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Smartening up roof bar blanks
I've just noticed how grey the circular blanking plates which cover the roof bar mounting points are.
Probably because I've been having a play with my new roof bars Anyway, I thought I'd use "back to black" to smarten them up. All it did was make them a nice shiny...grey Can anybody suggest a way (other than buying new ones) I can get them back to black please? |
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Spot of polish well rubbed in will bring them back for a few months. I do mine when Auto Glimming.
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I used back to black and a hard toothbrush. It gets right into the plastic that way and makes them dark again.
Just rubbing it on the surface is not enough.
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warm gently with a hairdryer and wipe with a cloth
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apparently as the oils in the plastic warm, it loosens the dirt.......i'm sure one of the detailers will elaborate.
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I finally got round to trying this trick today.
I used my paint stripper hot air gun and just gently heated the plastic caps whilst holding them with a pair of pliars. They didn't even need wiping. The black colour literally flooded across the surface I'm truly amazed that something so simple can have such a dramiatic effect |
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Would this work on the door posts ?
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Don't take them off.....do it in situ....it's only warm/hot air.....you shouldn't let them get very very hot...and keep the heat source moving, don't apply it in one place
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