white wax stain on textured plastic (toy test)

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ktlimq

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Test surface:

black textured hard plastic handle on a stainless steel pot





Waxes tested:

TurtleWax Color Cure White

TurtleWax Super Hard Shell liquid (stock number T-123, not T-123R)

TurtleWax Platinum Series Ultra Gloss paste (stock number T-411, not T-411R)

Prestone High Protection Wax

Zymol Cleaner Wax

Meguiars Deep Crystal System Carnauba Wax







Wipe on liberal amount of wax on the textured hard plastic surface.

Let one hour.

Wipe off with napkin.





[After wiping with water and napkin]

TurtleWax Super Hard Shell and Prestone: almost invisible.

TurtleWax Platinum Series Ultra Gloss: very visible whitish stain.



[After wiping with Eagle One Wet Wipe & Shine and napkin]

TurtleWax Platinum Series Ultra Gloss: still visible.

Zymol Cleaner Wax and Meguiars Deep Crystal: almost invisible under previous lighting, but visible whitish stain under brigter halogen lighting.



[After wiping with Meguiars Extra and napkin]

All: invisible.







[ranking]

(least staining product first)

1. TurtleWax Super Hard Shell liquid

1. Prestone High Protection Wax

3. TurtleWax Color Cure White

4. Zymol Cleaner Wax

4. Meguiars Deep Crystal System Carnauba Wax

6. TurtleWax Platinum Series Ultra Gloss paste









[For your information]

Waxes that have NO "contains petroleum distillate" warning on the label: TurtleWax Color Cure White, Zymol Cleaner Wax, Meguiars Deep Crystal System Carnauba Wax.

Waxes that have "do not use on vinyl . . " or "keep off vinyl . . " warning on the label: none.

Waxes that have "not intended for vinyl . . " warning on the label: TurtleWax Super Hard Shell liquid, Prestone High Protection Wax, Zymol Cleaner Wax.

Wax that claims "leaves no powdery residue on plastic and rubber trim": TurtleWax Platinum Series Ultra Gloss paste
 
Meguiars Deep Crystal System Paint Cleaner left white stain that was not removed even with Meguiars Extra.

The stain that Mothers Pre-Wax Cleaner left could be removed with Meguiars Extra.
 
ktlimq said:
Meguiars Deep Crystal System Paint Cleaner left white stain that was not removed even with Meguiars Extra.
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Been through that fight with the stuff. Eagle A2Z wheel cleaner will take it out.
 
On the same textured plastic, TurtleWax Platinum Series Ultra Gloss liquid (stock number without "R") left white stain that could be removed by quick detailer.

I do not know why liquid and paste behave differently on this plastic.



By the way, Pepboys is selling Prestone liquid wax and spray wax at $2.5 together - clearance sale. Are they going to be discontinued?
 
I applied protectant on the textured black plastic handle of the pot, applied TurtleWax Platinum Series Ultra Gloss paste wax on it, let it for an hour, wiped off wax, wiped with quick detailer, and saw the white stain.



The protectants tested:

Meguiars Gold Class Trim Detailer

Mothers Back-to-Black

Vinylex

Mothers Preserves

303 Protectant

TurtleWax 2001 Super Protectant



The protectant that made the wax stain the plastic least was TurtleWax 2001 Super Protectant.

(TurtleWax now sells F21 Super Protectant which is probably reformulated and may behave differently.)



Different wax and different plastic may give different result.







p.s.

Unfortunately, I did not have ArmorAll Original Protectant, so I could not test it. I thought ArmorAll was one of the cheapest product, but, at a local shop, it was more expensive than Meguiars NXT Tech Protectant. It seems to be one of premium priced protectants if we exclude products such as 303 or 1Z.

Below is copy from ArmorAll Original Protectant web page. They do not say that it is safe on perforated vinyl car bra, but they recommend it for weather-stipping (EPDM!).

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TIP: Along with the dashboard, Armor All® Protectant is effective for other surfaces such as tires, door panels, vinyl seats, consoles, window trim, bumpers, weather-stripping, engine hoses, vinyl tops, and more.

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