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Tried a new Black plastic restorer today. Before/After Pic

This was a Meguires Product.  I did the side view mirrors today, all the trim and body moldings tomorrow.  Here is the before and after of the mirrors.
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1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler

Tried a new Black plastic restorer today. Before/After Pic

Reply #1 –
Looks nice, hope it hold up good in the rain, I would like to try it on my 2006 F150

Tried a new Black plastic restorer today. Before/After Pic

Reply #2 –
I tried a similar product called "back to black" from Mothers on my Ridgeline and it worked great.
84 COUGAR/90 HO, 1.7RRs, performer RPM,700DP, equal length shorties, stainless EXH ,T-5,Hurst pro-billet, KC clutch, 8.8/ 4.10s, line-lok, bla ,bla, bla.
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Tried a new Black plastic restorer today. Before/After Pic

Reply #3 –
Yea, it will be interesting to see how it holds up to rain and if it 'runs' and leaves a mark on the door under it. Some of the petroleum based products do that.
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Tried a new Black plastic restorer today. Before/After Pic

Reply #4 –
Quote from: rodsterh;432600
Yea, it will be interesting to see how it holds up to rain and if it 'runs' and leaves a mark on the door under it. Some of the petroleum based products do that.

I tried a water test.....beaded and fell right off.  Seems to form a water barrier.








1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler

Tried a new Black plastic restorer today. Before/After Pic

Reply #5 –
Put some on my truck, so far holds up pretty good, last two washes and one hard rain while traveling.

Tried a new Black plastic restorer today. Before/After Pic

Reply #6 –
Quote from: 83TB;434967
hard rain while traveling.

If it passes this test, it's decent.  If it can withstand 100+ miles of this, it's an awesome product!
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Tried a new Black plastic restorer today. Before/After Pic

Reply #7 –
That was just one coat on it, its looks even better that I have applied second coat after that, wondering if the more you put on over time, the better it will hold up, only time will tell.

Tried a new Black plastic restorer today. Before/After Pic

Reply #8 –
I've used petroleum based stuff before. anything from oil to vaseline to help.brittle plastics.
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1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
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Tried a new Black plastic restorer today. Before/After Pic

Reply #9 –
The black plastic on the mirrors on my Thunderbird are glossy. So glossy in fact that you can see your reflection in them. It's really easy to make the plastic that shiny. All you have to do is polish the plastic with Meguiars PlasticX, polish it again with regular paint polish, and then coat them with wax. The stuff never wears off and I just repeat the procedure every time I wax the car. I do the same thing to the rubber/plastic moldings around the car. This procedure only works on flat plastic with no texture. If you try it on textured plastic it will look like , obviously.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.
 

Tried a new Black plastic restorer today. Before/After Pic

Reply #10 –
My mirrors are faded. I'll give that product a try soon.
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