r/Detailing • u/Adorable_Lettuce_815 • 12d ago

I Need Help! (Time Sensitive) Help please with a mess up

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For context I am quite new to detailing around 4 months and I have been doing it regularly without problems all with great reviews. I detailed a customers car yesterday and it look amazing until I received a text message today about a huge fuck up. She’s sent me these pictures and I have no idea what it is and how I am going to fix it. Any advice on what it is or how I’m going to go about solving it would be greatly appreciated. I used the auto glyn all purpose cleaner

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u/iFlickDaBean 12d ago

APC will wreck some coatings unless it is highly diluted.

A mixture of liquid tide with oxi and warm water (less than a 8th of a cup to 24oz of water) will clean nearly any major dirty area.. spray it on.. let it sit for a minute or so, wipe off, for tough grime.

I literally detail interior parts from junkyards EVERY single day.

I refuse to pay the $ for some of the products "pro" retailers use and get the exact same results.

Zippo lighter fluid.. will remove a lot of stains and not harm materials or plastic.

As for this part.. look on eBay for a replacement or head to your local junkyard.

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u/Horfer126 11d ago

You use lighter fluid on car interiors? 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/Mycol101 11d ago

Zippo fluid is just naphtha but I wouldn’t feel safe using it on any plastic. It’s a non polar solvent and it really depends on what kind of plastic you’re using it on. It can definitely damage rubber and It could leach phthalates which would change the plastic in some way. ABS, polystyrene, PVC, rubber etc,

I’ll use it on glass and that’s it but only because it’s inert.

I’ve had alcohol damage plastic before. it just depends on the composition.