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Aledh
Member Since: 07 Jun 2023
Location: South Wales
Posts: 5
  
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| Restoring black plastic trim |
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What do people recommend for restoration of the black plastic bumper / wheel arch etc. trims? I have used various products over the years with varying levels of success, so looking for some wisdom to guide me to something else!! 
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 17th Jun 2023 3:13 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6570
 
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The first thing one has to realize is that nothing is permanent. 
That being said, I’ve used Gtechniq C4 which I found to work fairly well. It made the completely gray and faded headlight washers several shades darker. Didn’t make them new, though. In the end I bought cairns blue adhesive caps and solved the problem with that for hopefully a very long time. 
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| 17th Jun 2023 3:33 pm |
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SpiderBaby
D3 Decade
Member Since: 21 Sep 2007
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 1399
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I use "Wood Silk" on my black wheel arches, bumper etc.
It's good enough for me on an 18 year old car.
It's easy to apply unlike the usual black trim restorers which you have to be careful with and it only costs around £1.30 a can in Asda.
Plus you can also do your wooden furniture with it  I see no ships........
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| 17th Jun 2023 7:47 pm |
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LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23366
  
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Enter “peanut butter” into the forum search facility.
Honestly! 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography
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| 17th Jun 2023 7:58 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6570
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The vehicle will become popular with the local wildlife
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| 17th Jun 2023 8:02 pm |
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LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23366
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2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography
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| 17th Jun 2023 9:14 pm |
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LRD4GAB
Member Since: 05 Nov 2020
Location: Tamworth
Posts: 473
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kajtzu wrote:The first thing one has to realize is that nothing is permanent.
That being said, I’ve used Gtechniq C4 which I found to work fairly well. It made the completely gray and faded headlight washers several shades darker. Didn’t make them new, though. In the end I bought cairns blue adhesive caps and solved the problem with that for hopefully a very long time.
Yeah g-tech 4 very good
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| 18th Jun 2023 7:40 am |
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sub
Member Since: 04 Jul 2022
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 81
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I've yet to try this - so take this advice with a massive grain of salt - but many plastics can be restored with a quick swipe of a blowtorch.
Check out some videos on youtube for the technique.
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| 18th Jun 2023 8:01 am |
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darrind
Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: In A World of My Own!
Posts: 2863
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I have tried the hot air gun approach on black textured plastic, and on some it worked very well but it’s difficult if there are painted surfaces on the same part. It did work well on my original D3 textured wheel arches Must stop buying shiny toys....
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| 18th Jun 2023 8:35 am |
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astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8052
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Used “Back to black” since I started driving around 1980. Always done a decent job
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| 18th Jun 2023 5:28 pm |
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Jenksy
Member Since: 07 Dec 2021
Location: cheshire
Posts: 8
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I use carbon collective platinum trim, never used it on anything really faded but it lasted over 2 years on a mini we had.
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| 18th Jun 2023 6:50 pm |
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Icarus
Member Since: 15 Jul 2023
Location: Essex
Posts: 36
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| Restoring Black Plastic Trim. |
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I’m about to restore the external black plastic scuttle around the windscreen wipers. I’m going to be using Polytrol, about which I’ve heard some good reports.
I’ll do a before & after pic, and I hope it’s as good as the reports I’ve seen, as it costs about £21.00 from Amazon!
Watch this space….
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| 17th Jul 2023 11:11 pm |
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