Cleaning tip........

[Podney]

.........sorry,not giving a tip,but in need of some suggestions please.

Trying to get through a narrow gap between a lorry and a hedge,I managed to scrape the side of the van on the lorries wing mirror. The result is a four feet long deposit of black plastic/rubber from the mirror casing on to my plastic windows. Only about a quarter of an inch wide at the worst bit. Fortunately there are no dents.

I’ve tried elbow grease,white vinegar solution and car polish,without success.

Any ideas please??????

TIA

 

[Boris7]

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[Clickem]

Try some White Spirit, very good for removing the likes of surplus sealant

 

[FIDGET]

possibly toothpaste or fenwicks windowise , I think (but not sure) brasso .

DO NOT USE THINNERS it will cause a crazing effect

 

[TerryL]

Any kind of solvent is likely to affect the plastic of the windows. A very, very mild abrasive is probably best, as sold for scratches. Toothpaste is very very very mild so with a bit of elbow gease it should work.

Brasso or maybe even T-cut but I'd try them on an unobtrusive area first and go very carefully and not try to use it dry.

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[movan]

Then when you've tried all those, I suggest you try a double brandy. . Hate it when things like this happen.

Just a suggestion, I sometimes find WD40 brings certain marks off... But I'm not sure how safe it is.

 

[CazPaul]

The restorer first then the polish, if you were near to Durham you could have had a squirt of each.

 

[g3cwi]

If the windows are formed from extruded acrylic, using IPA could prove to be an expensive mistake.

 

[GeoffnDee]

As suggested, Fenwicks Windowize works well on scratches and is designed for use on plastic and acrylic motorhome windows without doing any damage, so I would think it would do the job.

 

[XxAnthxX]

Xerapol Scratch remover

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[Podney]

Thanks to all.......off to sunny Norfolk for a few days now,so if I cant get it off tonight with what Ive got in my shed it’ll have to wait till I return.

When it happened I wasn’t greatly peed off as I was expecting much worse,and a bit of black on the Windows was a lot better than I expected.

 

[Minxy]

Have you got any 'magic' sponges? They are useful for getting rubber heel marks etc off stuff ... it's amazing what they will remove.

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Another option is to try baby wipes as again they can remove a lot of stuff that other cleaners can't ... after all they were designed to remove baby poo!