removing dried, excess wax

[GroovinPickle]

Never again will I make the mistake of letting someone else wax my car (unless I really know that they know their business). There is dried wax in places like the rain gutters around the rear glass and in between the paint and rubber weatherstripping.

I bought some of this stuff hoping that it would help me remove it:


It doesn't work well at all. I spray it liberally on the area, then scrub with an old MF towel (or a Q-tip, if it's a hard-to-reach area), but when the area dries you can see that it hasn't done anything to remove the stubborn, dried wax. Any suggestions?

[GKGreen]

Never again will I make the mistake of letting someone else wax my car (unless I really know that they know their business). There is dried wax in places like the rain gutters around the rear glass and in between the paint and rubber weatherstripping.

I bought some of this stuff hoping that it would help me remove it:


It doesn't work well at all. I spray it liberally on the area, then scrub with an old MF towel (or a Q-tip, if it's a hard-to-reach area), but when the area dries you can see that it hasn't done anything to remove the stubborn, dried wax. Any suggestions?

If that doesn't work, I use GR-40 regularly from topoftheline.com, it works really well at getting wax out of cracks and trim.

[GroovinPickle]

If that doesn't work, I use GR-40 regularly from topoftheline.com, it works really well at getting wax out of cracks and trim.

I haven't heard of this product before, but I'll give it a look. Thanks for the advice.

[hal9000]

Depends on where you're trying to remove it, but if it's on a painted surface, QD and a MF will take it off. If it's on rubber, try a staedler white drafting eraser available at your local office store; if it's on plastic, a Mr. Clean Eraser; if it's on glass, any quality glass cleaner will remove it.

[smurfless]

I just read a couple posts that claim peanut oil (or peanut butter) do fabulous jobs. Personally, I'll try them and see how it goes. If not, then I'll look up these other options.

[Dnz]

Plastic eraser. Works for me.

[lkwd318ti]

Mr. Clean magic eraser worked for me for the trim around the car. I would assume that it would work everywhere else on the car too.
Try to keep it away from the paint though, I think that it would remove wax too.

-Randy