How to restore grey bumpers?
How to restore grey bumpers?
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Bill

Original Poster:

57,628 posts

280 months

Any tips? Sure I've seen mention of hair dryers before but Google isn't helping so I may have made it up. Failing that is there anything that lasts?

It's a Ford SMax FWIW.


DaveF-SkinnysAutos

159 posts

9 months

So, you can use a hot air gun, it has to be very hot so watch you don't melt them, but it brings the oils back to the surface and makes it look lovely, BUT, it doesn't last once the UV gets to it, it quickly fades back to as it was before.

You can use any kind of 'back to black' bumper and tyre treatment, they are all wipe on and look good, but again, its the sort of product you need to put back on every time you wash the car.

The best long term product is Polytrol colour restorer, https://www.owatroldirect.co.uk/product/polytrol/ its available from Amazon etc. Its about the best product for longer term use, its still going to need reapplying but no where near as often as either the hot air gun or one of the other bumper trim products.

normalbloke

8,591 posts

244 months



Up to 2 years.

Simpo Two

91,761 posts

290 months

Call me an amateur but how about a rattle can of plastic primer followed by satin black?

normalbloke

8,591 posts

244 months

Simpo Two said:
Call me an amateur but how about a rattle can of plastic primer followed by satin black?
Because it usually falls off….

Downward

5,446 posts

128 months

Autoglym have a new restorer which looks decent

Stick Legs

8,560 posts

190 months

Heat gun & Autoglym Bumper Care works brilliantly.

Be careful with the heat. You should see the black 'bloom' under the heat, moveit when that happens before it melts.

Grenadier_45

60 posts

231 months

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008F7W6M0

Owatrol Polytrol Colour Restorer - the small tin will do every bit of plastic on the car. Longevity TBC, but so far very impressed post a few snow foam washes. Was a recommendation from on here somewhere that I saved and then finally acted upon. Expect to ruin a few microfibres cloths too. Top tip - don't put too much on - follow the instructions carefully, and wear old clothes if there's any chance of your spilling it on yourself because it's not coming out. Also expect it to take 24 hours to fully go off, so don't put it on and then immediately need to take the car somewhere 200 miles on the motorway in the pissing rain ...The day after, you'd be fine ...

_Hoppers

1,608 posts

90 months

Another vote here for the Owatrol

Simpo Two

91,761 posts

290 months

normalbloke said:
Simpo Two said:
Call me an amateur but how about a rattle can of plastic primer followed by satin black?
Because it usually falls off .
True, bumpers are made of something almost non-stick like polypropylene but there are paints for it.

Bill

Original Poster:

57,628 posts

280 months

Thanks all, just ordered some Polytrol. beer