Boring on-topic question

How do I clean the matt black plastic bits of my bike? They acquire a
whitish look, which from its distribution I suspect may partly be caused by
the polish I put on the painted parts. On my last bike I tried a plastic
polish, which made it worse. Any ideas?

 

Yeah. Don't bother. Problem solved.

 

Silkolene Pro-Prep or Back To Black. Both in aerosol form. There's
some car 'black bumper spray' which might work just as well, too.

 

FWIW, I brush it with boot polish. Other folks are less clumsy with
applying polish in the first place.

 

he *might* have meant something like Renapur which would work, rather
than the "shoe blackening" stuff you're probably thinking of.

Then again, no, he's a ****.

 

Amor-all is another one that may be worth trying.

If it *is* something that's been mis-applied, then perhaps some meths or
similar might clean it off. However, if the plastic is just fading,
then you'll need some kind of spray for a permanent fix.

This stuff is, IME the dogs

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=8152


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Only briefly IME.


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Oh aye. But again, only a temporary fix IME.

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One and it doesn't include any products that all eventually dry out like the
original plastic did. So....

Hit the plastic with a hairdryer. Go carefully and be amazed at the results.
Keep the hairdryer moving and you'll see the white disappear and the black
take its rightful place.

If you know the Vauxhall Corsa, you'll know that the wheel arch plastics
*all* go white and it's because the oil in the plastic evaporates/dries
up/whatever the **** it does, but the heat from the dryer brings it all back
to the surface leaving it looking like brand new.

You don't even have to rub.

 

He's Burt Monroe in disguise.

 

See my other post for a permanent fix.

 

Indeed. Makes perfect sense and is noted for future use.

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long enough to convince someone to buy it.

Some sort of silicone polish is the way to go, really.

 

cf. Armor-All


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This:

http://www.autoglym.com/engb/product-proddetail.asp?v06VQ=HE&Range=1

Works well. In fact the entire Autoglym tange is very good.

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Huh? I think I was whooshed.

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Baby oil.

That's what I used on the VFR.

The cheap Tesco Value stuff seems to work as well as anything.

But, depending on what else you buy at the same time, you may attract
some odd looks at the checkouts.

 

A mate once bought a Kawasaki Z200. After a couple of days' riding, he
noticed the seat was changing colour from black to brown and his jeans
were changing from blue to black.

Some genius (presumably the dealer who sold him the thing) had re-
covered the seat with some old rubble bag plastic, or similar, and
applied black boot polish to make it look good (which it did).

 

Smooth peanut butter or baby oil works ace.

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OK, bigmouth.
Now tell us what the problem is. It works just fine.
FWIW the liquid "instant" boot polishes with a little spong on top
work even better.
Try it, you might be surprised.