Hello everyone!
I just wanted to share my experience with plastic restoration.
My hope is to save someone some money on an inferior product when real solutions are available.
Lets start with exterior black plastic as it is one of the easier ones...
Meguiar's Ultimate Black, Back to Black, Rustolium WipeNew, Armor-All Outlast, Turtle Wax Trim Restorer, and Vinyl Magic (along with many others) are a complete waste of your money and time. I have 1/2 full bottles that will never get used of many products. A home mix can get really close and great results but I do not recommend it (Boiled Linseed oil and mineral spirits as active ingredients)
Let me save you a lot of effort.
Cerakote Trim Coat $20 USD at time of posting
This product gives better an longer lasting results with less effort than anything I have tried. There might be competing products but this is cheap enough that I would not recommend anything else. This stuff lasts like nothing you have tried before... I would guarantee.
Product beads water and mud, UV protection and has an amazing semi-high gloss finish. I am affiliated with no products in any way.
Caveat is that the plastic needs to be perfectly cleaned, degreased and dried prior to application.
Dish soap, warm water, soft bristle brushes and a few microfiber cloths are generally all you will need.
Like with most things like this... prep is the most important step!
Will come back to this thread and discuss restoring colored plastic, clear plastics and painted surfaces at some point but please feel free to ask questions, discuss and correct any misinformation.
Thank you for reading!
I just wanted to share my experience with plastic restoration.
My hope is to save someone some money on an inferior product when real solutions are available.
Lets start with exterior black plastic as it is one of the easier ones...
Meguiar's Ultimate Black, Back to Black, Rustolium WipeNew, Armor-All Outlast, Turtle Wax Trim Restorer, and Vinyl Magic (along with many others) are a complete waste of your money and time. I have 1/2 full bottles that will never get used of many products. A home mix can get really close and great results but I do not recommend it (Boiled Linseed oil and mineral spirits as active ingredients)
Let me save you a lot of effort.
Cerakote Trim Coat $20 USD at time of posting
This product gives better an longer lasting results with less effort than anything I have tried. There might be competing products but this is cheap enough that I would not recommend anything else. This stuff lasts like nothing you have tried before... I would guarantee.
Product beads water and mud, UV protection and has an amazing semi-high gloss finish. I am affiliated with no products in any way.
Caveat is that the plastic needs to be perfectly cleaned, degreased and dried prior to application.
Dish soap, warm water, soft bristle brushes and a few microfiber cloths are generally all you will need.
Like with most things like this... prep is the most important step!
Will come back to this thread and discuss restoring colored plastic, clear plastics and painted surfaces at some point but please feel free to ask questions, discuss and correct any misinformation.
Thank you for reading!
Sorry Lawrence, but you'll hafta look at the post & its contents & work that out for yourself. :thumbup:
And in doing so, AFAICS he's done a great job of keeping within the fairly strict guidelines re telling us about 'non-sponsors &/or their products' without stepping over the limits, so it'd be real a shame to ruin all that effort by turning this thread into a full blown advertorial that'd hafta be closed, wouldn't it?! :banghead:
