Shoe polish removal
03-22-2004, 10:58 PM
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Shoe polish removal
I drag race a few time a year and they always write on my windows with that show polish... Well there wouldnt be a problem if i didnt have a warranty... so if anyone could please tell me hwo to remove this from my windows? (also after i remove it sometimes when i wash it i can stil see the numbers appear so how can i remove that as well?) Thanks, John!
03-23-2004, 06:58 AM
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Magnetic numbers 
Not sure if it was hwere but awhile back I saw a link to a Miata board that sold a decent sized sheet of Magnet in differnet colors, then you coudl just putnumbers on it...
My old car I woudl had, little bits ofg white I coudl not get off... some down in the weather stripping of my hatch, nearly a year after I switched to magnets.
I only had written numbers on my new car once...
Not sure if it was hwere but awhile back I saw a link to a Miata board that sold a decent sized sheet of Magnet in differnet colors, then you coudl just putnumbers on it...
My old car I woudl had, little bits ofg white I coudl not get off... some down in the weather stripping of my hatch, nearly a year after I switched to magnets.
I only had written numbers on my new car once...
03-23-2004, 07:23 AM
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You guys missed the point. He's talking about the track official using shoe polish, not himself.
As long as it's only on the glass, go to the paint store and get some acetone. Put a little on a paper towel - takes it right off. Then clean with a little glass cleaner like Windex to get the residue off. BUT be VERY careful you don't get any acetone on the paint 'cause it will take that off too!
As long as it's only on the glass, go to the paint store and get some acetone. Put a little on a paper towel - takes it right off. Then clean with a little glass cleaner like Windex to get the residue off. BUT be VERY careful you don't get any acetone on the paint 'cause it will take that off too!
03-23-2004, 10:37 AM
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Originally posted by Raptor1
You guys missed the point. He's talking about the track official using shoe polish, not himself.
As long as it's only on the glass, go to the paint store and get some acetone. Put a little on a paper towel - takes it right off. Then clean with a little glass cleaner like Windex to get the residue off. BUT be VERY careful you don't get any acetone on the paint 'cause it will take that off too!
You guys missed the point. He's talking about the track official using shoe polish, not himself.
As long as it's only on the glass, go to the paint store and get some acetone. Put a little on a paper towel - takes it right off. Then clean with a little glass cleaner like Windex to get the residue off. BUT be VERY careful you don't get any acetone on the paint 'cause it will take that off too!
03-23-2004, 10:50 AM
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Originally posted by 5SPDCHK
If you put your own number on, the track official doesn't have to. There's a product called "Write-on" that the speed shop at our track sells. You can wipe it off with only a dry paper towel.
If you put your own number on, the track official doesn't have to. There's a product called "Write-on" that the speed shop at our track sells. You can wipe it off with only a dry paper towel.
I put my numbers on drive up, guy says "you always have your sh|t together" since I have everything ready to go, and on my car, form filled out and signed fully.
He recognizes me cuz every now and then I will have a bout fo like 8-9 straight trips to the track every wed and friday night.
03-23-2004, 11:47 AM
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5SPDCHK & MustangEater82, I agree - if they let you do it. One track I go to does, one doesn't. They insist on putting their own number on your glass with show polish 
Most tracks don't care, but there's always that one.....
Most tracks don't care, but there's always that one.....
03-23-2004, 11:59 AM
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Now that I think about it when I forgot ot get my numbers off one night, and they sunbaked on for a day or 2, I just poured dawn directly on it 
Then washed it off later...
but as a warning dawn will strip wax off your car.
Then washed it off later...
but as a warning dawn will strip wax off your car.
03-23-2004, 12:30 PM
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I have the same problem ... I've got numbers that show up in the rain .... been there for 2 years. I'll try the acetone thing.
I've started putting my own number on before going to the track. I use the race stuff ... not the shoe polish that the track uses.
I've started putting my own number on before going to the track. I use the race stuff ... not the shoe polish that the track uses.
03-23-2004, 03:38 PM
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Originally posted by rncotton
I have the same problem ... I've got numbers that show up in the rain .... been there for 2 years. I'll try the acetone thing.
I've started putting my own number on before going to the track. I use the race stuff ... not the shoe polish that the track uses.
I have the same problem ... I've got numbers that show up in the rain .... been there for 2 years. I'll try the acetone thing.
I've started putting my own number on before going to the track. I use the race stuff ... not the shoe polish that the track uses.
