tried all the usual suspects


black trim on my cherokee is fading badly
anyone got a good tip to restore it ?????

Have you tried armour all?

Paint it?

black shoe polish

i was told the black shoe polish trick by a car trader. Try one of those with the foam applicator on the top - ive had good results before. Cant remember how long it lasts but if plastic is faded it will need regular applications no matter what you use.I seem to remember the black amorall being good as well.

silicone works well but is a bit messy if it rains and you've put to much one. Takes quite a while to fade off.

have head wierd stories of peanut butter (smooth...)? seriously

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have head wierd stories of peanut butter (smooth...)? seriously

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Meguiars Trim Detailer is one of the best I have come across. Way outlasts Back to Black and the spray based varieties. They also do a mildly abrasive plastic polish which may help cut through the worst oxidisation.

Cheers

used boot pollish on the SWMBO's N reg corsa.

also back to black works ( for a limited time ).

Boot polish seems to last as long as anything else and is the besy locost option

silicon is the stuff you want to make it shiny, its the main component of those spray on dash cleaners and also the foam show applicator DarrenW mentions

Blackboard Paint. You should be able to get it most decent DIY places.

- Jim

thanks for all the tips

reason for the post was i remember being
given a tip a while back and hoped it would resuface , sure enough up it popped

" smooth peanut butter "

1 havent tried maguires , but will
2 shoe polish doesnt last
3 tried to paint , pane to mask

keep em coming ,

I'm not veersed in plastics and their chemistry but know that UV alters plastics; in this case the coulour has faded and is part of the plastic. Can't see how a restorer can get the colour back - the only way is to apply colour be it by means of paint, boot polish etc.

There is dylon leather dye - works on mounteny steering wheels but leaves you with black hands - that may work on plastics - easy to apply with a small brush.

(ofcourse sod's law will come in to plpay that anything you spill the dye on will be stainened permanently yet it won;t work on the stuff you actually want to colour. I;ve got some, I'll try it on some plastic milb cartons to see how it works, or not....).

Autoglym black dye - its actually made for the job.

Alternatively you can warm the plastic with a heat gun and the plasticiser will come to the surface - makes it look new for about 12 months

Try cooking oil, locost as well !

here is another locost way that works
hot air gun
cheers
colin

smooth peanut butter, worked a treat on the missuss's Ka with big black plastic bumpers, seems to last longer that other stuff as well.

P.S crunchy stuff doesn't work Don't ask

Regards

Rich

Vauxhall Corsa bumpers fade very badly we use an hot air gun to gently heat the plastic. As it gets to a certain temperature it turns back black again. You do need to be very careful as you can easily damage the plastic but when correctly done they stay black for as long as a new one

A smart repairer showed me this trick a few years ago. He said it was to do with the caulk they put in the plastic but Iam not sure. All I know is it works but please be careful. Practice on an inconspicuous area first.