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Reviving old plastic

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    Reviving old plastic

    Last summer I bought an 06 Honda TRX300 4 wheeler for my youngest. I've been getting everything back to 100% on it the last couple weeks and decided to try and spruce up the plastic. None of it was cracked, but it was scratched up and badly oxidized. I sanded it with OO and then OOOO steel wool and the applied about 8 coats of Holloway House acrylic floor polish. A quick rub down with cutting compound and a coat of wax, and done. Massive improvement, wish I had taken some 'before' pics. About an hour total in each piece. Pic is crappy with the glare, but the color is back and they shine. Super easy.
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    Re: Reviving old plastic

    WD-40 Everythang and wipe it down too.............but they look new

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    Re: Reviving old plastic

    I use a heat gun on old ratty dirty bike plastics. They will shine again and it will fill in faint scraps. Deep ones can be sanded out and then heated up to gloss over.

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    Re: Reviving old plastic

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ what he said

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