crazyman with a death wish Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 most of you that have cars will have black plastic panels or plastic strips on you car doors and bumpers and after abit they will weather and turn light grey which doesn't look very nice. You can buy things like back to black but it costs £8 a tin or even more , instead of paying money to to make your car look newer you can use a hot air gun you do need to hold it close the the plastic but you have it pointing down on the plastic so not damage your paint work and don't keep it in the same place for long becasue you are melting to plastic to make it look better and if you hold it in the same place for to long you will melt it to much and ruin the panel. its not going to change strait way so keep going round the panels slowly to get the best look.i did this at work today and it made are car look ten times better and we had a buyer. i will try and keep posting topics like this to try and save poeple money. hope i have helped poeple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamWood! Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Sounds a very good idea, some people may save a wad of cash with that idea. So you can just use your mums hair dryer? Or does it have to be one of them heat guns?Liam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy wonka Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Sounds a very good idea, some people may save a wad of cash with that idea. So you can just use your mums hair dryer? Or does it have to be one of them heat guns?Liam hair dryer won't be hot enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamWood! Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 hair dryer won't be hot enoughI dent think it would be hot enough so i thought i would ask to be sure, a good idea though.Will it make the little lumps on the plastic go smooth then?Liam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyman with a death wish Posted July 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 yeah you have to have a hot air gun, most people have them because you can use them for all sorts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssexGalTay Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 is it like a hot glue gun?and yea surely it would be cheaper to buy the paint instead of one of them?! lol but it is a good idea if you just so happen to have one lying around!! Tay.. x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trix Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Isnt peanut butter suppose to be good for black plastic stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Kearns Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Just use a Blow torch.Danny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saracen Kid Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 with a clean paint brush 'paint on' some WD40 on the tyre sidewalls it makes them look shiny its what garages use if you have it servised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.McMillan Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 sounds pretty cool, or you could put money towards colour coding the bumpers looks so much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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