# Need Detailing (Dirt Removal) advice **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [October 24, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-detailing-dirt-removal-advice/260999 "2011-10-24T06:41:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-detailing-dirt-removal-advice/260999/1 "2011-10-24T06:41:08Z")
I picked up the replacement door for the Lexus and some asshole had put one of those stick on door guards on it. Took me a few hours to get that and all the adhesive off and now I am Left with this dark outline on the door where that piece was. Looks like it has impregnated into the 1000 layers of hardened wax that are on the door. I have tried a ton of shit on the dirt inlcuding acetone and it just won’t come out. how do I get rid of this shit? ---
**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-detailing-dirt-removal-advice/260999/2 "2011-10-24T06:54:53Z")
you may have to paint it, can you snap a pic? ---
**Author:** ![20wrx09](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/20wrx09/32/6532_2.png) [@20wrx09](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/20wrx09)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-detailing-dirt-removal-advice/260999/3 "2011-10-24T06:57:12Z")
would claybar get anything? ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-detailing-dirt-removal-advice/260999/4 "2011-10-24T07:04:01Z")
I’ll try and get a few good close up pics tonight. I was thinking about maybe some wetsanding but thats scary LOL. I pretty sure its just in the wax but I have never seen this much wax on a car in my life.literally a 16th of an inch difference from the nice fresh paint under that strip and thesmall mountain range of scum and wax on the edges ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-detailing-dirt-removal-advice/260999/5 "2011-10-24T17:45:39Z")
![http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/eghatchattack/photobucket-4922-1319502654187.jpg](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/eghatchattack/photobucket-4922-1319502654187.jpg) Here you can clearly see the line of encrusted on dirt that is pretty much in the wax and clear that basically just wont come off ![http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/eghatchattack/photobucket-5511-1319503086364.jpg](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/eghatchattack/photobucket-5511-1319503086364.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-detailing-dirt-removal-advice/260999/6 "2011-10-24T17:48:53Z")
I have spent 3 hours and used cleaner wax, soap and even nail polish remover and can’t get all of this crud off. ---
**Author:** ![crazybrew609](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/crazybrew609/32/6319_2.png) [@crazybrew609](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/crazybrew609)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-detailing-dirt-removal-advice/260999/7 "2011-10-24T17:58:28Z")
need to buff it man, plain and simple, it needs a good 2 or 3 step polish job to get it off and make the door fully match ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-detailing-dirt-removal-advice/260999/8 "2011-10-24T18:04:00Z")
Ok good. I’ll just wait till spring then and get the whole car done ---
**Author:** ![crazybrew609](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/crazybrew609/32/6319_2.png) [@crazybrew609](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/crazybrew609)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-detailing-dirt-removal-advice/260999/9 "2011-10-24T18:13:40Z")
might want to do it now, make sure it can be blended well. just talk to bigred and ask him to do some of his magic to it. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-detailing-dirt-removal-advice/260999/10 "2011-10-24T18:16:17Z")
clay bar. I even got road line paint off my dad’s old car with a clay bar. Nothing else would get it off, not even paint thinner. ---
**Author:** ![crazybrew609](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/crazybrew609/32/6319_2.png) [@crazybrew609](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/crazybrew609)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-detailing-dirt-removal-advice/260999/11 "2011-10-24T18:40:15Z")
he needs a cutting compound, clay bar is great for small stuff, this needs a whole door polish to make it look right ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-detailing-dirt-removal-advice/260999/12 "2011-10-24T19:42:28Z")
with a quick wet sand and buff it should be fine, clay bar isnt gonna do shit for that.