Touching up/recoating plastic coated switchgear, etc.
Touching up/recoating plastic coated switchgear, etc.
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veevee

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1,458 posts

181 months

Tuesday 29th October 2013
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Some of the window switches, and other bits in my interior are looking a bit worse for wear (rubbed through to white plastic). Is there a known product that can be used to touched them up? I can think of a couple of kinds of paint I'd be tempted to try, but I'm not sure how durable they'd be?

Toaster Pilot

14,867 posts

188 months

Tuesday 29th October 2013
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What car? That kind of stuff can usually be had quite cheaply used or even sometimes new.

veevee

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1,458 posts

181 months

Tuesday 29th October 2013
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Multiple, to be honest.

I know I could just replace the switches, but if theres some kind of little pen out there, I'd much rather just buy that than spending tens of times more, and a lot of time, replacing them all. (Some of the bits I'm talking about are just scratched through to the plastic, rather than being totally worn through).

Frances The Mute

1,816 posts

271 months

Tuesday 29th October 2013
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Plasti-dip is very good for this sort of thing.

veevee

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1,458 posts

181 months

Wednesday 30th October 2013
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Frances The Mute said:
Plasti-dip is very good for this sort of thing.
Pretty sure this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

Escy

4,130 posts

179 months

Thursday 31st October 2013
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Something VW?

shoehorn

686 posts

173 months

Thursday 31st October 2013
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Escy said:
Something VW?
hehe

J4CKO

46,970 posts

230 months

Thursday 31st October 2013
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I did the window switch panels on my 350Z as they were scratched, covered them in some carbon effect wrap, sounds a bit Max Power but I like it and it fits in, was about £8 off Amazon, needs a hot air gun to get it pliable, a hairdryer may work but will take longer, I think they came out really well, you can get other wrap stuff in different colours/textures.