paint advice on blue cup

[Avo-R]

this may or may not confuse ya so here goes.....


when i bought my 172cup off this guy about 8wks ago you could tell he didnt have a clue how to clean a car,before i turned up i reckon he'd done the once over with a dish cloth from the sink. no really!!!
the bump strip running down the door on one side looks milky white so i said whats the deal with that mate and he said he,d tried to polish it and couldnt get it out.how can i get the colour back to normal again with what products?????

 

[Peperami]

wd40 should do the trick (someone correct me if thats wrong)

It goes milky white because the paint on the door strips is matt, rather than glossy. Mind you, sure ive polished mine before?

 

[jimbo666]

not sure how off colour yours are but they are a sort of matt colour from the factory as they are not laquered. you got any pics? when mine look a bit shabby, a quick polish and wax soon brings them back up to how they are meant to be.

 

[172 Dave]

rub smoooth peanut butter in it m8 be like brand new - guaranteed

 

[Avo-R]

ha ha you nutter im pi**ing myself son lol..na got no pics yet its not really bad but is lighter than drivers side

 

[172 Dave]

take it or leave it m8 but i do valeting.

 

[Avo-R]

what about silicone base products like bumper care and back to black

 

[Avo-R]

just sounds funny why that and how did you ever come to use it

 

[philmots]

i use silicone sommat or other, comes up well

 

[Ollie82.]

I do valeting as well as its part of my job and i've never heard of using peanut butter on Cup door trims!
But hey, everyone has tricks...

I have this bumper dressing simply known as 'Lemon Gel'. Smells like lemon curd, looks like lemon curd but brings up the door trims a treat.
I've also just got some Autoglym bumper dressing off our Autoglym rep so i'll be giving that a whirl tomo!

 

[Avo-R]

where am i gonna get me some of that from???

 

[Ollie82.]

Halfords mate...they do Autoglym!

 

[Rich]

Autoglym Bumper Care Gel from good old Halfrauds will see you ok.

 

[Ollie82.]

And that man^^^ will know!

If it has the Rich Seal Of Approval you know its good sheet.

 

[Avo-R]

yes i,d seen the autoglym in there but was worried incase i'd make things worse but cheers for the advice i will try it out

 

[Avo-R]

my mates got that bumper care i'll be popping round to see him 2moz cheers

 

[172 Dave]

here ya go

http://men.msn.com/articlepm.aspx?cp-documentid=702610

 

[172 Dave]

http://www.jwardell.com/mini/2006/08/23/more-trim-testing/

 

[Avo-R]

nice one dave cheers i thought u were pulling my leg at first

 

[Ollie82.]

My god, that guy really is committed to his trim care!

 

[172 Dave]

i know lots of weird people!

 

[riz]

wax blaster
or
duragloss wax eraser

 

[Gaz_]

get them painted like mine