Faded arches n bumpers

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:26 am

I used a treatment/coating that came in a dispenser like "shoe polish/paint" - it's used in the trade a lot - I think I still have it somewhere - I'll have a look anyway - take a look in members rides for pictures of my old Coupe S

http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... php?t=8413

- see what you think - last picture was after I had applied it

One application and it lasts months and months - didn't wash off or end up on your sponge when you did wash the car either......

optima21 · Post by **optima21** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:27 am

yeah I painted mine black when I removed the sills and rubbing strips on my GT. I used textured bumper paint, which needs to be painted using proper spraying equipment.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Tue May 17, 2005 12:34 am

Krupa wrote:A good way to get grease all over your paintwork, and have a black finish that washes off in a few days.

never mind the paint, look what it does to the window glass!!!

DanW · Post by **DanW** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:03 am

Tahrey1043 wrote:
Krupa wrote:A good way to get grease all over your paintwork, and have a black finish that washes off in a few days.
never mind the paint, look what it does to the window glass!!!

yeah, it takes forever and a day to get the smudges of the windows

, am never gunna use that spray on stuff again. And I recommend no1 else does either, even if it is on 2 for 1 at halfords

Krupa · Post by **Krupa** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:06 pm

Tahrey1043 wrote:
Krupa wrote:A good way to get grease all over your paintwork, and have a black finish that washes off in a few days.
never mind the paint, look what it does to the window glass!!!

Good point!

Yeah not recommended!

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:29 pm

(by the way, if any "foreign" visitors to the mk3 forum are confused as to how i got bumper restorer on my windows, i decided to spruce the pla-sticky panels - much bigger on squarebacks than coupes - between the front door and rear window as well as the lower-down trim panels. oh and the bumper-substance mirrors, too

... though they were somehow nearly jet black to begin with)

dub envy · Post by **dub envy** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:28 am

Easy solution to not getting spray everywhere (if that's what you want to use..) is to stand away from the car and spray the can into a rag, then wipe the rag onto the plastic. Easy peasy.

I've found that the aerosol back to black is s**t. Doesnt make the plastic black, and lasts about 45 minutes.

The back to black in a bottle (the thick gloopy stuff) is horrible. Gets all over your hands and is a bastard to apply evenly.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:42 pm

thats what i eventually settled on, though when the can ran out i didnt bother rushing off to get another.

annoyingly the last thing i did with the dregs of it - squirt some unsteady but intentional stripes on the rear bumper - is still visible some days, usually after rain dries off. so it does have SOME effect..... but its more like Back To Just Noticably Duller Grey.