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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Smartening up plastic blow case?

My blower case looks really dull, but it's intact so i was wondering is there anyway to make the plastic look nice again? I suppose painting is out of the question.

Alex
Alexander Sorby Wigstrom

I have heard of people using black marker pen, but I don't know what the results are like.
Dave O'Neill2

Boot polish?

Or you can get a plastic cleaner from the Swedish equivalent of Halfords. Bumper blackener or something.

Malcolm
M Le Chevalier

Boot polish? I'll try that, thanks!
Alexander Sorby Wigstrom

I'm sure I read somewhere about lightly applying heat from a heat gun brings a high finish back? Search on YouTube about restoring bakelite steering wheels....
Nick P

there are plenty of products for cleaning and polishing plastic - Back-to-black and Armorall are two I know of. The Eastwood and Frost catalogues should have some.
David Smith

if you're going to try using boot polish then use very little polish and do a lot of buffing up in stages, using finer bushes or cloths at each buffing

that way you can continue to buff it up to a high polish easily with a fine brush or cloth for a long time without the need to add more polish

well that's if boot polish works on the blower case in the first place
Nigel Atkins

Found it - here it is. Amazing nugget of information!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6EzbxVrX98
Nick P

This thread was discussed on 01/04/2014

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