getting polish off plastics!

[Ali]

Around the aerial i've got polish on the platic bit! Tried a few things, which seem to hide it, but doesn't remove it! Whats the best thing to get it offski?

 

[Daniel]

Please take this seriously.

When i was a valeter, nobody beleived me, but use more car polish and a dry rag. (i use autoglym) Only a tiny bit on a cloth and scrub into it really hard. will come off in no time.

It works, trust me.

 

[Ali]

Please take this seriously.

When i was a valeter, nobody beleived me, but use more car polish and a dry rag. (i use autoglym) Only a tiny bit on a cloth and scrub into it really hard. will come off in no time.

It works, trust me.

:S aye? Was thinking about tryin GOJO, it's like a hand cleaner, slightly gritty...But don't want that near my paint...Needs to be slightly abrasive tho...

 

[Daniel]

trust me mate. When i was 17 i 'tried' to valet my mums rover 416 gti (massive grey plastic bumpers) and i mullered them i polish!

When i started valeting, the guy who i worked with suggested this method. A tiny bit of polish for what your talking about, on a dry rag, proper scrub it all over and before it has time to dry and settle, go over it as hard as poss with a clean cloth.

 

[Ali]

I'll give it a go...it's only a small bit, but it winds me up! And i can never be arsed taping that bit up! Lazy!

 

[rory182]

taping anything up is pure gheyness.

 

[JMR]

Ali, have you tried the Autoglym Bumper Care. Its like green gel.

Does remove the white discoloration really well.:approve:

Did for me anyway....

 

[TeZ]

Ali, have you tried the Autoglym Bumper Care. Its like green gel.

Does remove the white discoloration really well.:approve:

Did for me anyway....

true for about a week or till it rains i suggest, Chemical Guys new look trim gel small amount on a cloth and work it into your ariel will stay black then ( also will remove that white for good)

OR

this stuff is also ACE

http://www.autogeek.net/1z-einzett-plastic-cleaner.html

TeZ :star:

 

[delboy172]

i have used turps with very good results then wipe ag degreaser and then mer bumper gel forgot a use a small nail brush for turps

 

[planetx]

Wet wipes???

 

[Rich]

The AG Bumper Care gel just masks it TBH. Einszett Plastic Cleaner for me.

 

[JMR]

Thanks for that Rich, I'll get some of the 1Z then too.

 

[Ali]

Ali, have you tried the Autoglym Bumper Care. Its like green gel.

Does remove the white discoloration really well.:approve:

Did for me anyway....

true for about a week or till it rains i suggest, Chemical Guys new look trim gel small amount on a cloth and work it into your ariel will stay black then ( also will remove that white for good)

OR

this stuff is also ACE

http://www.autogeek.net/1z-einzett-plastic-cleaner.html

TeZ :star:

Neither of them remove it, they just mask it! Got both!

 

[Rich1.2]

i did mine last night, heated the plastic up with a hairdryer and used auto glym vinly and rubber care on a foam applicator and worked it in the said areas and dried off with the hairdryer again. worked for me

 

[Ali]

The AG Bumper Care gel just masks it TBH. Einszett Plastic Cleaner for me.

Fae who?

 

[Rich]

C&S sell it but it is not on there site at the moment. Maybe worth a email to them ?

Or from here http://www.einszett.co.uk/products_einszett_interior-exterior.htm

I use that and a Megs Detail Brush and scrub.

 

[Alan]

taping anything up is pure gheyness.

Wash your mouth out son!!

 

[Steve]

Cut the bristles down to about 2mm on a toothbrush, great for grained plastics

 

[Brand86]

Cut the bristles down to about 2mm on a toothbrush, great for grained plastics

Agree!

 

[Ali]

Got most of it off...Old man had some MER plastic cleaner...Thought why not! Came up a treat!

 

[.GAZ.]

wot a lot a pish lol

lmao @ ali

 

[A13EX F Trophy No70]

wd40 works pretty good with a megs detail brush

 

[WillC788]

OK you'll probably laugh but a simple rubber (pencil eraser, that is) was suggested in Auto Express. I tried it Saturday and it has worked a treat - hard rub down then dust it off and it works really well.

 

[wayneclio16v]

seriously dunt laugh use a pencil eraser like brand new sorry just noticed someone has already posted this lol

 

[Ally]

I need to try something too on my side strips and plastics after some muppet got polish on mine last week...

 

[xxxic3xxx]

just used some cheap stuff from ASDA lol and bumpers look frikin awesome now lol and they wqhere coverd in wax (lil bro wanted cash so i asked to wash and wax car) stupid move lol but either way its just a back to black style thing but at £2 worth a try just clean em best you can and use the spray, then buff the stuff off, its like a solvent so wax came straight off leaves the black lookin MINT sooo worth a try, but with any of the cheap stuff avoide the paint and wash car afterwards

 

[daviebroon]

boot polish

 

[Giles]

try GT85

 

[Ady182]

rubber works for me

 

[RichRSi]

I take my side strips off for waxing etc now, they come off in less than two minutes, substantially less time then it takes to mask them, polish around them or clean wax off them.

 

[Ali]

I need to try something too on my side strips and plastics after some muppet got polish on mine last week...

Wasn't me!