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| PancakePorsche |
 Nov 12 2015, 01:22 AM
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I have typical cruddy, yellowed white headlight surrounds on my repainted car and I want to restore them the best I can.
Painting them would be easy and look o.k. but I know it is kinda frowned upon by the purest because it is not original and I agree. Any known tricks out there ? |
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| scotty b |
Dec 1 2015, 10:04 AM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
a quick follow up. I stripped one of the painted surrounds I had with aircraft stripper. It got it to a stained white. It looks like the primer and paint bled into the plastic. The next thing I did was to sand a section with 180 grit. It made it better but still slightly discolored. Next step is to try a soak in oxy clean today. I'll get some pics of the sanding I did then the half I soak in Oxy for a day or 2. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
FWIW the 180 grit let very minor sand scratches and did NOT alter the plastic nor did the aircraft stripper, lacquer thinner, or brake fluid, or brake cleaner ( yeah I tried brake fluid too ) 180 followed by 240, 320 and maybe even 600 grit would probably get it back to the original finish ( Judging by the sets I have here, all of the whites were a smooth finish ) |
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PancakePorsche Restoring white headlight surrounds Nov 12 2015, 01:22 AM
gms sandblast and paint with Krylon Fusion for Plastic... Nov 12 2015, 09:28 AM
Johny Blackstain
sandblast and paint with Krylon Fusion for Plasti... Nov 12 2015, 02:21 PM gms
sandblast and paint with Krylon Fusion for Plast... Nov 14 2015, 10:40 AM
Pat Garvey
sandblast and paint with Krylon Fusion for Plast... Dec 11 2015, 07:12 PM Pat Garvey
sandblast and paint with Krylon Fusion for Plasti... Nov 17 2015, 08:03 PM Tom_T I've been told that bleaching them with Clorox... Nov 12 2015, 02:02 PM Pat Garvey I've tried two methods:
Bleach - use a 25% sol... Nov 15 2015, 09:15 PM PancakePorsche Thanks for the tips guys. Since this is not a conc... Nov 17 2015, 12:25 AM Martin Baker These are painted. using the Krylon plastic primer... Nov 17 2015, 11:36 PM Martin Baker These are the best originals I have seen. The pain... Nov 17 2015, 11:45 PM scotty b Funny this comes up. I was just last night playing... Nov 19 2015, 01:38 PM mepstein
Funny this comes up. I was just last night playin... Nov 19 2015, 01:55 PM rhodyguy Try soaking in '30 Second Cleaner'. Or mak... Nov 27 2015, 08:59 AM PancakePorsche Gonna try that ! Dec 1 2015, 02:17 AM rgalla9146 Sounds like a lot of trouble.
White ones must... Dec 1 2015, 12:14 PM sbsix I couldn't find any three years ago when I sta... Dec 1 2015, 12:51 PM Cairo94507 Thanks Scotty. I would prefer no paint on them if... Dec 1 2015, 05:41 PM scotty b SOooooo I've now tried Oxy clean and bleach ( ... Dec 13 2015, 06:34 PM Martin Baker I was asked to provide an actual paint code for wh... Dec 19 2015, 12:15 PM NeunEinVier Is it better to use walnut shell or soda media on ... Dec 29 2015, 04:52 PM Garland Started with 3 unpainted very good condition surro... Jan 10 2016, 11:21 AM thenewgarage
Bleached, 600, polished.
I am curious...what... Dec 1 2016, 09:58 AM Garland
[quote name='Garland' post='2287964... Feb 28 2017, 10:50 PM Garland Just noticed that one set has part numbers, I thin... Jan 24 2016, 09:51 AM bonzer5 Great thread! Motivates me to try and strip th... Jan 24 2016, 05:55 PM maddin Does Acetone affect the type of plastic they used ... Feb 14 2016, 06:56 PM maddin ok...I thought I'd give it a go and see how sa... Feb 14 2016, 11:46 PM Pat Garvey
ok...I thought I'd give it a go and see how s... Feb 24 2016, 05:17 PM maddin Hi Pat,
thanks for the reply...I think it'll l... Feb 25 2016, 09:25 PM pete000 To paint or not to paint that is the question... :... Jun 21 2016, 06:51 PM mepstein
To paint or not to paint that is the question... ... Jun 21 2016, 08:50 PM PancakePorsche Do not paint ! Those are excellent for their ... Jun 22 2016, 09:51 PM 1970 Neun vierzehn pete000,
Do not paint them. Leave them as origina... Jun 24 2016, 05:24 PM JmuRiz +1, did you use plastic polish or some kind of aut... Dec 2 2016, 01:55 PM thenewgarage Here is after 24 hours of the 10% bleach recipe.
... Dec 2 2016, 09:06 PM thenewgarage
+1, did you use plastic polish or some kind of au... Dec 7 2016, 09:21 PM Pat Garvey
+1, did you use plastic polish or some kind of a... Dec 17 2016, 07:12 PM thenewgarage
[quote name='thenewgarage' post='2431542' date='D... Feb 28 2017, 09:57 PM |
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