Refreshing Faded Trim

[wot recession]

A heat gun will bring the oils back to the surface of the plastic trim.
It only works on the dark grey or black trim. (Non painted).

 

[TinSnips]

A heat gun will bring the oils back to the surface of the plastic trim.
It only works on the dark grey or black trim. (Non painted).

you can 'bake' oil into trim the same way, at a pinch

 

[lemusa]

A heat gun will bring the oils back to the surface of the plastic trim.
It only works on the dark grey or black trim. (Non painted).

+1 for heat gun. Mate did it on his Golf and it came up looking new. I am yet to try it on the Bimmer, need to enlarge my balls

 

[hi_ryder]

+1 for heat gun. Mate did it on his Golf and it came up looking new. I am yet to try it on the Bimmer, need to enlarge my balls

keep the heat gun moving, temp test with your finger. if you have a laser thermometer you probably don't want to go over 80 degrees....

 

[mpower]

I'd love to see a youtube vid of someone doing this, a heat gun - who'd have thunk it?

 

[Demonica]

+1 for heat gun. Mate did it on his Golf and it came up looking new. I am yet to try it on the Bimmer, need to enlarge my balls

Do it so I can copy you if it works.........or laugh at you when you fail hehe

Sent from my HTC One

 

[TinSnips]

There's a bunch of videos on how to do it (and how not to). Keep in mind, it won't work for every situation. And it will fade again if not treated properly.

 

[wot recession]

I'd love to see a youtube vid of someone doing this, a heat gun - who'd have thunk it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZGciNKBVqU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N61pWywXKGU

 

[VS-S]

For black trim, I use black shoe polisher. Does an excellent job at keeping it black and being oil based makes it not wash away when wet. (Washing the car, rained on, etc.)