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Thread Number: 39732
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
Clean Paint/Scuff Off Plastic & Rubber Trim |
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| Post# 421699 3/15/2020 at 21:25 (1,501 days old) by chicagomike (Plover, WI) | ||
What does everyone use to try getting paint and scuff marks off of plastic trim, and rubber trim?
I am tired of scrubbing with slow results using a 3M scrub pad/scotch pad and it scratches plastic to much, magic eraser is slow and neither work worth a crap!! I am hoping someone has the secret I need to try while not being to harsh on the plastic/remove the shine like the scour pad does and hoping there is a secret for the rubber trim/bumper parts. | ||
| Post# 421700 , Reply# 1 3/15/2020 at 21:36 (1,501 days old) by vacuumkid47 (Sibley, IA) | ||
Use a clean, dry microfiber towel or rag and apply isopropyl alcohol and let it sit for a few seconds and rub until it disappears. As far as I know, it does not damage any plastic. It also works on rubber trims as well. DO. NOT. USE. GOOF OFF!!! It will BURN the plastic and it's a mess to work with. ONLY use it on metal or rubber (if really needed)
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| Post# 421701 , Reply# 2 3/15/2020 at 22:02 (1,501 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Ya | ||
| Post# 421713 , Reply# 3 3/16/2020 at 02:00 (1,501 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
Alcohol is good. Brake cleaner and acetone will likely damage plastic, but might be better on rubber where alcohol fails. For paint scuffs on plastic, you might try Xylene... but try it somewhere inconspicuous first, as I don't know how it'll affect plastic. It's good for softening up paint without being as detrimental as a paint stripper. There's also paint thinner / mineral spirits, which should be perfectly fine for plastics, but contrary to the name, don't really soften up paint that's already dried / cured.
The link below shows a plastic compatibility chart for solvents. However it's mostly for bottles safe to store it in. Rubbing a little bit of whatever on plastic is not really the same thing, so take it with a grain of salt. Abrasives like scotch brite are out of the question. Magic eraser is ALSO an abrasive, albeit much finer so the scratches it leaves are usually too fine to notice. CLICK HERE TO GO TO MadMan's LINK | ||
| Post# 421715 , Reply# 4 3/16/2020 at 04:51 (1,501 days old) by ManchesterVacs (Manchester) | ||
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| Post# 421719 , Reply# 5 3/16/2020 at 08:20 (1,501 days old) by Mike811 (Finland) | ||
 I use magic eraser type "wonder sponge" for cleaning heavy stains. Just need to be very careful not to damage shiny plastics. After that polishing if needed. | ||
| Post# 421722 , Reply# 6 3/16/2020 at 09:15 (1,500 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 421726 , Reply# 7 3/16/2020 at 09:29 (1,500 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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Alcohol- -yes,but 90% not 50%. | ||
| Post# 421728 , Reply# 8 3/16/2020 at 11:03 (1,500 days old) by Evilvacuumman (Los Angeles) | ||
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| Post# 421755 , Reply# 9 3/16/2020 at 17:02 (1,500 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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@Manchestervacs - I'm assuming you mean methylated spirits?
That's denatured alcohol for us yanks :P Side note, they seem to label it as just 'Fuel' now, with 'denatured alcohol' in fine print below. I'm guessing for liability reasons. Just in case anyone is wondering why they don't see it on the store shelf. | ||
| Post# 421759 , Reply# 10 3/16/2020 at 18:55 (1,500 days old) by chicagomike (Plover, WI) | ||
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Thank you for the suggestions.
50% was slow using a microfiber cloth 91% using microfiber cloth worked well Denatured alcohol using microfiber cloth I thought worked better then the 91% only because it did not evaporate as quick maybe or maybe it even worked with less effort.. -- either way 91% or denatured alcohol is the way to go. | ||
| Post# 421767 , Reply# 11 3/16/2020 at 20:29 (1,500 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Meth | ||
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