Cleaning tire and trim dressing

Bartman

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I try my best to not get involved in certain situations. I don't do low end work. BUT, I have a kid that helps me from time to time and his grandfather gave him his truck. It's scratched up and needs a door. Anyway, for 80% of it, I just want to prep and shoot over the factory paint like doing a collision repair. The issue is this kid puts some kind of tire and trim goo on his truck every week. It's going to be fish eye hell. Anyone that deals with this often, what process do you recommend I clean this thing with before I ever touch it with sandpaper. It's so bad, that if I get it clean and touch the grill, I probably shouldn't touch anything in the shop.
 
If there's diy car wash booth with psi washer & chems, try that maybe? Keeps the goo away from shop.
I used Eagle all wheel cleaner on my 2 cars to strip carnuba i use and sheeted water perfect when done.
Took 2 or 3 quick washings.
 
Dawn and water might be worth a shot, maybe use a brush to scrub it good.

Might even be worthwhile to spray down the parts to be painted with it and use a scotch brite to really scrub/scuff it.
 
loving shines & aaes. $20 bill go play driving thru car wash 3x in a row lol. fragrance an issue?
acid in wire wheel car wash sprayer etched windshield in my ride 20yrs ago. windy day & worker sprayed my wheels big time & white walls seconds before rollers took me thru. neutral.
 
What Shine said, you could also use White wall cleaner and/or engine degreaser followed by a good washing with Dawn dish soap Heavy mix ratio rinse real good.
 
never use any harsh solvent to remove oil or silicone. it will melt and distribute it or even push it into the surface. dawn soap is a dispersal agent . it will float the contaminate so it can be removed. this is why i advise to never use lacquer thinner as a cleaner.
the only time i use a solvent is to remove petroleum that is set. such as tar .
 
never use any harsh solvent to remove oil or silicone. it will melt and distribute it or even push it into the surface. dawn soap is a dispersal agent . it will float the contaminate so it can be removed. this is why i advise to never use lacquer thinner as a cleaner.
the only time i use a solvent is to remove petroleum that is set. such as tar .

Was ment to use on the rubber
 
Thanks everyone. I have a automatic car wash (the pressure washer style) near me (in country terms, about 10 miles). I think I'm going to take it through about 3 times back to back and then come back to shop and wash it with dawn mixed heavy. If it does not look clean, I'll repeat the whole thing again. Then, I'm going to do prep solvent, water born prep, followed by prep solvent on painted surfaces before I start to sand.
 
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