Removing road grime and oil specks off fibreglass vans

Hi Bunny,
What about using a spray bottle with either kero or turps spray on the effected areas, let the grime 'run' & tar spots soften then hose off with a Gerni or similar.
Finish with a good boat/marine polish.


CU down the road

prepsol or wax and grease remover, you get it from auto parts suppliers. this stuff will disolve the grease and grime (tar) from painted surfaces without any damage to painted surfaces.


Kitten car polish in the green bottle to remove any traces. both of these shouldn't affect the fibre glass. This will clean any reisdue left from cleaning with prepsol.

I use the kitten car polish in green bottle to polish scratches out of my cd/dvd's, polish my headlights, does this without turning the cd/dvd' to crap. shelleys stuff does this. turn cd/dvd, acrylic to crappy soft mush.

Howdy Bunny,
As oldfart mentioned, Turps. Crap off the road will come off with turps, being a oil based product.
A little bit of elbow grease helps too LOL.

Hi Bunny
next time you are about to set off....spray some canola cooking spray in a small area usualy effected, see if it makes cleaning any easier. Just something that was passed on to me
Brian

I suggest going to a truck accessories place or maybe even a spare parts place and get a container of truckwash.
All the big trucks are fibreglass bodies, and they clean up well with truckwash.
There are probably a few different brand names to choose from.

Dave

Bunny,
Oldfart and Jon are spot on, Kero or Turps will get it of then just wash with CT18 when all the Tar & oil specks are gone, then polish with anything that has a Wax in it. I drove Bitumen tankers for over 20 years and that's how we cleaned them.

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Cheers Dave..

Never use a car polish on fiberglass, always use a marine grade polish. This is the common advice from all fiberglass van owners including me.

Patrick