Garage has ruined car with Waxoil

[flatcat]

My Stepdad took his Daimler to a specialist Jaguar garage to have an MOT/service, and they said they could waxoil the underneath for him.

So he had it done, and we have got the car back and upon washing it for tommorow, we have found that there is black stuff all up the underside body work, and the windows and body will not clean at all (very smeary and greasy)

Step dad is absolutely fuming as he takes much pride in his car, and we think we will take it back

Should the garage sort out this mess, or will we have to use more forcable action?

Damon

[Ootohere]

White Spirits or Turps, Even petrol will remove it easily.

Nail Varnish remover etc etc

(even meths, use it or drink it.)

Probably best to clean it up yourself rather than have them do it.

No big drama really! JMO

It should come off a vehicle easy enough if the car was polished before it got the overspray

(next time use 'clear' not 'black', as it really does not hide anything to those that look closely)

george

Edited 23 July, 2012 by sk4gw

[Ste j]

Tar and glue remover will also work I use it every day on new cars with wax deposits

[G.P]

I'm told warm water and Johnson's baby sahmpoo, spong/wash mit will sort this out. .

Edited 23 July, 2012 by G.P

[Robjon]

White Spirits or Turps, Even petrol will remove it easily.

Nail Varnish remover etc etc

I think nail varnish remover is mainly Acetone, which can soften or even remove paint.

Happy to stand corrected

[rwbaldwin]

Tar and glue remover works great for Waxoyl. Don't use acetone on paintwork.

[cheezemonkhai]

Having applied this stuff many times, it tells you to thin it with white spirit.

I'd suggest what you do is let it cure a bit and then use a TFR/degreaser on the car before washing it.

The waxoil will always stay soft (In my experience) and on a hot day will leak out of the holes on the car.

If it really bothers you, a steam clean will remove it.

On the flip side, as long as they cleaned the car before applying it, it does do a rather reasonable job of keeping the gunk away over a winter.

My advice would be to TFR the car on a cool day and then if you want it removed do so after the winter.

Once that's done, you can have a proper underseal applied by a garage.

[Ootohere]

The nail varnish remover i have use in emergency situations for 40 years has obviously been cheap cr4p that anyone has had around when i say,

'well have you got any nail varnish remover?' 'It is mostly 'Ethel-acetate' and not the full strength real deal 'Acetone' that kicks about the house.

But then i am only using it on Cellulose or what even in a little amount to gently remove stubborn substances carefully when i dont have thinners or similar available.

Everything is a gentle wipe and the water test is always the first thing to try, then warm water, then Lemon, then Vinegar and then you go up on strength of solvent or alcohol content and as you do you get even more careful and cautious on the application and the use of it..

What do i know tho, i am only a car sprayer.

Must remember, never to suggest the use of volatile or dangerous substances when there are children around.

george

Edited 24 July, 2012 by sk4gw

[rwbaldwin]

Both Ethyl acetate and acetone are solvents for paint and lacquer (nail polish is a lacquer), so don't use either. I wouldn't suggest people use thinners either.

I would only recommend using generally available, OTC products.

@sk4gw - There's a big difference between an experienced, professional paint sprayer using these things and a member of the public.

[Ootohere]

OK,

i accept the fingers well slapped.

Can he use it on the glass,

as long as the Tint is not going to be disolved/removed? Maybe best not, aye,!!

(Unlike the Pole Dancer with a very nice car that came to me the other day, to see if i could sort her windows that she had used a scouring pad on to remove some road tar.)

george

Edited 24 July, 2012 by sk4gw

[Raf_]

OK,

i accept the fingers well slapped.

Can he use it on the glass,

as long as the Tint is not going to be disolved/removed? Maybe best not, aye,!!

(Unlike the Pole Dancer with a very nice car that came to me the other day, to see if i could sort her windows that she had used a scouring pad on to remove some road tar.)

george

What was the cost to the pole dancer for you fixing it? lol

Sent from my Galaxy S2 not a Crapple!

[Ootohere]

Following recent Government advice, cash 'in hand' would be wrong.

We will come to an arrangement worked out pro rata on a 'sliding scale' on a time spent basis, hopefully!!

george

[@Lee]

(Unlike the Pole Dancer with a very nice car that came to me the other day, to see if i could sort her windows that she had used a scouring pad on to remove some road tar.)

so what did you use on the windows? Jewellers rouge or something like that?

[Ootohere]

New side glass needed.

george

[@Lee]

New side glass needed.

george

I take it from that that there's now way to polish minor scratches on glass out then? Only I have similar scratches and need em polished out somehow.

[Ootohere]

Its a customised Toyota.

Its not the Glass scratched as such,

she did not notice anything happening when doing it and just little patches rubbed lightly,

that was untill she was inside driving the car in sunlight and then she could see the light patches, very obviously and they are everyplace on the passengers side..

Its taken a coating off which you dont really spot outside.

Its like when you get a sand blast effect on a tinted widscreen and then you see like stars through the windsrceen.

Hyundia's & Kia's are bad for it on windscreens, a very soft outer surface with the blue-ish tint

george

[Zlin]

Soft cloths and gently work away at it with a little drop of white spirit. Just do a little bit at a time and wash the bodywork down, dry off and polish as you go. In agreement with the other folks - do this job yourselves. Smelly, messy and so on, but you're in control of it and you can do it in your own time.

[Soot1e]

It's Waxoyl. I've treated loads of old classic cars with this so I know about this, You only need white spirit to clean it up, lots of it and loads of soft rags. Normal wash with shampoo afterwards.

A Jaguar Speciaist should have done this I know but I think I would only trust yourself to clean it up.