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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 09:58 AM
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Cleaning the edges of Bonnet Stripes?

I've noticed that I have just a very thin strip of dirt on the edges of my bonnet stripes, like stick under them. I took a Q-tip to them and that helped a lot but there is still some stuff visible. Any suggestions? How do you all clean those edges?
 
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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I use my finger nail, and a lot of Quick Detailer to clean those edges. If it is under the stripe, and the stripe is lifted, just soak with QD. You don't want to lift the stripe.

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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 01:28 PM
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detailer trick that I read about not long ago in Classic Motorsports mag'

go to the grocery and look for bamboo kabob skewers. Basically 8 inch long bamboo sticks, very thin with a pointed end ... a big bamboo toothpick.

Much stronger then a standard toothpick but still very soft as compared to paint. Excellent for digging wax/polish residue out of fine crevasse and along tape seams.....

I had some in the kitchen and gave it a try and asked why didn't I think of this b4?
 
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 07:12 PM
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I carefully use the edge of a detailing tooth brush. I've had to clean the edges of clear bra and vinyl graphics off a Cayman S that I'm working on right now.


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I've noticed that I have just a very thin strip of dirt on the edges of my bonnet stripes, like stick under them. I took a Q-tip to them and that helped a lot but there is still some stuff visible. Any suggestions? How do you all clean those edges?
 
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