Back to black plastic stuff

Ryandoc

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Anyone got any recommendations for plastic back to black type products?

In all my years it’s not actually something I’ve bothered with. I’d like to give the engine beautification panels a wipe over (posh word alert) just to bling them a bit. But then I’d like to gentle improve the scuttle panels and wing mirror black bits.

Im kind of leaning to a gentle plastic clean and enhance product rather than some hardcore thing that is more towards a coating if that makes sense.

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Scaf

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Interested in this as I have never found anything that gives a lasting finish.
I tend to use a squirt of WD40 applied on a cloth at regular intervals
 
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Scaf said:
Interested in this as I have never found anything that gives a lasting finish.
I tend to use a squirt of WD40 applied on a cloth at regular intervals
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I think that’s the difference, these harder chemical ones that will still always fade again, or something more gentle that keeps nice and can be part of your regular cleaning routine and it’s that type that I’d be interested in, a wipe down every couple months type thing
 
safrane

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Swissvacs have some good products which really last - Penu is ideal for black plastic.
 
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philw696 said:
Use a hot air gun carefully it's amazing how the heat can bring the colour back.
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This, just use a heat gun carefully. You don't need any products. I just did it to the front plate holder on my QPV a couple of days ago and it's like new. Check out YouTube for some videos of it, just don't concentrate in one place ever or you'll melt the target area!
 
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outrun said:
This, just use a heat gun carefully. You don't need any products. I just did it to the front plate holder on my QPV a couple of days ago and it's like new. Check out YouTube for some videos of it, just don't concentrate in one place ever or you'll melt the target area!
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I'm guessing if you're overly worried about using too much heat, nick the missus hair dryer!
 
philw696

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With a heat gun you can see it change colour and just move along carefully no dramas.
Don't think a hairdryer will get hot enough.
 
Bebs

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Smartdressing. I use this on all the black bits on my cars. It stays Matt, not glossy or shiny like some of the products out there.
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Ryandoc

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I’d have the fear for ballsing it up with a heat gun no matter how careful I was. I’d never actually heard of that method though.

Will get a look at some of the other suggestions folks
 
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I've had great success previously with teak oil on scuttles and the like. Clean the area first, using your usual car shampoo. When it's dry, apply teak oil with an old paintbrush (you will have to throw it away afterwards.) It dries quickly, restores the colour wonderfully and lasts a couple of years.
You'll have plenty left over to do the garden furniture too, whether its teak or coloured plastic.
I used to do the WD-40 thing. It works nicely, but you have to repeat it all the time.

To be fair, I've not had the Maserati long enough to try either treatment on it, but by the look of the scuttle, as soon as the dry weather comes along, I'll have the teak oil out.
 
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Ryandoc said:
Anyone got any recommendations for plastic back to black type products?

In all my years it’s not actually something I’ve bothered with. I’d like to give the engine beautification panels a wipe over (posh word alert) just to bling them a bit. But then I’d like to gentle improve the scuttle panels and wing mirror black bits.

Im kind of leaning to a gentle plastic clean and enhance product rather than some hardcore thing that is more towards a coating if that makes sense.

Fire away folks
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If you want something quick and easy to work with have a look at these two products.


If your brave enough to use a heat gun then carefully heat up the greyed plastic. This brings the oils that are in the plastic back up to the surface. Heat on its own will last 18 months or so but if you wipe the heated area over with a cloth with power steering fluid on it then it just need to be slightly damp nothing more. This helps to get oil back into the plastic trim and makes it last a lot longer.

Best time to do it is a warm sunny day as the plastic in the sun will already be fairly warm. Gently heating more with the heat gun will tip it into the right temperature zone to absorb the PAS fluid.

Wipe off any excess and when your done.
 
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