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Cleaning help! Can't remove marks off plastic fender flares

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Just wondering if anyone else is having this issue or not. I have the plastic fender flares with the sasquatch package so I expected mud and rocks to sling up but i can't seem to get them cleaned. I haven't taken it "off-roading" really. All the mud I've picked up from my short dirt driveway and anything on the highway. Washed it first with a soft wash mitt, soap and water and it dried like the photos. I tried a harder sponge and scrubbed it pretty hard and today I took it to a car wash and used the pressure washer and still no change. The dark spot on the fender is just a wet spot I tried to clean with my thumb. It dried like everything else. Thanks in advance.

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Try getting a plastic safe all purpose cleaner. Gtechniq W5 is pretty intense and cleans very well. Spray it on the fender and take a stiff bristle brush and give it a good scrubby scrub. If it doesn't come all the way out, just repeat a couple of times, working in small sections. Wash, rinse and dry.

For longer protection, try applying Gtechniq C4 Trim Restorer, great product, rejuvenates plastics, darkens finish, provides a level of protection and water repellency. Some suggested Trim Solution. That is also a good product, very messy though. Have to be more diligent in it's application. It uses suspended charcoal powder that soaks in to the plastic pores to bring it back to life. However I would recommend trying to remove the stains first. Trim Solution is a dressing, it doesn't remove stains.
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I’ve used a melamine foam block (magic eraser) for some things like this on black plastic.
 

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Just wondering if anyone else is having this issue or not. I have the plastic fender flares with the sasquatch package so I expected mud and rocks to sling up but i can't seem to get them cleaned. I haven't taken it "off-roading" really. All the mud I've picked up from my short dirt driveway and anything on the highway. Washed it first with a soft wash mitt, soap and water and it dried like the photos. I tried a harder sponge and scrubbed it pretty hard and today I took it to a car wash and used the pressure washer and still no change. The dark spot on the fender is just a wet spot I tried to clean with my thumb. It dried like everything else. Thanks in advance.

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I was able to remove my stains with Folex (carpet spot remover). It worked extremely well. Sprayed on agitated it with a toothbrush, let it set for maybe a minute and rinsed off. When dry, ceramic coated them with Adams Graphene. I’m completely satisfied with the results.

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Also, Spray and Wash (laundry) worked as well.
 

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Someone said to try Scrubbing Bubbles.
 

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Just wondering if anyone else is having this issue or not. I have the plastic fender flares with the sasquatch package so I expected mud and rocks to sling up but i can't seem to get them cleaned. I haven't taken it "off-roading" really. All the mud I've picked up from my short dirt driveway and anything on the highway. Washed it first with a soft wash mitt, soap and water and it dried like the photos. I tried a harder sponge and scrubbed it pretty hard and today I took it to a car wash and used the pressure washer and still no change. The dark spot on the fender is just a wet spot I tried to clean with my thumb. It dried like everything else. Thanks in advance.

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Had the same problem. A small scrub brush and dawn dishsoap did the best cleaning job, but it still looked stained and sun bleached. After cleaning it, I put on the chemical guys VRP as recommended in other comments and that did the trick. It looks beautiful, new and nice and shiny black!
 

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Someone said to try Scrubbing Bubbles.
That is what I use. I picked up some manure slop from a cattle trailer. That spray was on both flares and rock rails. Scrubbing Bubbles cleaned it right off.
 

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i heard you can get that stain out with Tide bleach and a steel sponge.
Not sure if this was a joke but do not do this.
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