Buffing Compound Removal

[AFB]

What do you guys/gals use to remove excess buffing compound from seams, joints, door seams, etc.? It's been on there several years and is "hard". White compound on an Orange car looks really "bad". :icon_winkle:

 

[BPBP440]

What do you guys/gals use to remove excess buffing compound from seams, joints, door seams, etc.? It's been on there several years and is "hard". White compound on an Orange car looks really "bad". :icon_winkle:

Same problem here, so I would also like to know this too.

 

[khryslerkid]

Wow, you suppose to wash it off with soap and water and maybe a sponge if your careful, after you're done buffing.

After a couple of years I don't know if you could get it to loosen up or not with soap and water. You could use a sponge, nylon paint brush, or one of those plastic scouring pads, carefully in the gaps, with soapy water...

 

[67 coronet]

soak in hot water and try to scrub out with tooth brush.get a couple diff ones from soft to hard bristles.start with the soft one.

 

[440+6]

I used a toothbrush on some that was on for a while, wife never noticed when I put it back so all good now.

 

[khryslerkid]

I used a toothbrush on some that was on for a while, wife never noticed when I put it back so all good now.

Don't tell me you detail the toilet with that brush too! Lol

 

[satman72]

Only after brushing.

 

[Photon440]

Although it should be water soluble, if the compound has hardened like baked clay, you can help the brush with a wooden wedge. Get a paint stir stick and sand the end like a chisel. It won't hurt your paint when you scrape with it.

 

[eric383]

I have used buffing compound on a micro fiber towel to remove old compound. I have never tried a clay bar and some detail spray but I don't know why that wouldn't work either.

 

[RGAZ]

Do you know what compound was used? If you do, look at the ingredients on the tub and look for the solvent base. That might get you in the right direction. Don't try stuff at random, you could get something you don't like. Maybe talk to the guy who did the buff out.

 

[AFB]

Well, I got it off using warm soapy water and tooth brushes of various bristle stiffness. The compound being left on was my fault..........I painted the car (orange) several years ago, and did not realize at the time how hard that stuff gets after time. Of course, it was the areas in door cavities, fender joints, etc., that was worst. Whew!...........now I know. Thanks for all the replies.

 

[BarrsRestoration]

I'm a bit late seeing this, but next time use 25% rubbing alcohol mixed with water
in a spray bottle. Saturate, wait a minute and then wipe clean with a micro fiber towel.