Bringing back plastics

[Bisc`]

hiya guys ive just bought another corsa and the arches have gone grey has anyone got any tips how to bring them back to black? cheers

[mk2astraturbo]

heat gun

[Bisc`]

heat gun

really? and how would i go about doing that? sorry if im being abit dumb

[mk2astraturbo]

plug it in and face it towards the plastic but not to long in the same place or to close

[Bisc`]

plug in it and face it towards the plastic but not to long in the same place or to close

i will try that cheers

[Benn]

It will bring the oils back to the surface, you then wanna keep up on them with something like AG bumper care.

[Bisc`]

It will bring the oils back to the surface, you then wanna keep up on them with something like AG bumper care.

cheers yeh i will do that.

[M/PORT]

Heat gun and smooth peanut butter ;D

[VIKINGValeters]

i wouldnt advise using a heat gun unless confident with it because you can cause the plastics to bubble. i would recommend a hair dryer or a 2 stage heat gun along with some good bumper gel, auto glym is a good product as is many others. baby oil works wonders too..

[M/PORT]

Ive used olive oil instead of baby oil and it ran down the bumpers when applying it, to say i wasnt very pleased is a understatement.

Peanut butter is the daddy, Its puts natural oil back into the plastics, Its more environmentally friendly than using car products with chemicals in, and it costs around 60p a tub.

[mk2astraturbo]

did ya lick it off?

[M/PORT]

Yes i did, its way better having it on toast.

[mk2astraturbo]

lol

[Benn]

Peanut butter is the daddy, Its puts natural oil back into the plastics, Its more environmentally friendly than using car products with chemicals in, and it costs around 60p a tub.

1, does it come in a plastic tub/tube?
2, do you use wash&wax? Or any other wax/polishes?

As non of that is environmentally friendly.

[M/PORT]

1, does it come in a plastic tub/tube?
2, do you use wash&wax? Or any other wax/polishes?

As non of that is environmentally friendly.

I never said it was, I specifically say peanut butter lmao

You could buy 100% carnauba wax (can eat that to) and when your finished you can recycle the tubs lmao

[ginger gsi]

bang some chip fat on them ha ha ha

[mattc]

Linseed Oil

[Collateral]

**** the environment......

Back to Black all the way

[Steve!]

yer... because once you go black, you never go back!

[Collateral]

Once you black ... you have internal bleeding...

[ChAdS]

ive heard WD40 and a hair dryer does the trick!

OR

Just buy a complete new set from ebay for £24

[Oakey22]

what you want is something called Gtechniq C4, awesome stuff, turned my trim from grey to black and lasts around 2 years.

[lowry_uk]

I use Autoglym bumpercare brilliant stuff

[corsadonk]

I use black in a flash. So does Dale on Monty.

A few coats and it looks like new, then a quick once in a while

[dave_gsi]

my mate used the heat gun on his mums punto and it turned out mint. autoglym bumper care is very good but the pronblem with it is the dust sticks to all the trim you use it on. very annoying.