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On my Mazda 626 Montrose the bumpers have lost their black and whilst in storage something pretty much ruined the rear one. I want to recon the bumpers, everything i've used so far has only just touched the surface and not brought back the black...back to black products are temporary as you know so i'm looking to regain the colour again. Some people have sworn by peanut butter to remove the crud i can't shift from them...others have told me to simply re-paint. So what do you say RR? Thanks
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taurus
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I use linseed oil, very sparingly. It cleans most discolouration - just depends what got on the rear one to ruin it. It doesn't last for ever of course, but a quick wipe occasionally works better than most other things I've tried. Peanut butter works for the same reason, the oil in it is what does the trick. A bottle will last for years.
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linseed oil, ok...sounds like a temporary but decent conditioning solution. The Wurth product on the other looks to be the one, but £30! Whoa.
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ive found linseed oil to be more than temporary, seems to last ages! takes plastic thats almost gone white to a nice shiny black again.
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With the linseed based product I have, they recommend clean and dry to begin then after application to keep the car/bumper/trim dry for several hours. The finish will then be waterproof and should last months before needing re-coating.
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heatgun, but be careful.
Also if using linseed oil be careful too, linseed oil soaked rags can and do spontaneously combust so don't chuck them in the bin.
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paint em before after 2 years on still look like new, i did it in such a lazy way too, scuffed over with some scouring pads and then sprayed it on, didnt even bother with primer, i used Holts Satin black
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Thanks for the replies. I like the idea of painting straight on, the issue I see with that and on the Sierra is that you lose the pin stripe. I have a red pin stripe that goes around the whole car. Would you say I could paint that or would there be another way? Painting a perfect red stripe around it may prove to be impossible!
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smooth peanut butter . . . . . . . . . Seriously!
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Linseed oil does a really good job or like someone has previously said a heatgun, just run it over the surface, being careful not to melt it, the idea being it brings the oils in the plastic back up to the surface. I've used the heatgun method a few times and it has always done the trick.
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The Wurth stuff is probably about as good as you are likely to get but sadly like everything they do its absolutely top price, the heatgun trick works but draws the existing oils out of the plastics leaving them drier and less flexible in the end. Oddly a good scrub with dilute Traffic Film remover seems to have improved the ones on my transit.
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smooth peanut butter . . . . . . . . . Seriously! WHS.
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For really faded stuff linseed oil gets my vote. Last summer I did an experiment on a drainpipe at my house with linseed oil, autoglym bumper stuff (the green gel), a back-to-black type spray. I've just been out to take a picture. The B2B spray is the top one, linseed oil in the middle, autoglym at the bottom. Not much to choose between the bottom two except linseed oil is £3 for 500ml and after maybe 5 years, I've got 3/4 bottle left.
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taurus
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That sir, is a mighty fine drainpipe.
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Where can i purchase linseed oil?!! Will do the bumpers on the rover
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taurus
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Wilkos is where I get mine. Just use a small amount, and note what's said above about rags soaked in it combusting - so chuck them away somewhere safe. (You only need a bit so it shouldn't be an issue, so far I've not exploded.)
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I think mine came from B&Q. Despite my best efforts, my rags have never spontaneously combusted either. It's a source of great disappointment.
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The linseed oil certainly does a decent enough job. I think I'll give that a go first and if i want something even more permanent or if the result isn't so great I'll try out the painting straight on. Thanks for all the info guys and for the drainpipe example, very good!
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Will linseed oil work on the rubber type trim on my Cortina doors? What about the Tyres?
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