Silicone removal

[tnas@euronet.nl (Tom Nas)]

Hi all,

I recently wrote about my intention to paint part of my car's bumpers and
mirrors body colour, and added the question about removal of silicone-based
plastic conditioner, like Armor-All. A word with a buddy who works in a
paintshop yielded the following: 'Sonax Silikon & Wachs Entferner'. Bought
a bottle, tried it out on one mirror, looks very good. Leaves a
clean-feeling surface, no residue. Also works for glass and chrome. Quite
expensive (Dfl 9 ($5) for 150ml) but so far I'm impressed.

As for the Audi content: part of this wish to paint the bumpers comes from
the only time I had my car refueled at a non-self service station, and the
@#$@%%$% moronic guy there overfilled my tank, spilling fuel on my bumper.
This has left a nasty, ugly-looking stain all over the side part of the
rear bumper. I've bought some anthracite-coloured bumper paint to redo the
upper part, and take advantage of this situation to do the body colour
thing with the rest. (It was an option on my type of car, and factory
standard on the 90). Now, let's check the manual on bumper removal...

Tom
1988 80 1.8S

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 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
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