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08-11-2008, 04:33 PM
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HandyMan
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Burlington NC
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How TO: Clean your door jams with pics
well from the day i got my 5.5 which was 1 year ago, i noticed the DIRTY DIRTY DIRTY door jams, i never seen anything like it in my life. i guess its all the highway miles on my car, but still they were soooo nasty the dirt grime was caked on realllly bad.
i tryed to clean with soap water, glass cleaner and nothing worked. so i gave up and delt with it.
untill finally i found something that worked, KRUD KUTTER, got it from lowes
on with the pics
dirty son!!!!!!
sprayed on, took a tooth brush cleand it all, then hosed it off, i done this 2-3 times to make sure it was all clean,
DO NOT leve the krud kutter on for long, its VERY strong and will take paint off......
all clean
man this literally makes the car feel bran new, its sooo much cleaner , idk if its just me but the door jams being dirty drove me insane, and now im happy, these things are clean as ever!!!!!!!!
something i would reccomend to anyone selling a car!!! even if you dont look at the door jam, if its clean it will go noticed !!
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08-11-2008, 04:36 PM
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how did this happen? never saw this on my car...
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08-11-2008, 04:40 PM
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HandyMan
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Burlington NC
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idk they were like that when i got the car!!!!
i guess, from 02 they were never cleaned???
im just assumming the 2 onwers b4 me, did not "detail" it like i do...
o well they are damm clean now all that matters to meeeeeeee
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HAVE:
2002 SE 6 Speed KH3, black leather
2002 SE Auto , black leather
2006 Kawasaki Ninja 250R noob!
1985 300ZX 5 Speed White For SALE!
HAD:
1992 SE Auto Aztec Red
1992 SE 5 Speed KH3
1990 SE 5 Speed Parts car
1987 SE 5 Speed Started it all!
Blacked out window trim / G coupes / BFG g-Force T/A KDW2 (245 45 18) / Maxspeed on stock struts / Tinted=fogs+sides+tails / Subframe Connectors / Flowmaster / Test Pipe / 20% windows / NWP Intake spacers (1st set ever for VQ35!) / Fidanza / Spec V tranny / HR Clutch / NWP Vias plate / Custom 12Volt XBOX, modded / Kenwood DDX6019 / ///////////
SHIFT_Clean and Crisp
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08-11-2008, 04:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SurraTT
idk they were like that when i got the car!!!!
i guess, from 02 they were never cleaned???
im just assumming the 2 onwers b4 me, did not "detail" it like i do...
o well they are damm clean now all that matters to meeeeeeee
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would some heavy duty degreaser work the same?
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08-11-2008, 04:43 PM
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Turbee'd
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Mobile, AL.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jasonmax
would some heavy duty degreaser work the same?
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probably, i used simple green to do mine
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08-11-2008, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Shelbyville, TN
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haha weird, I just did this yesterday with Krudcutter (sp). Looks so much better and it isn't irritating me anymore haha.
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08-11-2008, 04:49 PM
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Supporting Maxima.org Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Worcester,Mass
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wow my door jams never look like that,and i dont ever clean them,i just wipe off the dust once ina while,but good job on cleaning yours,looks a whole lot better
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08-11-2008, 05:03 PM
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HandyMan
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Burlington NC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scarface4522
wow my door jams never look like that,and i dont ever clean them,i just wipe off the dust once ina while,but good job on cleaning yours,looks a whole lot better
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prolly just wiping the dust off, is preventing what happend to me!!!!!
keep on doing that!!!!
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Originally Posted by Bradbmx1
haha weird, I just did this yesterday with Krudcutter (sp). Looks so much better and it isn't irritating me anymore haha.
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great minds think alike.
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Originally Posted by jasonmax
would some heavy duty degreaser work the same?
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prolly, i only had to use tuff stuff cuz myne was horrible, im sure most ppl's is no where near this bad
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HAVE:
2002 SE 6 Speed KH3, black leather
2002 SE Auto , black leather
2006 Kawasaki Ninja 250R noob!
1985 300ZX 5 Speed White For SALE!
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1992 SE Auto Aztec Red
1992 SE 5 Speed KH3
1990 SE 5 Speed Parts car
1987 SE 5 Speed Started it all!
Blacked out window trim / G coupes / BFG g-Force T/A KDW2 (245 45 18) / Maxspeed on stock struts / Tinted=fogs+sides+tails / Subframe Connectors / Flowmaster / Test Pipe / 20% windows / NWP Intake spacers (1st set ever for VQ35!) / Fidanza / Spec V tranny / HR Clutch / NWP Vias plate / Custom 12Volt XBOX, modded / Kenwood DDX6019 / ///////////
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08-11-2008, 05:20 PM
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Thanks for the write-up, We should applaud any write-up that's not already written...
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08-11-2008, 06:18 PM
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Puerto Rico-Maxima Lover
Join Date: Apr 2004
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soap and water would have done the same but... nice job.. now I know here is another product that I can spend my money ..
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08-11-2008, 06:33 PM
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HandyMan
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lontar1
soap and water would have done the same but... nice job.. now I know here is another product that I can spend my money ..
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nooo far from soap and water
i had to scrape with my fingernail just to get it to come off for that pic......
i can not explain how nasty this was. it was STUCK ON worse than anything ive ever cleaned...
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HAVE:
2002 SE 6 Speed KH3, black leather
2002 SE Auto , black leather
2006 Kawasaki Ninja 250R noob!
1985 300ZX 5 Speed White For SALE!
HAD:
1992 SE Auto Aztec Red
1992 SE 5 Speed KH3
1990 SE 5 Speed Parts car
1987 SE 5 Speed Started it all!
Blacked out window trim / G coupes / BFG g-Force T/A KDW2 (245 45 18) / Maxspeed on stock struts / Tinted=fogs+sides+tails / Subframe Connectors / Flowmaster / Test Pipe / 20% windows / NWP Intake spacers (1st set ever for VQ35!) / Fidanza / Spec V tranny / HR Clutch / NWP Vias plate / Custom 12Volt XBOX, modded / Kenwood DDX6019 / ///////////
SHIFT_Clean and Crisp
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08-11-2008, 06:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Can we do it keeping the car at the horizontal position? I don't have the appropriate equipment...
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08-11-2008, 06:57 PM
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HandyMan
Join Date: Apr 2005
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haha
just ask a few ppl to help ya hold the car on its side...
i lucked out and proped myne aginst the buldin i got.
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HAVE:
2002 SE 6 Speed KH3, black leather
2002 SE Auto , black leather
2006 Kawasaki Ninja 250R noob!
1985 300ZX 5 Speed White For SALE!
HAD:
1992 SE Auto Aztec Red
1992 SE 5 Speed KH3
1990 SE 5 Speed Parts car
1987 SE 5 Speed Started it all!
Blacked out window trim / G coupes / BFG g-Force T/A KDW2 (245 45 18) / Maxspeed on stock struts / Tinted=fogs+sides+tails / Subframe Connectors / Flowmaster / Test Pipe / 20% windows / NWP Intake spacers (1st set ever for VQ35!) / Fidanza / Spec V tranny / HR Clutch / NWP Vias plate / Custom 12Volt XBOX, modded / Kenwood DDX6019 / ///////////
SHIFT_Clean and Crisp
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08-11-2008, 07:04 PM
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Senior Member
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 that's disgusting!!!
Bug&Tar remover would have done the same thing, but without the risk of stripping paint. I did my dad's engine bay with it and here here are some before/after pictures.
Some time and good finger ****ing ended up in a great finished product
**move to Detailing?** |
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08-11-2008, 07:55 PM
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Puerto Rico-Maxima Lover
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Quote:
Originally Posted by !PrjctMax!
that's disgusting!!!
Bug&Tar remover would have done the same thing, but without the risk of stripping paint. I did my dad's engine bay with it and here here are some before/after pictures.
Some time and good finger ****ing ended up in a great finished product
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I'm buying... nice job.. now that's clean
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08-11-2008, 08:50 PM
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wow that Bug & Tar really works
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08-11-2008, 09:27 PM
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nice job...just be sure that you don't hit the hinges too much, or you'll get squeaky doors when all the grease is "degreased"
moving to detailing forum...
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08-12-2008, 05:15 AM
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well thanks was looking for away to clean those up really helpful
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08-12-2008, 06:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jasonmax
would some heavy duty degreaser work the same?
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yea i used purple power on my door jams and everytime somebody opened my door afterwards i got compliments on how clean my door jams were
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08-13-2008, 09:29 PM
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The Bug&Tar worked great, it just needed a little bit of elbow grease and some time to get through it.
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08-14-2008, 01:42 PM
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A degreaser such as purple power or simple green work great...I use purple power cut 1/2 water 1/2 degreaser(just to avoid possibly messing up the paint) and it works very well with door jambs..just need some small tools to get in there and scrub.
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08-15-2008, 10:26 AM
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i don't know about using something that will strip paint off. Soap/Water, Simple green, Meg's APC, and the such would have done just fine.
I've seen door jambs like that at work, usually just a terry cloth towel and some soapy water knocks it right off.
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08-15-2008, 10:31 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 95arcticpearl
A degreaser such as purple power or simple green work great...I use purple power cut 1/2 water 1/2 degreaser(just to avoid possibly messing up the paint) and it works very well with door jambs..just need some small tools to get in there and scrub.
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i use purple power full strength and wipe it down w/ a rag from the water i just washed the car with
*shrugs shoulders*
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08-15-2008, 10:32 AM
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