Winter project.

[chrisstringer]

Afternoon all. I'm fed up with the plastic bits you can see in the following three photos. I've tried various treatments to keep them looking black and shiney, the latest of which has been Chemical Guys - New Look Trim Gel. Nothing has seemed to work on them and they've always gone back to being dull and grey. As one of my winter projects, I thought I might remove and paint them (matt or satin black). What type of paint would people suggest, bearing in mind that the ones in the first shot flex a little when you're washing the car.

TIA for any comments.

Chris.

[Anatol]

Clean thoroughly and scuff gently with scotchbrite (a mild kitchen one will do).

Then use an aerosol plastic primer, and then a bumper recoat aerosol. Flash off thoroughly between coats with hot air.

Loads of places will sell you the aerosols - http://www.smartexpress.co.uk/acatalog/Aerosols.ht... for example.

And really, do mask wide, if you're not removing them from the car. Mask far wider than you think any overspray will possibly travel.

Multiple light coats is the key.

HTH

Tol

[wot_the_dickens]

got to be honest chick, my 205 suffers with terrible greying of her black trims. I take the simons black on black to it with a wax applicator, then do the bits that are hard to reach with a paint brush, leave it 10 mins between coats. I usally do 2 or 3 coats and let it dry for half an hour then buff it off with a cotton cloth..comes up jet black and stays that way for months if i keep her out of the sun and rain.

x

[David H]

I've used this stuff to good effect:
http://www.foreverblack.com/

[Ordinary Bloke]

Homebase emulsion, £8.65 a tin (white only). Best of luck.

[S500]

Before you decide to paint your trim I suggest you try a new product called "Black Wow", detailers are raving about the stuff as indeed I am, go to www.detailingworld.com and enter black wow in the search and you can get all the info you need.

[vxrmarc]

aS above.....I use Black wow now when i detail.....

Examples of black wow in renault sport r27 detail below

Now the other new product i was itching to put into a detail is Black wow.....



I decided to give this car an engine detail aswell using black wow on all plastic parts and wax everything else paintwork.

Front left plastic untouched and front right Black wowed...





I can only say one thing about this product and anyone who watches any American bike building show will recognize the phrase..."Man thats awesome!!!"

I can only say get some tyre gel , rub it on your bumpers then wish it had dried so that it beads and doesnt run down your car when it rains...Thats black wow!!!

Jeez...everything was coated and it came up superbly and was dry within minutes...Rob was stunned as this is new plastic so imagine what its like on old bumpers that have faded!!!!

Black pipe wowed aswell!!







Check out the label on the bottle shinning on the black box its sitting on...

Rear bumper before black wow



and after



50/50



all done



Then the rest of the trim was black wowed and this came up even better as it was harder plastic...Check this out down the sides of the windscreen 50/50.



wing mirrors



front grill



oh no this is all making me ill again...ocd...wheres the dyson?? I love this stuff and will now be an integral part of my details as i have seen it bead aswell on my partners clio!!


So there i would rate it over everything i have tried plus it dries back wet looking but is dry...

Hope that helps..

Edited by vxrmarc on Saturday 17th November 00:15

Edited by vxrmarc on Saturday 17th November 00:17

[Aggi]

vxrmarc said:

aS above.....I use Black wow now when i detail.....

Examples of black wow in renault sport r27 detail below

Now the other new product i was itching to put into a detail is Black wow.....
...

Thats amazing. I have car OCD too and have to say yours is cleaner than mine AAARGRGGGGGGGGG going to have to spend all day tomorrow cleaning!

I've had very good results using my tyre dressing sponge with just the remenants of proper thick tyre dress, I had a bit of plastic that had gone grey and its looking nice and black now!!

Edited by Aggi on Saturday 1st December 19:37

[r1ot]

On the old vauxhalls the bumpers used to go white and no amount of bumper care would make them go back to black.

This method has to used with caution though, we used a hot air gun to gently warm the plastic up in small areas until it became warm. The plastic would change colour to its original shade. At this point WD40 was sprayed on and rubbed in before being polished off. It would take a while to restore a bumper to its original condition but it would be almost like new when done.

Like I said you have to be careful as you may heat the area up too much and it would start to melt and spoil the surface of the plastic trim. The damage would be minimal but you would know...

[PJ S]

Black Wow was one of my first thoughts before scrolling down to see it already mentioned.
Another would be 303 Aerospace - with its UV inhibitors, it should prevent the black trim from greying.
Get it from www.thepolishingcompany.com - Mike would be able to provide some suggestions as to what else you can do to keep them black.

[Sam Gamgee]

So....where can one purchase Black Wow from then chaps? Looks good!

Dave.

[PJ S]

google.co.uk - option uk button, and you'll be as wise as us!

[Sam Gamgee]

PJ S said:

google.co.uk - option uk button, and you'll be as wise as us!

Guess so...!
Ta!!!

Dave.

[PeteG]

r1ot said:

On the old vauxhalls the bumpers used to go white and no amount of bumper care would make them go back to black.

This method has to used with caution though, we used a hot air gun to gently warm the plastic up in small areas until it became warm. The plastic would change colour to its original shade. At this point WD40 was sprayed on and rubbed in before being polished off. It would take a while to restore a bumper to its original condition but it would be almost like new when done.

Like I said you have to be careful as you may heat the area up too much and it would start to melt and spoil the surface of the plastic trim. The damage would be minimal but you would know...

Yes.

I did this with my old Corsa... caution is necessary to not melt the glue holding the trim on (oops)... or, um, slip, and scour into the trim with the metal edge of the heat gun (very oops...) - still, it was my car, so no harm done...