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May 3, 2008 | 08:51 PM

Whiteknight01

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Molding removal failure?

Alright I attempted to take the small piece off first. Everything came off fine except there is an outline of the molding piece that will not come off. Any suggestions?

May 3, 2008 | 08:54 PM

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Goo gone works well. If the person before you had any body work done they might have taped it off around the molding

May 3, 2008 | 08:57 PM

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Can you get goo gone at Walmart? It's to late for anything else. Thanks

May 3, 2008 | 09:00 PM

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yea you should be able too, I think target sells it too.

May 3, 2008 | 09:02 PM

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Yea they sell it. You can also try meguilars scratch x. That got parts of mine off when i had my ta

May 3, 2008 | 09:17 PM

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You can find paint prep at WalMart in the auto section. That should work.

May 3, 2008 | 09:46 PM

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If it looks like this, goo-gone will not work.

I had to compound and polish mine to get out:

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May 3, 2008 | 10:03 PM

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They didn't have goo gone so I got turtle wax bug and tar remover and it didn't work.

May 3, 2008 | 10:10 PM

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Get ya some scratch x

May 3, 2008 | 10:13 PM

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Id try the clay bar some cleaner wax and if that dont work wet sand it.

May 3, 2008 | 10:35 PM

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You shouldn't have to resort to wet sanding but I'm sure you could if you needed to. Since the Bug & Tar Remover didn't cut it, you will need a polishing compound. Meguiar's Scratch X might work but you could need something more abrasive. Someone with a dual-action (or if you have one) should be able to get rid of it with the right compound. My Prima Cut would get rid of that **** easily.

May 3, 2008 | 11:04 PM

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I will try to the scratch x tomorrow and let you know if it works.

May 3, 2008 | 11:16 PM

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Post pics. Are you sure it's not a paint line? You may have to wetsand and buff/polish it out.

May 3, 2008 | 11:28 PM

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I tried taking pics already but it did not come out very well.

May 3, 2008 | 11:33 PM

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It sounds to me like the car has been painted and they just cleared over the molding. That line is the line where it wasnt recleared. Can you feel it? If so I seriously doubt you will be able to do anything to get it off...at least not to the level where I would be satisfied with. My suggestion would be to put it back on and forget the !molding mod!