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    Using tire foam to remove wax from plastic/unpainted surfaces

    I'm sure everybody's faced this problem at one point - you're going a little too crazy with your wax and accidentally get some on plastic/unpainted surfaces/somewhere else it wasn't supposed to go and it leaves a white haze that's a real PITA to get off. Last year I waxed my Dad's 2003 Malibu and got some wax on the plastic rocker panel underneath the doors and it stayed there for weeks. Next time I washed it I accidentally sprayed some tire foam onto the plastic and that white haze actually came off! I did the entire rocker panel and to this day that white residue has yet to return.

    Remembering this, yesterday I threw a coat of NXT 2.0 on my brother's 1994 Pathfinder and accidentally got some wax on the unpainted black molding around the windshield. I sprayed some tire foam onto a microfiber and rubbed it over the wax. With a little elbow grease the residue came off. With that said, a couple questions:

    1. Has anybody else tried this?

    2. Does anybody know if the ingredients in the tire foam will harm plastic and unpainted surfaces? I used Armor All Tire Foam because I had some lying around. I know my little trick works for me but if it's causing long term damage I'll find another way of taking wax off places it shouldn't go.
    Anybody can make a car look good with the right products.
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    Re: Using tire foam to remove wax from plastic/unpainted surfaces

    M40 works fine for me . Idk if what you are using is hurting it in the long run, but I would think it might eat up the soft rubber if you used it of that but not the hard plastic?

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      Re: Using tire foam to remove wax from plastic/unpainted surfaces

      My best guess is the tire foam solvents are dissolving or at least loosing the wax. Probably not a problem on hard plastics when cleaned up quickly but I would also agree may cause some longer term problems with the softer rubber seals around doors, etc. Some rubbers don't handle petroleum based solvents very well. A trick I've used that works well is to use a pink eraser like the kids use in school for erasing pencil marks to "erase the wax" off. It seems to quickly remove the wax and then a quick touch of detail spray finishes off the job.

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        Re: Using tire foam to remove wax from plastic/unpainted surfaces

        Yeah I haven't used it on rubber yet, I just spray it on hard plastic, rub it in a bit to dissolve the wax and wipe it off. Leaves a nice shine too.
        Anybody can make a car look good with the right products.

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