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Offline daniel Dee

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Restoration
« on: May 13, 2012, 09:09:09 am »




Factory black glass is looking old and dull.
Any ideas to restore???
Does glass polish help???
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Offline daniel sanat

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Re: Restoration
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2012, 09:22:36 am »
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Offline Jordan Kruger

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Re: Restoration
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2012, 10:27:02 am »
Thats not glass.  lol
Try really good black polish and wax.  Its nothing permanent, but ive never had a problem getting rid of foggy paint on a black car with that method.

and use plastidip on those mouldings!  I need to do mine too.
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Offline Rob Armstrong

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Re: Restoration
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2012, 11:06:10 am »
I was gonna ask if plastidip would work good on the window trim.
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Offline kevin derhouson

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Re: Restoration
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2012, 12:17:59 pm »
it works extremely well on trim
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Offline Jordan Kruger

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Re: Restoration
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2012, 02:01:46 pm »
Just make sure you make the surface smooth and tape it off.   Plastidip is awsome stuff. It will make it look like new rubber trim.
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Offline Willem Kelly

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Re: Restoration
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2012, 03:53:54 pm »
Quote from: kevin derhouson on May 13, 2012, 12:17:59 pm
it works extremely well on trim

What's the easiest way to get the stuff off?
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Offline kevin derhouson

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Re: Restoration
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2012, 09:10:18 pm »
in your garage, mask with news paper and painters tape and use the  spray
« Last Edit: May 13, 2012, 09:41:12 pm by kevin derhouson »
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Offline CamWeiss

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Re: Restoration
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2012, 09:25:59 pm »
Give the blacked out panels a polish followed by swirl remover and then wax.

Take the trim off, use a razor blade to strip the old coatings, and plasti-dip it or prime/texture coat/trim black.

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Offline daniel Dee

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Re: Restoration
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2012, 10:18:28 pm »
Quote from: Jordan Kruger on May 13, 2012, 02:01:46 pm
Just make sure you make the surface smooth and tape it off.   Plastidip is awsome stuff. It will make it look like new rubber trim.

The trim is not rubber but aluminum that was painted black.
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Offline Jordan Kruger

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Re: Restoration
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2012, 10:34:38 pm »
I know, but it appears to be a black rubber finish. Feel free to paint it. But if you fack up or it gets scuffed, you cant peel it off, like you can with plastidip. Theres a ton of videos of people using it on their trim.

Like the old hag from Franks Red Hot sauce would say ..

"I PUT THAT SHIT ON EVERYTHING"
« Last Edit: May 13, 2012, 10:36:29 pm by Jordan Kruger »
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Offline Willem Kelly

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Re: Restoration
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2012, 03:19:26 pm »
+1 for the plasti-dip. You can shine it up with meguiars or turtle wax trim stuff for a top notch look.
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