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Old 11-29-2005, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by cbdo
Rubbing alcohol should be pretty well tolerated by the paint, but I don't know how well it will take off the crayon.
I think the earlier post about tar remover referred to one or another of the clear-solution organic solvent products that are out there. I've used them on smallish spots for tar, and they work pretty well; haven't had problems with paint but I always try to minimize the exposure, and then rewax of course. Might be fairly effective on crayon; don't know if it would work better than the cleaner-wax idea.
Looking at it again tonight - the junk comes off easily after all - I'm not worried anymore. Beyond finger-nail scraping (ough!!!) it looks like a cleaner wax might do it.

Am I insane in keeping an almost mint black on black (exterior/interior) 560 SEL alive, or is this one of the best sedans ever built? (The only alternative in this class I see is the Audi A8, it's classy, all alunimum body, but I still like the accessible engineering of Benz on this one.)

Comments are open, but please don't forget I'm originally from Stuttgart, and I love honesty in engineering....

(Please tell me if I am a cult freak...)
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