How to remove wax from plastic/vinyl bumpers?

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I am a TOTAL amateur at car detailing mainly because as a father of 2, I rarely have the time.

Anyway, today is my birthday and all I wanted to do was become one with my car !!!

The wife complied and so I did a thorough wash and applied a wax and everything was perfect ... until I saw a LOT of places where I went too heavy with the wax and it got on my bumpers. It is a black car and now the bumpers have a lot of white on them.

How do I clean them ?
 
Tooth brush and some wax remover or IPA.

I have read here on AGO that some guys use peanut butter, but I cannot confirm that this works.
 
nymickey said:
I am a TOTAL amateur at car detailing mainly because as a father of 2, I rarely have the time.

Anyway, today is my birthday and all I wanted to do was become one with my car !!!

The wife complied and so I did a thorough wash and applied a wax and everything was perfect ... until I saw a LOT of places where I went too heavy with the wax and it got on my bumpers. It is a black car and now the bumpers have a lot of white on them.

How do I clean them ?
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On the bright side you have a whole new reason to spend some more quality time with the ride while gaining more experience. Sounds like you may have planned this

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Can't personally vouch for the Blackfire wax remover, but I can say the M37 wax remover works.

Key to any of these products is to use a brush to work the product down in to the pores of the plastic as that's where the wax collects.
 
PaulMys said:
I have read here on AGO that some guys use peanut butter, but I cannot confirm that this works.
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I've used peanut butter and it worked great. I once had a car with textured black trim with some wax stains on it from places where I was a little sloppy. After trying APC and some other products, peanut butter was the only thing that worked. I put a very small amount on an old tooth brush and then worked at the area until it was gone. I think it's the oils in the peanut butter than loosen the dried wax and make it easier to remove.
 
I'd make a suggestion to put the wax away and use a more modern product that doesn't leave white residue. Never have to worry about the issue again.
 
DUBL0WS6 said:
I'd make a suggestion to put the wax away and use a more modern product that doesn't leave white residue. Never have to worry about the issue again.
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Please remember that there are still some of us that use the less modern products.............. ;)
 
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