Good evening folks,

Since I brought the car in 2006 I have tried everything to get rid of the white marks on my exterior plastic its everywhere. Does anyone know how I can get rid of these?

Plus my exterior plastic has faded quite a lot what is the best product (for the cheapest money) to turn it back to black?

Also it seems I have a massive patch of scratches on the back of my car I have tried T cut and other various but it usually wears off quickly. Any ideas?

Is there any other quick easy and best results for cheap whilst cleaning your car?

Thanks for all who reply.

Lee

sounds like polishing compound tbh try some AG Bumper Care for the black bits works well, and to remove the polish i presume some peanut butter serious lol.....

scratches try polishing them out with some AG SRP and some Megs scratchX (or whatever its called not the plastX one though)

I have tried everything to get rid of the white marks on my exterior plastic its everywhere. Does anyone know how I can get rid of these?


Big mars plastic pencil rubber then a microfiber cloth with as hot water as you can stand and a strong mix of all purpose cleaner (rinse well)

Plus my exterior plastic has faded quite a lot what is the best product (for the cheapest money) to turn it back to black?

Autoglym Bumper care (green square on white bottle)

Also it seems I have a massive patch of scratches on the back of my car I have tried T cut and other various but it usually wears off quickly. Any ideas?

If t-cut wears off your not working it in well enough..... Try t-cut METALLIC work it in a small area for several mins on a foam pad










Is there any other quick easy and best results for cheap whilst cleaning your car?



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Cheap, Good, Quick......... Pick 2

Andy Monty said:

I have tried everything to get rid of the white marks on my exterior plastic its everywhere. Does anyone know how I can get rid of these?


Big mars plastic pencil rubber then a microfiber cloth with as hot water as you can stand and a strong mix of all purpose cleaner (rinse well)

Plus my exterior plastic has faded quite a lot what is the best product (for the cheapest money) to turn it back to black?

Autoglym Bumper care (green square on white bottle)

Also it seems I have a massive patch of scratches on the back of my car I have tried T cut and other various but it usually wears off quickly. Any ideas?

If t-cut wears off your not working it in well enough..... Try t-cut METALLIC work it in a small area for several mins on a foam pad

YouTube - NEW 2009 Meguiar's ScratchX 2.0 G10307








Is there any other quick easy and best results for cheap whilst cleaning your car?



Nope

Cheap, Good, Quick......... Pick 2

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did you find scrath x anygood, i sell it but people use the megs professional cutting compounds, megs 83 is the best for scratches and swirls, best used with a buffer tho

Hot air gun will restore black plastic trim back to black and the results are permanent. Careful not to make your paintwork bubble around it and don't concentrate on a section at a time.

For other options try wax blaster - the high alcohol content will remove the ingrained wax.

paulyev said:

Hot air gun will restore black plastic trim back to black and the results are permanent. Careful not to make your paintwork bubble around it and don't concentrate on a section at a time.

For other options try wax blaster - the high alcohol content will remove the ingrained wax.

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ahh i get what the white mark is now, poished and waxed the car and the trims got a bit too


best thing for this, colour code

Removing white stains from plastic trim.

Petrol.

As for keeping it black once its clean. Avoid the AG stuff. Its rubbish. Shoe polish is a goodun. Smooth peanut butter is another, although ive never tried that. Just heard its great.

UnoGoon said:

Removing white stains from plastic trim.

Petrol.

As for keeping it black once its clean. Avoid the AG stuff. Its rubbish. Shoe polish is a goodun. Smooth peanut butter is another, although ive never tried that. Just heard its great.

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The peanut oil more than the butter - cheaper to buy peanut oil (79p for a small bottle).

both work very well and cheap solutions removing polish removes it in under a min....
the AG stiff is not rubbish works perfectly for restoring the black to black pieces of trim...

and i would avoid the petrol as it still has the possibility of eating away at the paint if spilled slightly on it unless you plan to wash it throughly....

i do agree that the petrol needs to be used with caution. A little on a rag rubbed on and washed off will see the stains gone in no time.

TotalCarCosmetics said:

did you find scrath x anygood, i sell it but people use the megs professional cutting compounds, megs 83 is the best for scratches and swirls, best used with a buffer tho

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Its ok for an off the shelf product available in most car shops less risky than t-cut for the less savvy just needs a little work thats all ......

To be totally honest i dont like the megs #83 and #80 they are trumped in my eyes my Mernenza when used on the DA polisher


http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/produ...d=600&osCsid=d53eb59a3561cf9a00710f1e7b9b9ec7

UnoGoon said:

Removing white stains from plastic trim.

Petrol.

As for keeping it black once its clean. Avoid the AG stuff. Its rubbish. Shoe polish is a goodun. Smooth peanut butter is another, although ive never tried that. Just heard its great.

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UnoGoon said:

i do agree that the petrol needs to be used with caution. A little on a rag rubbed on and washed off will see the stains gone in no time.

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not only the risk of it eating the plastic/paint there is the obvious risk of it catching fire by ESD

i was very careful when using panel prep just don't take risks with petrol its not worth it the vapour is very "clingy" and will cling to your cloths and in the event of a static spark igniting it your toast.....

Just buy a rubber. I got one in my local stationary shop for 79p and it's done the job really well. Cooking oil also works well but from my experience not as well as a rubber.

UnoGoon said:

Removing white stains from plastic trim.

Petrol.

As for keeping it black once its clean. Avoid the AG stuff. Its rubbish. Shoe polish is a goodun. Smooth peanut butter is another, although ive never tried that. Just heard its great.

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I disagree, i use AG Bumper Care all the time and it works great. You need to shake the bottle well and keep shaking it every now and again as it separates and won't work then.

Lloyd71 said:

Just buy a rubber. I got one in my local stationary shop for 79p and it's done the job really well. Cooking oil also works well but from my experience not as well as a rubber.

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rubber like what kind of rubber?

One that rubs stuff out.

Lee.Johnston said:

rubber like what kind of rubber?

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a Big rubber

pencil eraser in other words

An the biggest world idiot goes too.... ASHAMED!

Andy Monty said:

a Big rubber

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That's the exact same one as I bought!