Door pulls / handles.

These have been bugging me for years.
We all know how bad the rubber coating looks. So I removed it and the paint leaving them to soak in Dettol for a couple of days.
I found on a modeling website that's what they use to strip paint without damaging the plastic.

A quick rub down with some fine sand paper then plastic plastic primer.

Then they were sprayed using Halfords grey metallic spray M1-470 then matt lacquer.

Really pleased with how they've turned out.
They look a bit more silver in the photos than real life.

Much better. Hate that soft touch stuff when its worn.

MRBILLYUK said:

These have been bugging me for years.
We all know how bad the rubber coating looks. So I removed it and the paint leaving them to soak inView attachment 1769567View attachment 1769568View attachment 1769570 Dettol for a couple of days.
I found on a modeling website that's what they use to strip paint without damaging the plastic. View attachment 1769568View attachment 1769569

A quick rub down with some fine sand paper then plastic plastic primer.

Then they were sprayed using Halfords grey metallic spray M1-470 then matt lacquer.

Really pleased with how they've turned out.
They look a bit more silver in the photos than real life.

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Nice work!

Intrigued regarding the dettol. What specific type are we talking? (General hand soap, alcohol based sanitiser etc).

PerthRS said:

Nice work!

Intrigued regarding the dettol. What specific type are we talking? (General hand soap, alcohol based sanitiser etc).

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Sorry. I should have been more specific. It's Dettol liquid antiseptic, as in the photo.
Use it neat and leave it to soak for a couple of days and all the rubber coating and paint just comes away from the plastic. You just have to give it a good wash after in clean water, under a tap.
From what I've read though, it has to be Dettol, not some cheaper copy version.

Sweet. Cheers!
Hopefully dettol produce the same version locally.