Gasoline stain on cladding...best way to clean

[Gussie2000]

This is going to sound nuts, but......the Miracle Orrange didn't even phase the stain! Can you believe it!
It did make the surrounding cladding a nice richer gray, a tad darker than the rest. I've left my cladding totally untreated with anything for over 2 months in preparation for going to Moab since every cladding product I currently have made dust stick like crazy.

Really makes me wonder if there's something in the Chevron Supreme gas that may be a bit different or something that caused this.

Oh well...last resort is CarSystem Refinish Restore.....

Hi sue !

That stain is way weird though,i had fuel spilled few times over the cladding but never got "printed" like that.

That chevron gas may have a quimical additive that caused the dark stain as you certainly thought

[don moore]

time for painting the clading.....

[don moore]

or use alot of gas to make the rest match....just kidding

[Gussie2000]

or use alot of gas to make the rest match....just kidding

Hahaha i was thinking the same think though,considering the way that stain remained there it may look good done all around the cladding

[BlackVXer99]

i have the same problem, and its been there for about a year.

but, not from gas. I had a can of Arizona sweet tea, and poured the last inch or so out the window on a hot day, not really thinking anything of it. a few days later after a wash it was still there. and still is after several scrubs/products. its about the size of a baseball but not as dark as the gas stain. but still very noticable. grrr

[don moore]

i have the same problem, and its been there for about a year.

but, not from gas. I had a can of Arizona sweet tea, and poured the last inch or so out the window on a hot day, not really thinking anything of it. a few days later after a wash it was still there. and still is after several scrubs/products. its about the size of a baseball but not as dark as the gas stain. but still very noticable. grrr

..my mom warned me about to much sweet tea is bad for me ...if she saw this post she would say ..SE i told you .......RIP MOM..luvs

[Gussie2000]

..my mom warned me about to much sweet tea is bad for me ...if she saw this post she would say ..SE i told you .......RIP MOM..luvs

Mom is never wrong

[nfpgasmask]

After reading through this post and seeing/hearing about the gas stains, I have to inject my plug for Trim Shine again. I have spilled gas on my VX at least 3 or 4 times, and all I ever do is dab it off with a towel from the gas station. The rest evaporates and if there is any mark at all, a good washing and Trim Shining and it's gone. I really think the Trim Shine creates a protective coat on the cladding that repels stains and makes cleaning easier.

It seems like the people with stains on their cladding from gasoline, actually have severely faded cladding to begin with. So maybe that is the problem.

I urge anyone with faded cladding to give Trim Shine a try for a few months and see what happens...

Bart