I wanted to know is there anyway / best way/ product for shining plastic?

As in my steering colum surround, heater etc (cant think of anymore at moment but im sure there is).

As i wasnt a real fan on painting them because eventually the paint begins to come off and look horrible

Thanks in advance again for peoples comments

Brenton

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depending on how nackered it is, i would wet rub it and polish polish polish

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-jamie-
1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

they can be polished with mild abrasives like brasso, or even sugar soap or that t-cut product used to cut back automotive paintwork.

I've even heard of people using shoe polish.

You can get plastic polish that's mostly used to polish windows in boats and convertibles. Does a great job of cleaning the plastic. Meguires make it. How it would work on black plastic I have no idea.

Pete

i use dubbin and if its scratched wd40 works as well brings the colour bake in the plastic. a old bloke at work showed me.i dubbined all my comonwhore interior and it looks good.



cheers TUCK3R

Autosol as a plastic polish can do a nice job as well. Time spent equals a better finish.
Set yourself down in front of the TV with a good long movie on the DVD. You won't notice the time go past, and will really be happy with the result.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Autosol is a brand that makes a few differnet products arn't they??
Which product works best?

i may try a few different products and see what happens

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ummmm....dunno, but the polish that comes in a toothpaste tube is one I have used around the garage for a long time. It pops up whenever I have a small polishing job to do. It might be scratches in plexiglass or polishing up metal.

At the moment however I have put a 150 mm sisal polishing wheel(Bunnings : $14.99) onto my small bench grinder, and on study breaks I have been laying into the stainless steel trims from the mini. I also picked up the matching polish block as well.
I didn't think it would be up to it, but the finish on the bumper bar and over riders is superb, so is the rest of the stainless I have been into. All the door bits, door card holders, ashtrays, everything. I took the 7 slat grill apart and did every slat in about 40 minutes. Put it back together with a coat of black paint on the cleaned up supports. I wish I had gotten one years ago..

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Hmm this has also been on my to do list. My steering column surround is looking pretty ordinary...all scratched and losing colour in certain spots.

I will have a go at polishing it however will this bring the colour back without painting it? I could be asking a completely blonde question here. i know polishing isnt the same as a cut and polish but with the mild abrasive quality of polishes, will it work?

This is my surround at the moment (apologies for picture quality, old camera phone )



Any advice would be great!

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that was basically what my orginal question was saying.

The plastic is black all the way through so it should, i havnt got round to doing mine yet though

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thanks

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The aviation and motorcycle industries use a product called Plexus - aerosol plastic polish. It is designed to polish out scratches etc out of plastic plane windows and give high sheen. (edit - it probably won;t resurrect something as badly worn as swaes' steering column surround though. It won't replace missing plastic!).

Bike shops usually sell it although when I tried to buy another can recently, none of the 2-3 I was in had it. When I googgled it, they said Repco stock it but I haven't been in to try. One shop had a similar product called Nu-plex (or similar) but as it wasn't the genuine Plexus I thought I would wait.

If you want to be cheap, start out with Mr Sheen first - Plexus was around $18 for a small can last time I bought some. I use it on the screen and fairings on my bike.
KB

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Yep. My first thoughts precisely.

Awesome stuff. I use it on the perspex windows on the race car.

Smells good too

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