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Seat belt buckle plastic faded red -any cure?



obcuz

ClioSport Club Member
When UV faded to pink, anyone know if there any magic compounds or methods to restore these back to red or is replacement or paint the only cure?
Tried a few things but nothing seems to improve these, so looks like not possible?
 

leedsboy

ClioSport Club Member
  Bean 182 + E70 X5
Will a little blow torch be too much? If so, would a hair dryer work?
 

ADS_V6

ClioSport Club Member
  Seat Leon
Will a little blow torch be too much? If so, would a hair dryer work?
Probably not a good idea mate
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Jekyll

ClioSport Club Member
So you just wave the heat gun over the clip to bring the colour back? Obviously not too close or hot as it'll melt it.

How does this work then? As in, is there oils dicolouring it, and the heat melts that for the colour to return. I genuinely don't know.
 

leedsboy

ClioSport Club Member
  Bean 182 + E70 X5
So you just wave the heat gun over the clip to bring the colour back? Obviously not too close or hot as it'll melt it.

How does this work then? As in, is there oils dicolouring it, and the heat melts that for the colour to return. I genuinely don't know.

Magic.
 

obcuz

ClioSport Club Member
Thanks guys
I've seen the heat gun method applied to faded black soft plastics like ABS and seems to work but I've also tried compounds that do much the same with less risk.
For black plastics., I swear by Autoglym Bumper Care - the green snotty stuff, not permanent I know but does the business, I recently used it on a faded plastic patio table which originally was a dark plum colour and it had faded to pink, used it on that with great results, but this same snotty stuff has no affect at all on the red plastic buckle catch, so maybe a different sort of plastic altogether.
Anyway I will get a replacement first before getting the flame thrower out, I think the difficulty will be to apply the heat just to the red bit without melting the black surround which is possibly a bit thinner and softer material.
 

Gus

ClioSport Moderator
  182Turbo,DCi90
Has anyone tried gtechniq c5 or c4 forget the name but the trim restore.

I keep meaning to but forget
 


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