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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 11:09 AM
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Iam doing the underside of my escos but some one has put alot of waxoil under there. Iam useing thinners at the mo but god its taking its time. What else could I use.


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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 11:11 AM
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petrol or parffin mate
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 11:11 AM
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its white spirit that works best for waxoil. i just did my car last week.scraping of the majority first is easier.
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 11:15 AM
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great thanks guys
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 05:45 PM
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Tar Remover brought mine off mint mate
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 08:42 PM
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As said, scrape as much off as possible then use petrol.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 08:57 PM
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defo petrol it just turns the waxoil to mush!
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 05:00 PM
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i used panel wipe on mine
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 10:01 AM
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If you can get some, Autosmart TARDIS, sprayed on with a hand sprayer, leave to soak in, and it might just pressure wash off?

When i had my Mk6 rs2000, someone had waxoyled the engine bay area, and thats how i got it all off.
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