Maintenance of plastic trim.

Hi all,

In the past I think to have said somewhere to use lineseedoil as a very good and not expensive product to clean the plastic trim on the car. Hereafter a picture of mine after I treated it well for the winter. (I am sure I can't compete in the 'muddiest' Hippo contest with it, can I ?? ) Anyway, the car is 6 years old, thus not straight from the showroom, finished it waxing etc.. and the plastic trim, fenders and rearview mirror housing, whiper mechanism etc.. I treated with the lineseedoil to remove all the white deposit and also to give it a brandnew look again. I know someone asked before what to use on the plastic but I can't remember where (on which forum?), but as I also know most of you are fond of pictures I took my chance here... (left small pic. shows the rearivewmirror housing in detail plus a part of the fender, the main pic. shows front view where you have an overall view as how it "can" look after 6 years, at no cost (or almost at no cost) at all.

If I remember right it was on here, and ended up in a fight with us Tractor lads.

You missed a bit willo

you commin in for a pint while your here?

And thats just linseed oil you used?

Er Willo ,to much linseed oil me thinks. . . .

You just couldnt resist could yer??

Throwin out ya toys is one thing - but settin' fire to it - tsk tsk!

**** that lot will, i reckon it looks a beauty mate, and i thought that linseed **** was fer cricket bats

Its ok dont panick . . . .gulp , , ,er Porky put out, bit ah scotchbrite and it'll look as good as new, er Mondo take Willo in the pub and pour him a stiff brandy, he's gone all white . . .

Too late ming , He's ran off!

I think you upset him agen

mondo said:

Too late ming , He's ran off!

I think you upset him agen

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He'll be back with another pic, once he's sorted out his melted loom. . .

I recently discovered that the previous owner spray-painted all the plastinc bumpers but negelcted to use primer ..... it's now started peeling off the rear plastic trim and look awful.

Does anyone know the best way to remove the paint from plastic trim so that I can get it re-painted "properly".
Cheers

Simon. . .very difficult this one, but try this on a bit as a a test only, and on a bit that will not be seen, buy some universal brake fluid, have a bucket of hot water with fairy liquid in, a sponge , wear rubber gloves and ,dont get any in yer eyes, apply the brake fluid on a small bit , after bout 2=3hrs it should bubble, wash orft with the soapy water, this should give you the reaction time of the bubling, dont go beyond that time as you will melt the plastic, when happy with yer time do it in metre stages or wot yer can handle, paint stipper is to fast for plastic,hope this elps ya. . . .

mondo said:

You missed a bit willo


And thats just linseed oil you used?

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Where ? Where ? Quick, tell me.....

And yes, just linseedoil (on the plastic that is of course) the body I did with Lamont polish (some years back a guy sold me 3l of it outside on a department store parking, he said he worked at Lamont so I guess he pinched it but as I got it for a good price .... than I gave it a treat with an old Mercedes product I still had since about 10 years during my 190E period and when all that was done I went over the plastics with the oil.)

ming said:

Er Willo ,to much linseed oil me thinks. . . .

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Ming,

Aren't you ashamed ? After Mondo's Spitfire you now set my Hippo on fire ??

willo said:

Where ? Where ? Quick, tell me.....

And yes, just linseedoil (on the plastic that is of course) the body I did with Lamont polish

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Looks smart dose that willo

Maybe we should have a Shineyest Hippo pic page!

mondo said:

Looks smart dose that willo

Maybe we should have a Shineyest Hippo pic page!

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Yes, why not, than we will have to experiment with hot waxes and other stuff, right ??? (I bet ming with the knowledge of all, compared to us on earth very advanced, Zog technology will beat us all in a way as the French describe as "avec les doigts dans le nez". )

willo said:

Yes, why not, than we will have to experiment with hot waxes and other stuff, right ??? (I bet ming with the knowledge of all, compared to us on earth very advanced, Zog technology will beat us all in a way as the French describe as "avec les doigts dans le nez". )

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Aww! come on willo! It's a struggle for me to understand your English sometimes, without you starting all that foreign language

fancy a challenge - my Hippo is 8ft up in the air, but the good news is ya can get to the engine bay easily...

willo said:

Ming,

Aren't you ashamed ? After Mondo's Spitfire you now set my Hippo on fire ??

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Gulp um soo sorry Willo the zap guns bin playing up a bit,hope its not to badly burnt. . ..

mondo said:

Aww! come on willo! It's a struggle for me to understand your English sometimes, without you starting all that foreign language

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Hi mondo,

Roughly translated it says:"with the fingers in the nose" (piece of cake).