Before I tried this I did a lot of asking around and the only real answer I got was to either use “Back To Black” or another car cleaning product that does bumpers and trim. The draw back after reading about all these products was that after the car has had a few washes the layer left by the products was gone and the dry wax look returned.
I stumbled across some other forums which mentioned the use of peanut butter, most people were ignoring it and I can see why smearing a food stuff on a car sounds like a bad idea. Personally I don’t have problem with it, peanut butter is pretty natural, I eat it, where as other people seem happy to apply some form of chemical solvent, now that sounds crazy.
Instructions
- Get a big teaspoon of smooth peanut butter (don’t use crunchy as it will cause damage. I went for Tesco’s Smooth at £1.05) and put it on a small plate, stick this in the micowave for about 30 seconds to warm it up a bit. This will make it easier to apply.
- Using your finger to spread it over the affected area and then leave to stand for 10 Mins.
- Next using a tooth brush rub the area gently in small circles, you will see it looks better straight away.
- Once you’ve finished the whole area take a bit of rag and wipe all the peanut butter off, next use another cloth which is wet to wipe the residue off. This should leave the area looking like new.
A quick note, I bought a pack of cheapo toothbrushes which I also use to clean my alloys with, I just used another one of those to get any tiny bits of peanut butter to went in to tiny seams out once it had dried. If you find this helpful then please leave me a comment. Oh and by the way as the disclaimer on my about page basically says you do all of this at your own risk :)
One extra note, for small little line like on grills and other tiny bits of rubber trim a normal pencil rubber with some water works great.