Well the last time i took my truck to have it detailed, they waxed my truck and got wax on my black plastic in various spots on my truck.Now i have this white stuff on my black truck...how can i remove it from the bed and other spots? Looks like crap! I'm going to try and get it off.

 

Look in the phone book for "Auto Magic" or stop by a couple detail shops and see if they use Auto Magic products. If you locate them you want to ask for "dress it". Wipe it on and poof...white powdery look is all gone.

 

Someone in an earlier post says peanut butter (creamy) takes off the wax on the plastic bed rails and tailgate handle. Just warm it up a little in the microwave and spread on and wipe off. I did this to mine and it worked great!

 

Clay bar works good at removing the left over wax from your plastics and anywhere else on the truck. I had to do this to one of my vehicles.

This is another reason why Zaino is so great, it doesn't do this to the plastics. I put zaino all over the truck including the plastics.

 

FEpony,
If your detail guys leave residue all over the plastics I would find another detailer. That is unacceptable in my book.

I prefer to do my own detailing. As previously mentioned, I hear the peanut butter trick works well. The Zaino route in the future is definitely the way to go as there is no residue.

Good luck!

 

yup, peanut butter works, but its temporary. only need a little bit and rub it in good, and buff it off, and its a good idea to go back a few minutes later and rebuff any oil left off. It lasted me about a month back when i used Liquid glass before the white would reappear, but by then i'd be putting a new coat on anyway.

mothers back to black is crap IMO. i tried it once and threw the rest out. it streaks like crazy! I did it and it rained like a week later and i've got all this streaky irridescent (sp?) looking residue all down the sides of my truck, it looked horrible!
after that i used peanut butter and its worked great

now that i use zaino though, any white residue that is still left, is slowly wearing off, and the zaino doesn't leave any new stuff. Now on all the plastic trim i use vinylex. if you only use a little, it leaves a nice low gloss sheen, and doesn't streak and hides any white.

hopefully in the near future i won't have to worry about any unpainted plastic on my truck though

if you permantly want to get rid of the wax, a stiff brush, and some concentrated dawn wash will get rid of it, but you might strip some of the wax off the paint while you're at it. its a good time to do this if you do plan on stripping it all and claying and all that

 

You guys are woring way to hard on it. Auto Magic's Dress It...wipe it on and you're done....looks new again. There's nothing to wipe back off, scrub off or other wise wear you out. It' only available at the distributor or detail shops (not in retail stores).

 

Harley#356 has already mentioned some of the temporary ways to get the white streaks off.

Using black dye for plastic would be the permanent solution.

I have used a small portion of it for the tailgate lip, you know the plastic on top. I put my latex gloves on and used 3 paper towels folded to a square and wiped it on. I got those white streaks when my dealer detailed it on the day that I bought it, and I don't know what they exactly used to wax the truck.

It has been streak free so far, I have yet to do the bed rails. I will also dye my rear window frame. I have NOT tried it on the weatherstrip by the windows, so don't quote me on that one.

 

I've used Prep-sol. a Dupont product you can pick up at most paint stores. Body shops use it prior to painting to remove oily fingerprints, wax, etc.......A little goes a long way.

 

I use peanut butter too, but I lick it off instead. Much more fun that way.

 

dermaestro, at least it tastes good. maybe use a little jelly also next time for more shine, and then buff it off witha few slices of bread

anyway, i'll probably use some sort of trim dye on my rear window trim also eventually, and my bedrailcaps, and probably mirrors, since those are the only things i don't plan on getting eventually smoothed and painted and all that.
anybody know of any good brands of trim dye? or where to get them?