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DriftMonkey
07-27-2002, 10:57 PM
i finally removed the black stripe but it left a glue residue on the car...and i tried a tar/bug remover and a polishing compound but niether one worked.  Anyone have any ideas as to what i should i use.

any help will be apprecited
JEdubz
07-28-2002, 12:29 AM
If by polishing compound you mean heavy duty rubbing compound then all I say is left is a clay bar... Rubbing compound is just softer clay that you spread on a pad..however i doubt its called polishing compound because it makes your car look dull as shit since it usually takes off your clearcoat...(which you would need to re-apply)... Anyways...
Mother's Clay Bar = $14.99
Turtle Wax Heavy Duty Rubbing Compound= $2.99
No signs of a pinstripe... priceless...
DriftMonkey
07-28-2002, 08:15 AM
ha <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>
anyway i have both: a polishing compound and a rubbing comound but they are quite old....and that is exactly what it says on the can...Polishing compound.....it's acts just like a really really fine sandpaper so i figured tat would work but it aint.....i will try the claybar or the heavy duty rubbling compound....you said that this rubbing compound will take off my clearcoat...i dont want that i just want it to take off the glue residue....o well i will look in the auto parts store for anything. &nbsp;thanks for the help
transient
07-28-2002, 12:32 PM
goo gone, I swear by it! Btw, how long did you spend trying to take it off? It's going to take a decent amount of time, so maybe the stuff you were using actually did work, but you weren't letting it stay on long enough? Anyway, go to a local parts store and see if they have a plastic scraper. They make things that are basically razor blades made out of plastic that won't dig into the paint. That and the Goo-Gone should do the job, but if you can't find the scraper, hire a friend with some long fingernails <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>