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Window trim / gasket splotchy from brushless car wash soap
| 05-14-2017, 11:42 PM | #1 |
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Window trim / gasket splotchy from brushless car wash soap
I'm pretty sure this happened after going through a brushless car wash because of the foamy soap that sputtered onto my car. Has anyone else ever seen this and know what to do? When it happened I thought it would go away but it never did. I also tried Armor All and that didn't help.
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| 05-14-2017, 11:45 PM | #2 |
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water is a universal solvent. did you try just washing it off with with a soft towel? if that doesn't work, try washing the car again by hand? i can't imagine that foam from a touch-less car wash would leave faded trim pieces.
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| 05-15-2017, 04:38 AM | #3 |
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When that soap hit the trim, it seems to have pulled away the moisture from the rubber in those sections. I would try Mothers Back-to-Black on the trim. When I had that happen on a previous vehicle, that took care of it.
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| 06-21-2017, 10:03 AM | #6 |
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It's definitely a soft polymer trim, like rubber and not chrome. I've washed it many times since then. I'll try the Mothers Back-to-Black! Thanks for the tip!
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| 06-21-2017, 12:51 PM | #7 |
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Mothers will work. I use it on wife.com's X3 since it has the black lower trim and trim around the wheel wells. You'd think BMW would take notice of the Honda/Jeep SUVs with the black cladding and realize they FADE in no time.....
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