Care of black plastic & vinyl?

[awa355]

Things are pretty tight financially right now and cleaning the vinyl and plastic interior of the car and the black plastic on the bike got me wondering, Has anyone got any homemade tips for a substitute for Armoral. The headlight cases and instrument housing and other black bodyworks are getting that ' faded ' look about them.

Between the kitchen and laundry cupboards, there must be something that will protect against sun damage.

Any ideas?.

[EJK]

Plasti dip?

Could work...

[pete376403]

Pledge works really well for visor cleaning, so might work to revive faded plastics

[Icemaestro]

got some silicone spray on my faded 25yo switch gear the other day and it went from grey to black..still like that 2 weeks later?

[awa355]

got some silicone spray on my faded 25yo switch gear the other day and it went from grey to black..still like that 2 weeks later?

I was just about to think of that myself :lol: Will try the pledge as well.

[200BUSA]

Pledge is good, plastics come up nice.

[AllanB]

Pledge smells nice too - the lemon is the best and makes your bike faster than the orange pledge.

[skippa1]

Armour all is shit

[husaberg]

Pledge smells nice too - the lemon is the best and makes your bike faster than the orange pledge.

We always used to use pledge for shining when i was working in the trade plus a silicon product sold by pacer called protectall i am sure it was called.
Handy Andy for un-coated alloy but wash it off thoroughly.

To make Armour-al go further use a pantyhose (f- do they still have those)as they don't soak up the armour-al.
We also used T-cut for faded plastic sometimes a heat gun works............

[pete-blen]

heat gun.....
plastic with white stress marks & some fadeing....

[imdying]

Yeah that Pacer stuff is goot ja.

[Mike.Gayner]

Agree with the above, both silicon spray and Pledge are great, though neither is a long term solution.


Armour all is shit

Yup.

[slofox]

Pledge smells nice too - the lemon is the best and makes your bike faster than the orange pledge.

Just don't get the one that smells like a tart's window box - else you'll likely be blowing the "breathalyser" when a copper stops you...

[F5 Dave]

theres that black coloured bumper polish. If using a heatgun, do try an out of sight area first to see how the particular plastic behaves. Sometimes this is quite successful. Sometimes a bit patchy.

[Big Dog]

Applying while the plastic is warm works best for silicone based products. Best not to get any on your brakes seat or footpegs as slippery when wet.


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