Cleaning & shining bumper fillers???

[BoostKillsStres]

My originals still look good and shiney when I clean and wax them but in about 3 weeks they get this kind of oily dull haze on them that you can wipe off but its still kind of greasy. Is wax the wrong thing to use on them and is anything other than soap and water better used to clean them?

TIA

 

[Gary Wells]

I think that soap and water are best to clean them with, but I think any of the speciality products designed for use on rubber or vinyl are best to redo them. I like clean and semi-gloss or no gloss as compared to high gloss or shiny. Most of the after market and even auto manufacturers have their own version of LVR (leather-vinyl-rubber) or something similiar.

 

[Gary Wells]

FWIW, IMHO, & BTW:
waxing the bumper rub strip causes the wax to yellow after a while. Clean well with toothbrush and mild liquid dish soap, such as palmolive, and do not wax or polish.

 

[BoostKillsStres]

hang on a sec..are you talking about bumper rub strip on the front of the bumper? I'm talking about the fillers behind the bumper....just trying to clarify...

 

[half fast]

Mine were doing the same thing,soon after that they started cracking.Be gentle and go ahead and get new ones. hf...

 

[Gary Wells]

Oops, my bad;
Wasn't reading what I was typing. Sorry for the bum info. Yes, I was think bumper rub strips. On fillers, I use whatever you are washing the car with, which with me would still be a liquid dish soap such as palmolive if I wanted to remove the old wax, or liquid car soap if i did not, and whatever wax/polish/glaze that you like best. The paint on those fillers due to the different material turns color/yellows/fades at a different rate than the other painted surfaces. I prefer glaze over wax. A paint restorer might help also to keep them from cracking a little longer.

 

[kshef]

how do you get waterspots off of them
wax won't work

 

[Gary Wells]

Glaze or one of the many cleaner waxes or cleaner polishes out on the market. I prefer glaze, applied by hand, as many applications as necessary to remove the spot/dirt/grime.