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Ewing1
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plastic parts faded
« on: Dec 9th, 2009, 10:17pm » |
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Hi all. I can´t help noticing that the black parts around windows, plastic parts such as window washers etc are faded in color. Any advice on this is most appreciated.
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Scorpio_Mike
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Re: plastic parts faded
« Reply #1 on: Dec 9th, 2009, 11:10pm » |
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Pretty sure you can get a product ( Autosol ? ) from Halfords or similar which is meant for restoring the colour to black finished parts.
Maybe worth a go 
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Jonnycab
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Re: plastic parts faded
« Reply #2 on: Dec 10th, 2009, 1:58am » |
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'Armor All' is really good for black plastic (& loads of other stuff)....comes in a pump spray bottle & costs under a fiver
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Tons_of_fun
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Re: plastic parts faded
« Reply #3 on: Dec 10th, 2009, 8:55am » |
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Time to reveal one of my little secrets  . Get yourself some Autoglym Bumper care gel. Put it on an old toothbrush & give your trim a good old scrub  . After the second or third application they come back to 'as new'. Mine were actually white when i got the car but this has sorted them out a treat. I have known some owners to use black insulation tape to mask the problem to good efect, but eventually the tape shrinks & has to be re done. HTH... Craig
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Re: plastic parts faded
« Reply #4 on: Dec 11th, 2009, 6:20am » |
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Good old fashioned cherry blossom black boot polish, does it a real treat, any on paint work comes off very easily. also works a treat on hoses and most engine bay non metalic parts.
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Re: plastic parts faded
« Reply #5 on: Dec 11th, 2009, 7:48am » |
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I agree with Kenboy I use Kiwi shoe polish on all rubber and plastic parts and it does not affect the rubber like some do.. Good for the tyres as well
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Ewing1
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Re: plastic parts faded
« Reply #6 on: Jan 6th, 2010, 7:26am » |
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hi all. Thanks a lot for the advice. I will try them all one by one
always a great help to have this forum.
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Ewing1
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Re: plastic parts faded
« Reply #7 on: Jan 6th, 2010, 2:48pm » |
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Best and longest restoration of black plastic components i've acchieved was using linseed oil apply to a cloth and carefully apply to whatever you want to restore. Leave it for a while, then buff it off.
Be careful of glass and apint tho cos it can be a b****r to get off
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