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    Made the mistake and went through a shell gas station car wash

    Made a HUGE mistake and went through a cheap shell gas station car was. Now im left with dried hot sealant wax on the trim/frame of my windows!!! I tried everything to get it off..eraser, more wax, clay bar etc. Can anyone help me with this please. My car is black so it stands out even more and its just horrible to look at.

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    Pics?

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    Sounds terrible.

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    were you able to remove this by any chance? if so, HOW?!?!?

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    Have you tried using a bug and tar remover, such as this? I would imagine the wax used in your case is quite sticky, so this may be of some assistance:
    https://www.rainx.com/product/washes...-pre-wash-gel/

    When repairing my E38's grille, I found that a previous owner used roofing tar adhesive (sticky, stretchy, black and messy!) to adhere the chrome grille surround to the hood. As my car is Titanium Silver, it stood out like a sore thumb when it oozed out.

    Car soap & water wouldn't do anything. Ended up scraping most of the adhesive off with an old credit card, then spraying the area with the RainX Bug & Tar Remover and letting it sit for 5 minutes per the directions. Light scrubbing with a bug sponge (I used this one: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Auto-Driv...ubber/35737152) and 99% of the tar came off with zero fuss.

    To make absolutely certain that all of tar was gone, I repeated the process once more, but used a microfiber cloth as it is less aggressive than the bug sponge.

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