Restoring the black..........
 

When I was carelessly waxing the Blazer I got some was on the black door handles and stuff. It just doesn't seem to clean up no matter what I try.

Anybody have any good suggestions?

Bocomo

RE: Restoring the black..........
 

I got a good stiff bristled brush that works for me when that happens. Kind of like an over sized toothbrush, of course a toothbrush could work just as well on it too.

RE: Restoring the black..........
 

A good cleaner might be all you need. I use SimpleGreen on pretty much everything i need to clean on my truck (except the body) I use it for bugs, tar, etc. Should work for you.

Thanks, I'll give those ideas a try.
 

Seems I've tried some "normal" washing procedures. Maybe I need some extra elbow grease when I'm trying to clean it. I'll try this weekend if it gets above 35'F.

RE: Thanks, I'll give those ideas a try.
 

You could try a normal wax remover (solvent), but it would tend to dull the plastic. You would then need to use a product like Mother's Back-to-Black.

You could also try a bristle brush and some dawn dish soap. Dawn has a tendancy to strip wax off of your paint, so it should remove the wax from your trim as well and the reason why I say get a bristle brush is to thuroughly clean the rough surface, better than you could with a cloth.

RE: Thanks, I'll give those ideas a try.
 

No matter what you use, simply green is the ****. You should pick up a bottle next time you're at walmart or something. You'll begin to see all the uses for it even around the house.

RE: Thanks, I'll give those ideas a try.
 

Clean the trim with simple green then go in with some mothers "back 2 black" you wont be sorry.

RE: Thanks, I'll give those ideas a try.
 

I just bought a 2000 Trailbalzer. The flat black trim on the back corners were faded, oxidised and just looked work. I tried the mothers "Back-to-Black"......WOW WOW WOW. I did one side and not the other to see if i could appreciate the difference. It was amazing. Good luck with your clean up.

RE: Thanks, I'll give those ideas a try.
 

its amazing how old posts never die here... hehehehe

On that note..........
 

I asked my wife to pick up some Simple Green. She did, although she bought some lemon scented yellow Simple Green. The next time we were in WalMart together I showed what I MEANT when I sad Simple Green, the stuff in automotive---not generally house cleaning.

I haven't used Mother's Back to Black yet, but the lemon scented Simple Green did work pretty well. And it does do a good job for other cleaning purposes, too.

Just trying to keep this thread going...........