Mess Left After Tinting

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I recently had my 2020 Lexus UX250h F Sport windows tinted by the most recommended and reputable tinting shop in Honolulu. The mess they left behind was unexpected. I assume they use a soap/water solution of some kind as a "slip agent" and spray it on liberally. The issue is the amount of solution that ran down the door panels and the surrounding plastic interior trim that wasn't removed. After picking up the car it had to immediately go to a barge company to be sent to my island and I had waited a month and a half for the booking so taking the car back and demanding they clean it up wasn't an option. Once I got it home I tried my normal P&S Express at 1:1 and it didn't touch many of the drips and streaks so I tried it straight. That helped but once I finished my interior wipe down and put on 303 the door panels and corners of the dash that had been affected I got horrible blotchy patches. I have found the interior materials on this Lexus to kind of finicky and very easily marred so I am very hesitant to go crazy with a stronger APC solution and a stronger media.

Anyone have any suggestions or run into something similar?
 
I don't have any suggestions, but I like your Avatar and user name.:dblthumb2:
 
Well thanks for that and I am sure you are also impressed with the fact I joined in 2006 and have a whopping 8 posts to my credit...

lol

Now that I am full time in Hawaii I wonder if the name and avatar need to change?

:dunno:

Nah, it will keep folks guessing

Have a great day!!!
 
Damn that sucks! I’d be so upset. Not that it’s going to fix anything but did you document the staining and contact the tint shop? Also what products do you have at your disposal and what’s available (not crazy expensive to ship to HI?) Don’t want to recommend something and it’s difficult to get or the price is just obnoxious.
 
Thanks for the input

I took pics of the mess but honestly starting a pie fight with the tint shop was going to be a waste of time since the car wasn't going to be around for them to take a look at

For products I have the P&S Express I mentioned, OPC straight and 5:1, and Superclean but I don't ever think of that as an interior cleaner

There is a VERY limited supply of chemicals locally but Amazon is a click away so any suggestions will be appreciated

To compound the problem the car sat for over a month in the lot of the barge company that brought it from Alaska to Honolulu and I swear it cooked the dash

I left a windshield cover in the front seat but have no idea if they used it or not as it wasn't in place when they brought the car for me to inspect

And on a totally different subject after the car was barged from Honolulu to Molokai it was completely encrusted with salt and I have some significant etching on the hood that I have to deal with

Totally bizarre that it's just the hood and I am wondering what could have possibly been on the hood to interact with the salt in that location only

I will be posting that up as a separate thread because I need help with the correction

This poor car has had a hard life and it's only 9 months old
 
Ah man that really sucks. I have been using ADG Wipeout lately and it does an awesome job of cleaning interiors and slightly darkens plastics without making them glossy which I love. It’s also the best rinseless wash I’ve used to date.
 
I will check it out and thanks for the suggestion
 
Now you have me curious..Alaska to Molokai? Are you originally from Molokai?
 
Rsurfer said:
Now you have me curious..Alaska to Molokai? Are you originally from Molokai?
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No, like a lot of Alaskans we started getting out of Alaska in the dead of winter as often as possible

We went to all the other islands many times except Molokai and Lanai

We visited Lanai once and then discovered Molokai in 2004 and fell in love with the lack of everything

My wife kept watching prices and as she got close to retirement we bought a condo so she could spend her winters here

She has horrific arthritis and winter is a nightmare for her

After we got flooded out in our condo by a neighbor we renovated it and sold it and bought a house in 2018

We sold out of Alaska last fall and Molokai is home now
 
chilly said:
No, like a lot of Alaskans we started getting out of Alaska in the dead of winter as often as possible

We went to all the other islands many times except Molokai and Lanai

We visited Lanai once and then discovered Molokai in 2004 and fell in love with the lack of everything

My wife kept watching prices and as she got close to retirement we bought a condo so she could spend her winters here

She has horrific arthritis and winter is a nightmare for her

After we got flooded out in our condo by a neighbor we renovated it and sold it and bought a house in 2018

We sold out of Alaska last fall and Molokai is home now
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Congrats on your new home. They call Molokai the "Friendly Isle" for a reason. Good luck on your new life.
 
fly07sti said:
Ah man that really sucks. I have been using ADG Wipeout lately and it does an awesome job of cleaning interiors and slightly darkens plastics without making them glossy which I love. It’s also the best rinseless wash I’ve used to date.
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Better the n-914? Have you used it on coated cars for maintenance?

I’m not worried about it masking a coating as I believe protection is too light.


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Coatingsarecrack said:
Better the n-914? Have you used it on coated cars for maintenance?

I’m not worried about it masking a coating as I believe protection is too light.


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Not to hijack this thread, but yes it’s much better than N914. When combined with fuzion as pre treatment. GAME OVER
 
I've watched videos of tint installation many times, and I'm always surprised at how much liquid ends up getting sprayed everywhere inside the car. I know that car doors and components (electrical or not) are probably designed to handle this - think of having to roll the window down when it rains - but it still irks me every time I see it.

When I got my windows tinted I wondered how well the mess would get cleaned up. I just assumed that the clean-up is part of the deal...after all, imagine being the owner of a $100K+ car and getting it back with streaks or stains. No way, right? I went back a month ago to have my windshield tinted and included a towel on the dash as a courtesy. The dash has some hard-to-reach places so I really didn't feel like having to clean anything myself after, which is why I included my own towel. The doors I can manage, the dash...not so much.

That really stinks, sorry to hear about your situation. Hopefully you can find something to do the trick. Ever consider steaming it out?
 
vaca22 said:
I've watched videos of tint installation many times, and I'm always surprised at how much liquid ends up getting sprayed everywhere inside the car. I know that car doors and components (electrical or not) are probably designed to handle this - think of having to roll the window down when it rains - but it still irks me every time I see it.

When I got my windows tinted I wondered how well the mess would get cleaned up. I just assumed that the clean-up is part of the deal...after all, imagine being the owner of a $100K+ car and getting it back with streaks or stains. No way, right? I went back a month ago to have my windshield tinted and included a towel on the dash as a courtesy. The dash has some hard-to-reach places so I really didn't feel like having to clean anything myself after, which is why I included my own towel. The doors I can manage, the dash...not so much.

That really stinks, sorry to hear about your situation. Hopefully you can find something to do the trick. Ever consider steaming it out?
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Seriously, you would expect a courtesy cleanup

They even had me sign a waiver since they remove the door panels to be able to run the tint down below the level of the interior "wipe strip"

They even left off a trim piece from behind the passenger door handle assembly

My wife found it down in the recess of the arm rest later on

If you take the door panels off how come it looks like 3 year olds finger painted with pudding?

I don't get it...
 
fly07sti said:
Not to hijack this thread, but yes it’s much better than N914. When combined with fuzion as pre treatment. GAME OVER
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I have been thinking of N-914 to replace ONR for pre correction wash since there are no polymers to get in the way of correction

Any thoughts on the Wipeout vs N-914 in that use?
 
chilly said:
I have been thinking of N-914 to replace ONR for pre correction wash since there are no polymers to get in the way of correction

Any thoughts on the Wipeout vs N-914 in that use?
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If your going to paint correct, I wouldn't worry about the polymers in a soap. I would definitely use something like N-914 or Reset after polishing and before coating.
 
Rsurfer said:
If your going to paint correct, I wouldn't worry about the polymers in a soap. I would definitely use something like N-914 or Reset after polishing and before coating.
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Gotcha

Mahalo
 
chilly said:
I have been thinking of N-914 to replace ONR for pre correction wash since there are no polymers to get in the way of correction

Any thoughts on the Wipeout vs N-914 in that use?
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I like N914 much more than ONR. N914 has been my go to rinseless since I started hoarding my D114. That’s another subject altogether but I digress. Wipeout just cleans amazingly well. If you have a choice between both, wipeout is better. N914 is good but it’s moved down a notch for me lately.
 
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