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Posted by: TROJANMAN Apr 26 2005, 09:49 PM

car is coming home soon after spending 2+ years in my mechanics side lot. what do you guys recommend i use to clean it? is there a special something to put the BLACK back into the top? Any type of wax that might help the paint shine again? thanks in advance.

Posted by: TROJANMAN Apr 27 2005, 12:40 PM

no one has any suggestions for cleaning products?

Posted by: Mueller Apr 27 2005, 12:44 PM

sorry....wrong forum...try the 911 guys

Meguirs (sp??) has a great cleaning/polish/waxing system, this is what I use........

Posted by: BMartin914 Apr 27 2005, 12:55 PM

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Meguirs (sp??) has a great cleaning/polish/waxing system, this is what I use........

That's what I use. My top is painted, so I don't know too much about re-newing it, but there is some stuff called black something (sorry I can't remember) that people have used in the past to renew their tops. I know there is a thread on here somewhere.

Posted by: Lawrence Apr 27 2005, 01:16 PM

Stay away from dish soap. It's designed to dissolve grease/wax.

Any wax with caranuba should do fine. I like paste wax, but there's significant effort involved in the application.

If your paint is less than six months old, then I would recommend waiting until you wax the car.

Posted by: brant Apr 27 2005, 01:23 PM

not to contradict Rusty...

but I would use a stong cleaner first... Like the dish soap which is normally bad, but would do the job of stripping all the wax and 2 years of toxic waste...

then I would follow it up with a wax job.

most import use a ton of water.
don't let it get dry

then regarding the top
get some of the product called: forever black
its a die actually, but does a nice job on tops and bumpers to restore shine.

congrats on getting it back!

drive it.
drive it.
drive it.
drive it.
drive it.

brant

Posted by: Lawrence Apr 27 2005, 01:29 PM

QUOTE (brant @ Apr 27 2005, 02:23 PM)
not to contradict Rusty...

but I would use a stong cleaner first... Like the dish soap which is normally bad, but would do the job of stripping all the wax and 2 years of toxic waste...

You didn't contradict me.

But if someone wants to strip the old wax from the car, get some good degreaser from the auto-body supply store. It's hella good. Dishsoap will only do a half-assed job cleaning, just enough harm to screw up a good base wax job.

-Rusty