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Craggers_87
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« on: July 07, 2010, 10:53:04 PM »
Quick tip for all you who have got black plastic trim on your cars. If it's started to fade, don't waste loads on the branded stuff, just get some boiled linseed oil and it comes up spangly!!
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« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2010, 11:24:23 PM »
Peanut butter is the other favourite.
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aardwolf
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« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2010, 11:27:40 PM »
Or baby oil, though if you know how many it takes to make a bottle it's a bit sick if you ask me Wink
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« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2010, 08:26:05 AM »
wd40 is another good one  Afro
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« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2010, 02:19:11 PM »
Sure that wd40 will attract all the dust and just make it smell bad ?
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« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2010, 05:28:19 PM »
A Back to Black spray can - can be found for 99p at the pound shops.
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« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2010, 07:04:08 PM »
Always found back to black "washed off" and left the surface streaky, must have been using the cheap stuff ;-)
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« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2010, 10:52:22 PM »
Can with car shampoo (wash off). I just recoat.
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« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2010, 05:51:58 PM »
WD40 is as good as back to black if not better. i think how long the finish lasts depends more on the state the plastics were in to start with than the product used.

i've got some autoglym snot, looks like liquidized kiwi fruit but it does the trick  Afro
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