my Can Am is no more

[2Gunns]

I apparently washed the Can Am logo off the left front of my RT-S ..... black paint on plastic chrome, so much for $25K quality :gaah:

 

[DougB]

If you're using a pressure washer.....DON'T

 

[bullant12]

Must have used a degreaser or a strong solvent... Use dishwashing soap.:thumbup:

 

[Y Rider]

Must have used a degreaser or a strong solvent... Use dishwashing soap.:thumbup:

If you use dishwashing liquid make sure not to use Dawn unless you want to remove everything including wax.

 

[boborgera]

If you're using a pressure washer.....DON'T

If he did it's too late now.

 

[SpyderDen]

Blue Coral ($5-6 for 1/2 gallon) from Walmart works as good as anything I have tried (And thats alot!) It won't take off your wax. Have serveral hundreds of $$ of detailing products in my garage. Mostly Griots Garage products which work well but are pricey.

 

[Slybird]

I've been using Cycle Care Formula 2 Bike Wash Concentrate for the past 10-15 years on all my Goldwings, H-D Ultra Classic and now on my RT-S. It works GREAT. It's a little spendy ($38 for a quart) but well worth the investment. (...and a quart will last you a LONG, LONG time)

Here's a link to Cycle Care: http://www.cyclecare.com/

 

[2Gunns]

S100, use it on all my bikes without issue.

 

[Bob Denman]

McGuier's Quick Detailer and Pig Snot... :yikes: Yes; it's a brand of polish! :thumbup:

 

[DragonSpyder]

PLEXUS works great but it's pricey!

 

[boborgera]

McGuier's Quick Detailer and Pig Snot... :yikes: Yes; it's a brand of polish! :thumbup:

hyea:
I lent my last bottle of Pig Snot and a 20 to my son, The bottle and the 20 Shall never return. They make more 20's so that's not a problem , But i think they stopped making Pig Snot . Might have something to due with the name.

 

[Gordy]

I apparently washed the Can Am logo off the left front of my RT-S ..... black paint on plastic chrome, so much for $25K quality :gaah:

I had to have mine replaced on warranty paint came off mine too just after I got it.Never wash it with pressure hose just sponge and water hose

 

[ThreeWheels]

I apparently washed the Can Am logo off the left front of my RT-S ..... black paint on plastic chrome, so much for $25K quality :gaah:

That should be a warranty repair. I had mine replaced after I owned the RT for 8 months and NOT QUITE 10,000 miles (9600 miles, and damn it burns my butt I couldn't make that 10K last season).

 

[cjackg]

Must have used a degreaser or a strong solvent... Use dishwashing soap.:thumbup:

Careful... dishwashing liquid concentrates have been known to remove clearcoats from new cars, decals, layers of wax, etc etc.
I think about the safest thing to use is a specialty car wash product sold by most autoparts stores or Walmart.

 

[Bob Denman]

hyea:
I lent my last bottle of Pig Snot and a 20 to my son, The bottle and the 20 Shall never return. They make more 20's so that's not a problem , But i think they stopped making Pig Snot . Might have something to due with the name.

Thanks for the warning... I bought a couple of bottles when i ordered... Now I'm gonna treat 'em liike GOLD!

 

[bullant12]

Careful... dishwashing liquid concentrates have been known to remove clearcoats from new cars, decals, layers of wax, etc etc.
I think about the safest thing to use is a specialty car wash product sold by most autoparts stores or Walmart.

If you use dishwashing liquid make sure not to use Dawn unless you want to remove everything including wax.

Thanks for the advice... But I use a little tad of dishwashing liquid. And we never use Dawn at the house... usually some Sam's Club generic brand that lasts a full year at the house. But I will consider using specialty car wash products since now we have 2 :gaah::gaah:black cars and they are :cus:ing hard to keep shiny!!!