Mod (Ret.)

I've used a small amount of car wash soap and a toothbrush. Just mask off the paint around the black part, as the toothbrush bristles can dull the paint.

From the infomercial, they say you can apply the Turtle Wax Ice body wax on black plastic, and it will not leave white particles like conventional wax does.

I still continue to use paste carnuba though; leaves the best shine, and lasts months; I also mask off black plastic surfaces.

blk08stx

on plastic i take tire shine and it usually will take the white residue off

boblong13

hah well tire shine beats a toothbrush but hell ill try both i rubbed a couple of spots of the ICE on my truck works pretty good

jbhill

quick detailer will take the residue off, use a tooth brush also.

BlackSTX

The girl who ran the detail shop where I worked said you can use ammonia to get rid of the residue; though I have never tried it.

I have usually found that being very careful when waxing, to avoid getting too much on to the plastic, then rubbing any I do get on it off with a hand towel works pretty good.

I'm glad that someone mentioned Ice, I've been meaning to try it. I like that you can apply it over the plastic trim.
I generally have been using Maguires cleaner/wax then applying a coat or two of Maguires Gold.

boblong13

ITS OFFICIAL!! I used ICE for the first time tday waxed the truck and did the vinyl twice (cause it dries to much the first coat) this stuff works very well dosent streak at all and takes less than half the time to do it.