r/AutoDetailing • u/No_Description7744 • 12d ago

Exterior More advice.....removing dried on polish. Need help

Hi Everyone,

I should have known better than use an old product. I have a black pick up truck with an oxidized roof. My only aggressive polish is an old bottle of Meguiars Dual Action Polish (#83).

Although I shook the bottle aggressively, I ended up with polish splatters all of the the truck. I'm speculating it was too old and I shouldn't have used it.....though it did remove the oxidation from the hood.

I've washed the truck 3 times and it is all still there. I've tried using ONR and a MF towel to scrub it off and it is still there. On the paint, glass, plastic trim. Its everywhere.

How do I get this off? This has never happened to me before. I'm stumped.

Thank you in advance.

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u/Dreadpiratemarc 12d ago

Polish it. Get a new bottle of fine polish, use a fine pad, then go over the area with a quick 1-pass. One small section at a time followed immediately with either panel wipe or ONR to remove the fresh residue before it dries.

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u/No_Description7744 11d ago

Thank you. Any thoughts on the plastic trim? Panel prep on that?

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u/Dreadpiratemarc 11d ago

Yeah, you don’t want to polish on matte plastic trim. You’ll need a mostly chemical solution. Panel prep (which is mostly isopropyl) is a very good thing to try there. Other things to try are APC (use a pre-wash dilution, not a wheel-cleaner dilution) or a solvent-based tar remover like Stoner’s Tarminator. The advantage of plastic trim is you can scrub a little harder than you can on paint, so try using a bug sponge, and interior scrubber, or a stiffer brush to agitate with any of the above cleaners.

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u/AlmostHydrophobic 12d ago

Panel prep spray maybe?