Bumper Blacking

[steve@cornwall 100]

I was cleaning up the cti after bringing it home the other day,.Whilst attacking some grotty faded paint with some Tetrosyl cutting paste that I had bought for the new paint on the gti, I strayed onto the sad looking bodykit-which started to change colour! Pics show the difference after about 10 mins rubbing on the bumper and 1 wheeltrim and a light mist of silicon spray. I reckon a bigger effort will see it almost as new.

 

From this

 

 

 

 

To this!

 

 

 

[axnutty 10]

Wow! Thats come up really well! Ive just had to repsray the bumpers and kit on mine. (It had been done before in the past and had started to flake - otherwise I wouldnt have done it - I hate sprayed kits for that very reason!)

 

You got a link to this product then? I take it its a Tcut substitute??

[steve@cornwall 100]

Wow! Thats come up really well! Ive just had to repsray the bumpers and kit on mine. (It had been done before in the past and had started to flake - otherwise I wouldnt have done it - I hate sprayed kits for that very reason!)

 

You got a link to this product then? I take it its a Tcut substitute??

 

bought from local "motorworld"- tetrosyl have a site but not much use! It's a cutting compound, bit like "hardcore t-cut " use with extreme caution on paintwork.....but doesn't leave that awful residue on the plastics. Local factors/ bodyshop suppliers will prob. have something as effective, and prob. cheaper too!

[pug_ham 241 3 Cars]

Whats the product name?

 

Graham.

[steve@cornwall 100]

Whats the product name?

 

Graham.

 

On the back of tin-- Tetrosyl Ltd. Bury, Lancashire BL9 6RE 0161 764 5981

 

( and that was £3.99!)

Edited December 5, 2006 by steve@cornwall

[205007 12]

WOW!

 

did it make the plastic grow back on the indicator lens too

 

that would be worth £3.99!!!

[Paintguy 0]

Well, I've never tried using compound to revive plastics! Must give it a go and see what happens, just for curiositys sake

[steve@cornwall 100]

WOW!

 

did it make the plastic grow back on the indicator lens too

 

that would be worth £3.99!!!

 

yes! both sides. it also fixed the central locking just by being in the boot It truly is a miracle in a tin

Edited December 7, 2006 by steve@cornwall

[Edp 67 3 Cars]

WOW!

 

did it make the plastic grow back on the indicator lens too

 

 

 

This stuff sounds interesting....

[Gibbo GTI 0]

I caught an episode of 'Wrecks to Riches' on Sky teh other night and they used smooth peanut butter to revive the bumpers. The natural oils in the stuff is what does the job, certainly cheaper, lol.

[maturin23 10]

I rub old engine oil on mine - does the job vey well AND it's recycling

[Dream Weaver 2]

I recently found that Gunk does a similar job when I spit some on my mirrors

[t16ryan 1]

i import stuff from america when ordering all my other bits its called IMTS plastic restore its really good these bumpers was done and lasts for ages as been on for over a year and still as dark, i do it to all my 205s and changes the look completly ( especially when selling one )

they were the darker trim

and these were the lighter trim

both still come out very well

[Gtiracer 0]

for the tetrosyl stuff that guy was talking about you can buy here

 

LINK TO TETROSYL

 

costs only £2.50 on here as well, think i'll order some

[Billy_boy 0]

hmm does look very good, think i will order some!

[Alastairh 47]

Looking good.

 

Would be tempted but just started paintguy style painting mine.

[Guest purpletoddy]

good little tip this.....i was just about to rip my trim off and start spraying!!! Got loads of rubbing compound in my cupboard!!!

[max0 5]

any one tried hair spray? i was thinking of trying that

[steve@cornwall 100]

any one tried hair spray? i was thinking of trying that

 

The stuff that washes out easily?

[GLPoomobile 958]

I have tin of Carplan rubbing compound that I've never used. The tin even looks almost identical to that Tetrosyl stuff!

 

I gave it a try on a spare wing mirror yesterday and it the test patch once cleaned off and dried just looked really horrible! It went sort of grey

 

Maybe I just didnt spend enough time rubbing it (the mirror ). It looks gash now so can;t hurt to give it another go, after all, I have since looked back on Steve's post and he did say he spent 10 minutes whereas I spent about 1

[Lillpete 0]

I spray mine with tyre foam (£1.99 from Wilkinsons) ten minutes before washing the car and it brings them up a treat with no physical effort at all

[Richie-Van-GTi 70 2 Cars]

WD40 works wonders as well.

[pug-girl 0]

I've used shoe polish before - brought them up pretty well until it started raining, then I had black streaks down the paint!!

 

I use a plastics polish from Megiures - it goes on clear so it doesnt matter if any goes on the paintwork and brings them up as new! Magic stuff! Not cheap mind!

[Rupertfinch 6]

Arse! Had a front bumper identical to the CTi that started this thread - convinced myself that it was a phase 1 bumper on a phase 2 car. Spent a day in the Christmas holidays fitting a new bumper - 30quid down the toilet! Tried Autoglym products and back to black. Oh well, at least I know how to keep the new trim in sparkling form.

[hexhamstu 9]

autoglym stuff seems pretty good to me.