Recommendations for Plastic Restorer
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Recommendations for Plastic Restorer
What do you guys recommend for restoring plastic back to black?
This looks pretty good but I would like to hear from personal experience.
This looks pretty good but I would like to hear from personal experience.
Smarter than most Racoons
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Use heat.
use a hot air tool. find a spot that wont show. blow the heat on it and slowly increase the heat until the plastic looses the white/grey and magically turns back to black. stop turning up the heat at that point. Don't point it at the paint. go over all the faded plastic. works for all colors.
This is far more permanent than dyes or restorers.
use a hot air tool. find a spot that wont show. blow the heat on it and slowly increase the heat until the plastic looses the white/grey and magically turns back to black. stop turning up the heat at that point. Don't point it at the paint. go over all the faded plastic. works for all colors.
This is far more permanent than dyes or restorers.
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Id check this out because none of those "restorers" are going to last. So unless you dont mind redoing it every couple months... Id not waste my money on those restorers. If you dont want to buy new then as said above, heat is your best option. HF sells a decent heat gun, give it a try.
