Cleaning grease off

[canadian]

What is the best/easiest way to clean off grease from the nose of our supras?
I learned the hard way and found out that oil/dirty fingers/grease badly stains that part of the car.... something I never knew beforehand.

I searched and swore months ago I read a big thread on cleaning specifically what I am asking, but for the life of me I cannot find it now.

How can I clean the grease/oil/handprints from the front of my car?

Thanks, it's white BTW which makes it that much worse :nono:

 

[BorHor]

Polish it?

 

[MDCmotorsports]

Simple green. Straight & pure. Let sit. Scrub. Rinse. Sometimes WD40 will take tar or grease off too.

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

I didn't even need to let the simple green sit. It works quite well.

 

[americanjebus]

careful w/ simple green if you care about your paint.

Just use GOJO hand cleaner, it WONT damage your paint finish the way simple green and wd40 can. Its safer for you paint and your own hands and eats oil like no other just dont scrub it into your finish for obvious reasons.

 

[BlackDynamite]

what about this stuff...used it on a supra that had been sitting up for 4 years and made it shine like a quarter left in the washing machine!....Yeah, i'm southern...:naughty:

 

[AGlobalThreat]

Polish it?

Werd.

Polishing compound makes my original 1987 paint look brand new. I plan on going over the whole car before vegas.

 

[canadian]

careful w/ simple green if you care about your paint.

What EXACTLY does it do to the paint? Eats it?

 

[MDCmotorsports]

careful w/ simple green if you care about your paint.

Just use GOJO hand cleaner, it WONT damage your paint finish the way simple green and wd40 can. Its safer for you paint and your own hands and eats oil like no other just dont scrub it into your finish for obvious reasons.

Gojo without the grit.

Ive seen simple green etch paint if left on too long.

 

[themadhatter]

i use purple power and a pressure washer on mine to get the greesy prints off it works good. it will strip the wax off and don't let it sit on the paint for long or it can stain it

 

[Poodles]

purple power/castrol super clean will EAT paint horribly, don't let it touch any painted surfaces...

I used it to strip the paint of certain plastics, works too well...

normal dish soap works great for taking grease off as well...

 

[themadhatter]

i use purple power on cars almost everyday at work and have never had one problem with it stripping,etching or otherwise damaging paint.How are you using it poodles are you submerging the parts and letting them soke or just spray on wash off like i do??? maybe its bad for latex and oil based paints but car paint is diff its lacor based i don't know how your stripping paint off lol

 

[Poodles]

soaking it in it...

it will soften paint very quickly, and will remove the gloss quite fast as well...

I wouldn't use it as it's too harsh for painted surfaces IMHO, normal dish soap will work just as good and do no harm...