Cleaning rubber junk off door panels

[SUPER M]

this is what i use to take the rubber gook from the panels in my car .....





Isopropyl alcohol and a brass bristle brush.





dip the brush in the alcohol and scrub away it wont hurt the plastic panel ( but the alcohol will dry it out a little ) But if you are going to paint the panels anyway...






This is the rubber coating coming off..Now all you have to do is wash it off with a hose and reapply if you need to.





Here is one side cleaned and the other side not touched ...





All cleaned up and ready for paint







I hope this helps it took me a long time to figure this out.

Thanks SUPER M

[daisyyy]

Originally Posted by MichelleRoze

what I found that works great, is nail polish remover pads from Walmart. They are little felt pads, that serve as a rough surface that will wipe that rubber junk right off. I painted the area around the door handle and window switches, and it came off so easy! So that's another option.

How did the nail polish remover go on the plastic? Did you need to scrub a lot? I used the magic eraser this afternoon and it took me over an hour just to do the door handles and the bar above the glove box. I'm assuming you used them without pulling apart your beetle?

[4SEVEN3]

Bump to the top.

So the grey trim has this crap on it too? Im thinking of painting a few things....I guess its time to head to Target for some supplies!

[twiget]

I ended up scraping the top layer off using a scrub brush and Awesome. You pick it up at Dollar Tree. It still had a little of the soft touch coating left so I used a wet dryer sheet and it came right off with no damage to the panels. It is very time consuming but looks good.

[beetlemama85]

Wouldn't alcohol hurt the paint job! That sounds scary.
I would look in to volkswagen repair columbus ohio at my dealership.
But the Mr. Clean Magic eraser sounds smart too!

[SUPER M]

Originally Posted by beetlemama85

Wouldn't alcohol hurt the paint job! That sounds scary.
I would look in to volkswagen repair columbus ohio at my dealership.
But the Mr. Clean Magic eraser sounds smart too!

WE are trying to remove the paint/rubber gunk to repaint the trim/door panels. not just clean them....

[StoonTDi]

I acquired a Florida New Beetle Convertible of 03 vintage that has the junk gunk sticky taffy-like armorall crap that is a quick fix for the auction detailer but hell for the buyer. It reminds me of fly paper. It's gross stuff. I wish these Bush League detailers would stop using it on the dash. It's designed for long lasting shine on tires, not dashboards.
I've tried an assortment of soaps, alcohals, now I'm going to dilute acetone. Acetone is very tricky to work with. If the the dilute for acetone is water, which I am going to find out after this posting and read about it on yahoo ask, then it will be a good day.