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After trying everything that the supermarkets and hardware stores have for vinyl, plastic, or fiberglass cleaners, including Mother's Plastic Cleaner and Polish....... a neighbor of mine came over with a special cleaner that he sells to auto dealerships to clean plastic headlights, bumpers, and STRIPES ! He cleaned a couple spots of my stripes ( which are VERY badly spotted and stained ) and the places where he cleaned, look GREAT. Take a look at the pics.
I will work on cleaning the rest of the stripes oved rthe next few weeks and I will take more pics. The cleeaner was easy to use and then he put a polish over on after he cleaned the area.
If anyone is interested, he only sells to dealerships but, maybe we can work out some sort of deal with him.

I tried to load the pics but they exceed the size limit. I will try to size them down and repost later.

2/17/1008
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Number of downloads: 363the middle which make it look discolored.
1) First wash the stripes with a good car wash cleaner.
2) I use a soft cream cleanser called Kaboom to clean off all the heavy "junk" on the stripes (mine are VERY bad!)
3) Once the stripes are clean and you feel like you have as much of the spotting and discoloration off, use a product called "Severe Shower Door, Tile, Tub, & Boat Cleaner Restorer" to pull the rest of the spotting and to even up the coloration. Goes on like a wax and takes some "elbow grease" to get the right results. Wipe off the residue.
4) Use a good carnuba cream wax to bring back the luster (make sure the wax does NOT have petroleum in it!).
Buff to a shine! The stripes look real good...100% better than before, but they do not look like new yet.

I talked to my neighbor and he said he can make new labels called "Shelby Stripe Cleaner" and then sell it Team Shelby. Otherwise I will work on getting a case and selling it to the forum members at my cost plus shipping. I am not in this to make a buck....rather see nice cars!
Randy

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This post has been edited by GTH298: 16 February 2008 - 08:40 PM

[H0050]

Interested, provide some before and after pictures.

Thanks

[mrmustangaz]

GTH298, on Feb 11 2008, 12:15 AM, said:

After trying everything that the supermarkets and hardware stores have for vinyl, plastic, or fiberglass cleaners, including Mother's Plastic Cleaner and Polish....... a neighbor of mine came over with a special cleaner that he sells to auto dealerships to clean plastic headlights, bumpers, and STRIPES ! He cleaned a couple spots of my stripes ( which are VERY badly spotted and stained ) and the places where he cleaned, look GREAT. Take a look at the pics.
I will work on cleaning the rest of the stripes oved rthe next few weeks and I will take more pics. The cleeaner was easy to use and then he put a polish over on after he cleaned the area.
If anyone is interested, he only sells to dealerships but, maybe we can work out some sort of deal with him.

I tried to load the pics but they exceed the size limit. I will try to size them down and repost later.

How about a product name? I have the same problem with my stripes. Thanks!

[GTH298]

mrmustangaz, on Feb 16 2008, 09:59 PM, said:

How about a product name? I have the same problem with my stripes. Thanks!

See my first post above, I edited the post and added pics.
Let me know if anyone is interested.
Randy

This post has been edited by GTH298: 16 February 2008 - 08:43 PM

[JeffJ]

That looks great. I would be interested.

[mrmustangaz]

GTH298, on Feb 16 2008, 09:42 PM, said:

See my first post above, I edited the post and added pics.
Let me know if anyone is interested.
Randy

Definitely Interested!

[amcmachine70]

Also interested what is the product name?

[GTH298]

amcmachine70, on Feb 18 2008, 08:15 PM, said:

Also interested what is the product name?

The cleaner is some specialty cleaner that this guy invented for the automotive industry. He sels direct to auto dealers....fairly "small time". He wants to sell to Team Shelby and then let them sell it to individual owners. He gave me the samples free to try.
I will track him down and see what I can do....even if I have to buy a case and sell it to fellow Shelby owners, I will.
I will let everyone know as soon as I talk to him.
Randy

[jw last]

GTH298, on Feb 18 2008, 11:44 PM, said:

The cleaner is some specialty cleaner that this guy invented for the automotive industry. He sels direct to auto dealers....fairly "small time". He wants to sell to Team Shelby and then let them sell it to individual owners. He gave me the samples free to try.
I will track him down and see what I can do....even if I have to buy a case and sell it to fellow Shelby owners, I will.
I will let everyone know as soon as I talk to him.
Randy

Anymore on this?

[GTH298]

jw last, on Mar 5 2008, 06:44 AM, said:

Anymore on this?

Neighbor's name is Bill and he said he is going to contact Team Shelby about selling a "Cleaner, Polish, and Sealer" as a package. Perhaps with a special label "GT Stripe Cleaner Set".
I will talk to him this week-end to see where he is at with it.
Randy

[jonray265]

GTH298, on Mar 5 2008, 06:34 PM, said:

Neighbor's name is Bill and he said he is going to contact Team Shelby about selling a "Cleaner, Polish, and Sealer" as a package. Perhaps with a special label "GT Stripe Cleaner Set".
I will talk to him this week-end to see where he is at with it.
Randy

ANY MORE INFO ON STRIPE CLEANER? !!!! HAS SHELBY LAS COME UP WITH FIX OR CLEANER or warrenty replacement ?

JON
CSM198

[mustangmoe]

jonray265, on Mar 30 2008, 02:08 PM, said:

ANY MORE INFO ON STRIPE CLEANER? !!!! HAS SHELBY LAS COME UP WITH FIX OR CLEANER or warrenty replacement ?

JON
CSM198

Hey.. Updated pics and the side=by=side was awesome.. Any news on selling some to the GT-H owners?

Bill - We need your help !

SeeYa
Moe

[ingram4868]

A clay bar took care of my silver stripes. Boy were they dirty.

[mustangmoe]

ingram4868, on Apr 14 2008, 08:09 AM, said:

A clay bar took care of my silver stripes. Boy were they dirty.

I have tried the Clay Bar system on my gold stripes and had no luck at all. I worked one small area where it had 2 stain spots. No luck at all. I am hoping Bill comes through.

SeeYa
Moe

[jonray265]

mustangmoe, on Apr 27 2008, 06:48 AM, said:

I have tried the Clay Bar system on my gold stripes and had no luck at all. I worked one small area where it had 2 stain spots. No luck at all. I am hoping Bill comes through.

SeeYa
Moe

DITIO ON MY STRIPES, had pros work on them, POOR RESULTS!!!!, anybody try again to talk with SAI in LAS for help? or replacement under waranty?

Jonray
CSM 198

This post has been edited by jonray265: 27 April 2008 - 10:32 AM

[mustangmoe]

Hi Randy,

Any news on getting some of these items from your neighbor? I saw another owner at a show in PA last weekend and he had a similar issue with stripe stains. I was telling him about the forum topic and he was interested.

Still hoping !!

[ZepDad]

Any news?? I have a Shelby GT with silver stripes that are spotted and stained.

[GTH298]

ZepDad, on May 25 2008, 09:26 AM, said:

Any news?? I have a Shelby GT with silver stripes that are spotted and stained.

I have not been able to find Bill......I will dog him to get the info on the cleaner for everyone. Also, after I cleaned the stripes, a top coat was needd to keep the shine and protect the cleaned stripes. I found that Mothers Back to Black works great to renew the shine. It adds an acrylic top coat that gets stripped off in the cleaning process.
Even with all the trials of cleaning, the stripes still do not look anywhere near new but, they are 100% better than they were. At the shows, no one seems to notice the spots, etc.
Randy

[Larry T]

Just wondering do we have an update yet or what store did you buy the products that you used first?


Thanks --- Larry T.

GTH298, on Feb 11 2008, 02:15 AM, said:

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After trying everything that the supermarkets and hardware stores have for vinyl, plastic, or fiberglass cleaners, including Mother's Plastic Cleaner and Polish....... a neighbor of mine came over with a special cleaner that he sells to auto dealerships to clean plastic headlights, bumpers, and STRIPES ! He cleaned a couple spots of my stripes ( which are VERY badly spotted and stained ) and the places where he cleaned, look GREAT. Take a look at the pics.
I will work on cleaning the rest of the stripes oved rthe next few weeks and I will take more pics. The cleeaner was easy to use and then he put a polish over on after he cleaned the area.
If anyone is interested, he only sells to dealerships but, maybe we can work out some sort of deal with him.

I tried to load the pics but they exceed the size limit. I will try to size them down and repost later.

2/17/1008
OK...I think I have the answer as best I can get it. I cleaned one stripe and left the other one as is so you can see the difference. The picture of the roof stripe has a reflection in IMG_2507.JPGthe middle which make it look discolored.
1) First wash the stripes with a good car wash cleaner.
2) I use a soft cream cleanser called Kaboom to clean off all the heavy "junk" on the stripes (mine are VERY bad!)
3) Once the stripes are clean and you feel like you have as much of the spotting and discoloration off, use a product called "Severe Shower Door, Tile, Tub, & Boat Cleaner Restorer" to pull the rest of the spotting and to even up the coloration. Goes on like a wax and takes some "elbow grease" to get the right results. Wipe off the residue.
4) Use a good carnuba cream wax to bring back the luster (make sure the wax does NOT have petroleum in it!).
Buff to a shine! The stripes look real good...100% better than before, but they do not look like new yet.

I talked to my neighbor and he said he can make new labels called "Shelby Stripe Cleaner" and then sell it Team Shelby. Otherwise I will work on getting a case and selling it to the forum members at my cost plus shipping. I am not in this to make a buck....rather see nice cars!
Randy

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