White Haze on Trim

GlazeMan81

GlazeMan81

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Hello! I am down to spending 30-45 minutes taping up the trim on cars just to be absolutely certain I do not end up with the dreaded white haze. I have not been able to locate any product that works better than rubbing alcohol.

What is your method? Since joining this site, awesome btw, I have seen lots of tape jobs from pictures of cars in process.

Sorry if this is an overly talked out issue.

Thanks!
 
How about trying to use products that don't stain trim and a technique to minimize contact with the trim?

What polishes/waxes are you using?
 
Don't know your level of expertise but being careful at the beginning can save you a lot of thime at the end. A simple strip of tape saves time and the use of some other product to counteract the negative effect of what you did. This is where your technigue comes in to play.
 
WAXOFF said:
Don't know your level of expertise but being careful at the beginning can save you a lot of thime at the end. A simple strip of tape saves time and the use of some other product to counteract the negative effect of what you did. This is where your technigue comes in to play.
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Totally agree. I tape it all up. Maybe I have been to tedious about it. My technique varies depending how far into the case of beer I am! jk!
 
Setec Astronomy said:
How about trying to use products that don't stain trim and a technique to minimize contact with the trim?



What polishes/waxes are you using?
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I agree here as well. I have been switching to products that do not leave a haze. I do like to experiment and I do not really have a go to polish or wax. There is always something new. I used Ardex for years. They leave haze, but I loved how they worked. Since I joined this group, i have people to ask my questions to.

Thanks for your suggestion.
 
Hey.... nothing wrong AT ALL with spending 30~45 minutes doing a tape job. Heck, I've spent 2 hours on it and wouldn't EVER regret it. :dblthumb2:

As for removing haze after the fact... try Mothers Back to Black Trim Cleaner. It comes with a big industrial toothbrush that really helps you get down to it. You need to MAKE SURE however that you tape off EVERYTHING paint related before you break out that industrial toothbrush. It'll scratch the living snot out of ANY paint it gets near. Just double tape your paint and you're good.

While this car didn't have white haze, it did have one serious problem with the window trim. (It will remove haze, been there, done that.)

Take a look at the results on the little Sentra, it REALLY made it look better. :props:

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...thers-back-black-trim-cleaner-trial-fire.html
 
cardaddy said:
Hey.... nothing wrong AT ALL with spending 30~45 minutes doing a tape job. [/url]
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I agree.. It's funny because I sometimes find myself worrying if I'm spending too much time on things like wheels & tires [and of course wheel wells at the same time] during a full detail on a job. Factor in that it's usually the 1st thing to get started on, and time is always precious when detailing someone else's vehicle. But in order to get the job done right, it can take some time! 45-1hr on the wheels/tires/and wells alone is what it is sometimes..

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Vacuuming is another area that I can get pretty deep into.. I'm not sure what percent of us can easily spend up to 1-1.5 hrs on a complete detailed interior vacuum step, but I'm definitely 1 of those people. Lol.
 
When was the last time someone said, hey this is an exceptionally high quality product that im not sure I can live without its that good, but it stains trim.....
 
JeffM said:
When was the last time someone said, hey this is an exceptionally high quality product that im not sure I can live without its that good, but it stains trim.....
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You talkin bout Nu Finish?
 
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