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Cleaning makeup (foundation) off a car

Nochance99
Nochance99 Posts: 1 Newbie
in Motoring
The OH has makeup on her hands in the mornings and has made the plastic trim on the outside of my car have makeup stains.

It's been slowly building up over months without me realising because it's on the passenger side.

Does anyone have any recommendations how to remove? I've only really tried a car wash so far (no luck).
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  • bobobski
    bobobski Posts: 771 Forumite
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    This might sound silly but... have you tried make up remover?
  • System
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    Nochance99 wrote: »
    Does anyone have any recommendations how to remove? I've only really tried a car wash so far (no luck).

    Yeah. Expending some energy and doing it by hand yourself would be a bit more likely to result in success than a bit of wet nylon tube slapping it in a car wash for 30 seconds. A cloth and a bit of T-Cut is all you need.
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  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
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    Try WD-40.
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    Tarambor wrote: »
    Yeah. Expending some energy and doing it by hand yourself would be a bit more likely to result in success than a bit of wet nylon tube slapping it in a car wash for 30 seconds. A cloth and a bit of T-Cut is all you need.
    Do not follow this advice if you care about your car, T-cut should never be the fall back position to remove stubborn marks or stains, it's just plain lazy.

    The chances are that it should go with just a decent hand wash, by yourself, using a good shampoo and wash mitt. If that doesn't shift it try using some tar & glue remover, such as http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/shampoo-polish-wax/autoglym-intensive-tar-remover-325ml
  • SimonD316
    SimonD316 Posts: 331 Forumite
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    It it's on the black textured trim try APC and a magic sponge. Take a look at this https://youtu.be/Q6-EG3Dlfxc from about 20:10
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    ^this as well. (I forgot about the old magic sponge)
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    I'd try bog standard, cheap, wet wipes, followed immediately by a dry bit of kitchen towel .... but a photo of the problem would help really.

    Tell the mucky mare she needs to wash her hands.... right after SHE has fixed your problem as she caused it. She won't learn if you mop up her slop behind her.
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    edited 16 April 2017 at 10:12AM
    maninthestreet wrote: »
    Try WD-40.


    There's always one.......

    Let's use "Water Displacer formula 40", designed to displace water from jet engines, to remove stains from a car exterior/interior........

    picardFacepalm01.jpg

    Use the right stuff for the job, I would suggest makeup remover first and then rubbing alcohol like IPA (isopropanol) to remove the greasiness left behind (do not use acetone on plastic).
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  • AndyMc.....
    AndyMc..... Posts: 3,248 Forumite
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    Strider590 wrote: »
    There's always one.......

    Let's use "Water Displacer formula 40", designed to displace water from jet engines, to remove stains from a car exterior/interior........

    picardFacepalm01.jpg

    Use the right stuff for the job, I would suggest makeup remover first and then rubbing alcohol like IPA (isopropanol) to remove the greasiness left behind (do not use acetone on plastic).

    Yes, it only has one use.

    Given that most households will have a can there must be a lot of jet engines out there.
  • worried_jim
    worried_jim Posts: 11,631 Forumite
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    Get your bird to use a bit less make up-

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