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Who uses what to clean their stock front grille?

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Old 04-10-2006, 11:33 AM
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Default Who uses what to clean their stock front grille?

I've tried lots of stuff using an application sponge/cloth/my fingers, and they all work reasonably well, but the corners are a bit(h to get into and a liquid spray bombing will get all over the paint...
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If you clean/detail the grille before you wash the rest of the car, you can wash off the overspray.
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Default i use one grand erv. it's a pain ...

takes me about an hour to get it acceptable.
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one grand erv?
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Default I have found foam makeup wedges (without the vitamin E) work well

<center><img src="http://www.liplady1.com/images/abbott/wonderwedges.gif"></center><p>for applying ERV to exterior trim and 303 to interior trim. I've had a hard time tracking them down but now have a pretty large supply of them thanks to family members sending them to me anytime they find them
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Or just pull some out of your "tranny" kit..
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or if you know some clowns
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I go out and find a stock Boxster and bump draft him until all the crud shakes loose from my Grill
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OK, things do really change when you have kids :-)

I used to spend ages on my stock grille but the Caractere takes no time at all. I don't do anything to it. Seriously.

It takes me about an hour to do the whole car (clean not detail). A full detail takes me half a day but those hours are now spent with my daughter.
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