meguires Tire Gel.
Old Aug 22, 2004 | 10:03 PM
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Take the car back and tell THEM to get that $hit off your car. If THEY can't, they owe you - simple.
Old Aug 22, 2004 | 10:27 PM
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Mothers has a plastic cleaner too...
Old Aug 22, 2004 | 10:30 PM
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Do they? how does it work?


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Mothers has a plastic cleaner too...
Old Aug 22, 2004 | 11:21 PM
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get a rag, put the liquid on it, and rub it out...
Old Aug 22, 2004 | 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Garry
Take the car back and tell THEM to get that $hit off your car. If THEY can't, they owe you - simple.
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by mikochu
get a rag, put the liquid on it, and rub it out...
That could be taken in more then 1 way.
Old Aug 23, 2004 | 01:34 AM
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*Evil laugh*

Originally Posted by chucksu
Originally Posted by mikochu
get a rag, put the liquid on it, and rub it out...
That could be taken in more then 1 way.
Old Aug 23, 2004 | 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Kaeon
*Evil laugh*

Originally Posted by chucksu
Originally Posted by mikochu
get a rag, put the liquid on it, and rub it out...
That could be taken in more then 1 way.
Miko will never live this down
Old Aug 23, 2004 | 02:57 AM
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*shrug*
Old Aug 27, 2004 | 05:32 PM
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*shrug*
Old Sep 14, 2004 | 06:33 PM
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Default white spots on black plastic pieces

I recently waxed my car and got wax all over the black trim pieces leaving white stains, I talked to some detailers, in addition to reading this thread, and was told to use peanut butter (creamy) or WD-40. I used the WD-40 and it worked great! I just sprayed it onto a rag and wiped the stained trim. After a few applications, the spots were gone comepletly.

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Old Sep 23, 2004 | 02:43 AM
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I wonder if a claybar would work on the interior?
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