Peanut butter

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Ikabob

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The black plastic bottom trim under the doors gets whitish areas . I have used Megs BTB but the spots come back. I have heard that peanut butter will actually get the original black back with no cover up. How exactly do you apply and use the peanut butter and what if some gets on the paint portion.
 
a) Peanut butter won't harm your paint, so just wipe it off.



b) Wipe the peanut butter on, let it sit 2-3 minutes, wipe it off with paper towels, finish with a cotton cloth.



c) Have crackers available to 'pick-up' any extra... :)



Seriously, peanut butter works well and there's no mystery to it, just wipe it on, let it sit and wipe it off.
 
I've heard this (peanut butter) solution on other car forums -- but, don't you think using peanut oil would be easier and have the same effect? I personally don't know from experience; it was just a thought (?).
 
lwatson said:
I've heard this (peanut butter) solution on other car forums -- but, don't you think using peanut oil would be easier and have the same effect? I personally don't know from experience; it was just a thought (?).
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That question was in my mind as well, but I think the reason is pretty simple. How many people have peanut oil in their house? How many people have peanut butter in their house? I can see where many people would not have peanut oil, I can't imagine operating a household without peanut butter.;)

(Except for those with allergies.)



Charles
 
The best thing I have used is a firm toothbrush and some denatured alcohol on textured plastic. it takes a while but gets the stains off. Peanut butter just hides them.
 
I too got some wax stains on my mudflaps, and not knowing better at the time, reached over and grabed the can of silicon spray (bought at canadian tire, comes in an aresol like WD-40 does, says it's good for rubber moldings, etc)..



anyhow, it's been almost 2 months now and the mudflaps still look nice an black (not shinny) and the stains are still well hidden :)



I sprayed it onto a cloth and wiped it onto the mudflaps... not know what it would do to the paint I was VERY VERY careful not to touch the paint.



I frequent the toyota ng very often and the silicone spray was generally used in the power rear windows (keeps getting stuck) but after joining autopia i've noticed people saying that silicone may not be the best??? not sure what to belive, but I did lube up all my window moldings with the silicone few days before I found autopia :(
 
It works very well on Mercedes door handles. The only thing that I have found that works, but does not last long and I worry that I will find a squirrel chewing on my door handles. They are very over crowded in my neighborhood, and can only get so many in the rat traps that I set! As far as spray silicone as a lubricant, my biggest complaint is that it does not seem to last long. It does work well on wood sash windows. (on the house of course!)
 
lwatson said:
I've heard this (peanut butter) solution on other car forums -- but, don't you think using peanut oil would be easier and have the same effect?
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Yes, peanut oil works too. I used a black foam paint brush to apply it to my side skirts, and then buffed off a few minutes later. It looked good for a few days, but it doesn't last (niether does Mother's Back-to-Black for that matter). I'm still in search of a long-lasting black-plastic restorer.
 
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