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Removing Polish Stains From Black Bumpers..

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Recently I gave my white estate a really good polishing. It looks great now except for the fact I got polish on the black bumpers and side trims and the white of the dried polish really showed up badly and ruined an otherwise good job.

I tried a few things to remove the polish stains without much success. Today I found something that worked a treat: AutoGlym Bumper Care.

This stuff, known also as bumper snot on account of it's appearance :lol: did a fine job and as a bonus, also cleaned up and imparted a fair old shine to the "chrome" trim strips on the bumpers and door trims.

Excellent stuff and well recommended :D
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I quite agree Jim, it works a treat for me (as well the black plastic trim :lol: ).
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Post by addo »

Is that product dark in colour? I managed to get polish residue on the side mirror shells and tailgate glass trim. :x Was thinking about hitting it with boot polish.

Bumpers and side strips seem to not mark for me (G3, then Autoglym Radiant Wax).

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scrub with detergent (plenty of) and water of course - pays to mask off before applying polish
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Hi,
A cheaper way of cleaning off the polish from you black bumpers and trim is to use smooth peanut butter. It works a treat as the butter works as a type of abrasive on the polish.
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PS DONT use coarse or crunchy peanut butter.
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wrinklet1 wrote:Hi,
A cheaper way of cleaning off the polish from you black bumpers and trim is to use smooth peanut butter.
That's inspired Paul :D I'll give that a try next time. What's the problem with crunchy peanut butter then?

The only problem I can see is kids licking the bumpers after application :lol:
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Try LIDL black shoe polish ( small tub with domed top) stays black for ages. john.
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Crunchy or coarse peanut butter can scratch the paintwork
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Another tip
use LHM to clean the silver trim around the car
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Peanut butter tastes much better in a sandwich. Try Baby oil...
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XantiaMan583 wrote: Try Baby oil...
What? In a sandwich :? :P :roll:
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citrojim wrote:
XantiaMan583 wrote: Try Baby oil...
What? In a sandwich :? :P :roll:
Only if you want to, but it does work for bumpers too!
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