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Post by Juan on Mar 24, 2020 3:42:32 GMT -6
Is there anything that restores the color back into sun faded plastic or rubber trim and lasts more than a week or two in a saltwater environment? My trim tab actuators have turned from black to gray and nothing seems to work after a saltwater dunking.  |
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catchersrock
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Location: Maiden NC
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Post by catchersrock on Mar 24, 2020 10:29:15 GMT -6
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Post by Juan on Mar 24, 2020 13:40:27 GMT -6
Thanks catcher. Sounds too good to be true but I just ordered a bottle to give it a try.
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catchersrock
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Posts: 549
Location: Maiden NC
Sea Pro model and year: 2020 Sea Pro 228
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Post by catchersrock on Mar 24, 2020 13:52:41 GMT -6
Ill look you up when I'm thru Cottonwood and you can put me on some fish!
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Post by Juan on Mar 24, 2020 17:06:54 GMT -6
Ill look you up when I'm thru Cottonwood and you can put me on some fish! Any time.. (after this virus thing goes away  ) It might be a while before I can try it out since Amazon is limiting shipments of anything not related to Corona.  |
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Post by gnrphil on Mar 25, 2020 15:02:54 GMT -6
try carefully heating them with a heat gun, had good results on auto plastics. don't know how it'd hold up to salt water.
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Post by freezerfiller on Mar 25, 2020 16:04:04 GMT -6
If it's black plastic or rubber, mop-n-glo works for about a year. If it's not black, don't do it, it's not uv stable and will discolor. Works great on rubrails and such tho...
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Post by Juan on Mar 25, 2020 16:30:28 GMT -6
If it's black plastic or rubber, mop-n-glo works for about a year. If it's not black, don't do it, it's not uv stable and will discolor. Works great on rubrails and such tho... A year, hell 6 months would be GREAT! Thanks freezer. Everything I want to use it on is black plastic or rubber. I'll pick up some mop-n-glo. I canceled the Car Guys restorer I had ordered since due to the virus Amazon's delivery date was late May. I'm not that patient. Edit: Got lucky.. The wife has mop-n-glo so I'll try it tomorrow. I'm guessing you just wipe it on? |
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Post by Juan on Mar 26, 2020 7:43:16 GMT -6
Well back to the drawing board. I tried Mop & Glow on my truck's faded bed liner this morning before trying it on the boat. It restored the color and looked great while it was wet but after it dried there was not much difference so I applied a few more coats and the faded look still came back after it dried. There might be a slight difference in the color but not much. It just might be too far gone to bring back the original black color but I had my fingers crossed.  |
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Post by freezerfiller on Mar 26, 2020 15:52:18 GMT -6
HDPE doesn't like anything. Try it on your your trim tab and see what happens.
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Post by Juan on Mar 26, 2020 16:52:58 GMT -6
HDPE doesn't like anything. Try it on your your trim tab and see what happens. Too late. I painted them and they look almost new again. If there were some sort of liquid black dye that would dry after applying it, I think it would do the job on my bed liner cuz the mop and glow seemed to soak into it. I wonder if mixing some gloss black paint with acetone would work? |
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Post by Juan on Mar 27, 2020 14:11:20 GMT -6
I wonder if mixing some gloss black paint with acetone would work? I found out that paint doesn't mix with acetone so I tried denatured alcohol and that works great. Mixed satin black paint with the alcohol so that it was about as thin as water and then applied that to the faded bed liner. It looks brand new again. Didn't have high expectations but the finished job is amazing. It soaks into the plastic so I hope it's permanent. Time will tell. |
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Post by freezerfiller on Mar 27, 2020 15:57:26 GMT -6
let us know.
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