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    Top tip!

    After being a bit lazy and not masking up my black mouldings during detailing I was left with AWFUL white compound marks on them and I've tried so many things without success. Today in a last ditch effort I tried neat Fairy liquid on a toothbrush still to no avail. I looked through my box of products and came across Muc Off bike cleaner. Sprayed on, circular scrubbing motion with a nail brush...WIN!!! It's completely removed all polish from the stippled trim and restored it to its original state! This won't restore faded or sun damaged trim, I will probably plastic dye mine sometime to do that. For now, I'm happy I don't want to punch myself in the face every time I walk to my car and seeing white trims! Ergh!
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    nice tip. might have to get some. ive got a few lazy marks to

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    Good work, glad you got the plastics sorted

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    My before photos are on my SLR and I've not uploaded them yet, but here's a couple of afters I snapped on my iPhone as it started raining.



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    I'm sure there are posts about this from ages ago, where using a hairdryer on it brings them back up without the use of products
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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin View Post
    I'm sure there are posts about this from ages ago, where using a hairdryer on it brings them back up without the use of products
    Yea, read about that before. It's supposed to revive faded trim but it's not going to remove the polish / compound that I so foolishly covered them in. I think you need to use a heat gun rather than a hair dryer but you'd have to be bloody careful not to go 'that bit too far'!
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    Now all sensible with an S60 D5 - Stock
    ...for now! Must.Resist.Any.Mods!!! Oooh...RICA!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin View Post
    I'm sure there are posts about this from ages ago, where using a hairdryer on it brings them back up without the use of products
    Yep you're right Justin. It works on some but not on others.

    Nice job by the way.
    “If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as the souls who live under tyranny.” Thomas Jefferson (1778)

    Did you know the EU says that you can't claim that drinking water prevents dehydration. So now you know for sure what many of have known for years that the EU is run by a bunch of nutters.

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