Wd40 on Black Plastics. Has anyone got pictures ?

[D1CKY]

I have found out in this thread http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?p=3929449&posted=1#post3929449
that Wd40 can be used as a dressing on the black plastic bits of your car substituting Bumper care etc .

Has anyone got pictures of there car after applying WD40 to the plastics ?

As i wouldn't mind seeing the results and beading

And as for getting it on the paintwork is it easy enough to get off ?

 

[Reyes]

I did it before my car was colour coded. I had stuff stick to it, Dirt, twigs, chavs etc..

 

[Brand86]

^ probably wasn't rubbed in well enough, that will happen to any plastic dressing...

Yeah it will come of paint fine, but easier to spray some onto a cloth first then rub in rather than spray directly onto plastic.

 

[cg172]

Doesn't last too long though. Meguiars Gold Class trim detailer is a much better product in my opinion...

 

[pecan]

Autoglym Bumper Care.

 

[sideways danny]

Autoglym Bumper Care.

quoted for truth

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Doesn't last too long though. Meguiars Gold Class trim detailer is a much better product in my opinion...

About £6.00 for the Megs versus £1.80 ish for WD40 . No contest imo .

WD40 everytime . Next time i use the WD40 Dicky i'll do some before an afters i.e. with the white marks and then dressed with WD40 .

 

[D1CKY]

Doesn't last too long though. Meguiars Gold Class trim detailer is a much better product in my opinion...

About £6.00 for the Megs versus £1.80 ish for WD40 . No contest imo .

WD40 everytime . Next time i use the WD40 Dicky i'll do some before an afters i.e. with the white marks and then dressed with WD40 .

Ok cheers Billy

 

[elgrego]

I used it last night and it worked a treat. Just have to see how long it lasts, but worth a go. Some people buy products for the name (who would have thought you can get car detailing snobs???)

 

[D1CKY]

Anyone got pics ?

And i guess its a case of apply with a cloth and buff off ?

 

[Michael172]

Anyone got pics ?

And i guess its a case of apply with a cloth and buff off ?

if you apply with a cloth youll get lint all over the joint. ideally you want a foam applicator pad. and use AG bumper care.


But if your using WD40 for your bumpers i guess you dont give a s**t about your car anyway so yer wd40 on a cloth will do.

 

[mattjk]

Why do you say that Michael? So just because I use 95 ron fuel it means I dont give a s**t about my car LOL what a silly comment.

 

[LegoHead]

I use it on my bike as my girlfriends dad has used it on his bicycles for the last 20 odd years and they are still in use. He never washes the bikes, just wipes over with wd40.

 

[Alastair.]

BABY OIL! thats the way forward guys, works a treat!

 

[Chris_Cliomk1]

^^ lol na using baby oil might annoy the gf lol and u will look as if u love ur car just that little bit too much if ur sat there massaging baby oil into the bumpers lol

 

[Alastair.]

lol she came up with the idea, she did wel for once my friend lol

 

[Vish]

Read about using shoe polish on a dub forum, results looked good so I tried it and have to say I was very impressed. Deep black shine stayed for ages and much better than Back to Black, etc imo.

 

[Nafoff]

blackboard paint works a treat too......

 

[D1CKY]

Blackboard paint ? ? :S

How weird

 

[Spark]

wd40 works wonders on black plastics if you accidently get polish on them making them go white, leave on for a minute then scrub and it should lift off within a wash or two

 

[elgrego]

Mine has lasted a few weeks. Back to black just covers the ground in s**t from the roads and polish etc. the wd40 is better for removing the grime and ground in stuff. Your never going to get one that lasts for long.
Colour code is the way forward.
D1cky you've got a 172, what black bits do you have?

 

[Brand86]

Anyone got pics ?

And i guess its a case of apply with a cloth and buff off ?

if you apply with a cloth youll get lint all over the joint. ideally you want a foam applicator pad. and use AG bumper care.


But if your using WD40 for your bumpers i guess you dont give a s**t about your car anyway so yer wd40 on a cloth will do.

That is a little bit silly to say, it is designed to displace water and does actually work well.

I have tried it on my car, and if you think I don't give a s**t about my car then you are SERIOUSLY wrong my friend...honestly it does work quite wel;.

 

[RichRSi]

I am not joking I've even seen peanut butter and even veg oil mentioned in the past, when I had my Mk2 golf and my scirocco (with lots of plastic on the bumpers) one guy told me to use a hair drier or heat gun carefully on the plastics and that actually did work, then I dressed with wd40.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

^^^ Anything oil based works . Like you say , peanut butter , veg oil ..... WD40

if you apply with a cloth youll get lint all over the joint. ideally you want a foam applicator pad. and use AG bumper care.


But if your using WD40 for your bumpers i guess you dont give a s**t about your car anyway so yer wd40 on a cloth will do.

What a silly and uneducated thing to say . You obviously haven't tried WD40 . Apply / remove it with an old microfibre cloth , solves any problems with lint

 

[Rich]

I am not joking I've even seen peanut butter and even veg oil mentioned in the past, when I had my Mk2 golf and my scirocco (with lots of plastic on the bumpers) one guy told me to use a hair drier or heat gun carefully on the plastics and that actually did work, then I dressed with wd40.

Heat is one of the best tricks for faded bumpers.

I have just used Zymol Carbon on the Pug plastics tonight as recommended by a few and will see how it holds up, beads water like the paint on a small test

 

[D1CKY]

How would 476 fair on the plastic bits ?

If Carbon can be used ?

 

[Rich]

Carbon does not stain trim hence why it can be used.

What happens if you get 476 on plastics ?

 

[mattjk]

It goes white?

 

[Rage]

after reading somewhere on the forum you can use it and it works...

i tried it and it worked a treat

 

[nozza89]

i have done it, works well

 

[mattjk]

I thought it was a sarcastic question. I used a pure carnuba on plastic and it looked crap.

 

[Brand86]

I use 476 on window surrounds and wipers and works well. Also use on windows and is great - beads well and you can just wipe with a mf cloth and some QD and look as glossy as the paint.

Might try some on the mirror surrounds later if I am feeling brave but not so sure it will work on that type of plastic.

 

[D1CKY]

Sorry i just thought i'd ask before i try it :S

What can i use to remove it if in stains white?

 

[Brand86]

That's why I am hesitant to try, 476 is pretty tough to remove! Maybe just try on a small area at the bottom of the mirror cap if you know what I mean (so you can't see it anyway unless you look underneath)?

 

[Rich]

That's why I am hesitant to try, 476 is pretty tough to remove! Maybe just try on a small area at the bottom of the mirror cap if you know what I mean (so you can't see it anyway unless you look underneath)?

Sod that even use someone elses car !

 

[D1CKY]

That's why I am hesitant to try, 476 is pretty tough to remove! Maybe just try on a small area at the bottom of the mirror cap if you know what I mean (so you can't see it anyway unless you look underneath)?

Sod that even use someone elses car !

Lol

 

[Brand86]

Ha yeah or that! My mum's golf is normally my test car, although it is newer and more expensive than my car it is in a s**t condition in comparisson!

Will be giving it a good seeing to over the summer though...