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Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 23 4:15 pm
by ScottyDave
Great idea Neil, never thought of that it would have been easier :roll:

Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 23 8:03 pm
by ScottyDave
Slowly getting there, just doing a little every evening. Finished trimming the carpet and started refitting the console.
A before and after of the seat backs, all the plastics are faded like this.
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need to refit the seats to help hold the carpet down along the doors.
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Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 23 9:06 pm
by Stu
That’s come up well, Dave. What did you use to brighten that?

Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 23 9:22 pm
by ScottyDave
They're just painted Stu, doubt there'd be anything that would bring the colour back. Ideally the whole interior needs replacing but I'm happy with how its turned out for now.

Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 23 10:00 pm
by Stu
Works from this angle! :thumbright:

Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 23 7:45 am
by cadboy
Dave you can get paint for the interior, and if you send a sample they can make it to the colour.

I had some done for my dash years ago, if you want I can try and find out more

Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 23 10:46 am
by ScottyDave
Thanks Ali, it's just the hard plastics I'm painting atm. Most of the vinyl is okay apart from the back seat which is faded at the top but that'll need recovering at some point as it's starting to split.

Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 23 2:47 pm
by Dave999
peanut butter will bring back the colour to plastic

sounds daft but the oil in it is somehow just right for getting into the oxidised surface and making it darken again

works on 1980s grey plastic bumpers

dunno how long the effect lasts

i found this



Dave

Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 23 3:54 pm
by ScottyDave
Dave999 wrote: Wed Jun 07, 23 2:47 pm peanut butter will bring back the colour to plastic

sounds daft but the oil in it is somehow just right for getting into the oxidised surface and making it darken again

works on 1980s grey plastic bumpers

dunno how long the effect lasts

i found this

https://youtu.be/78mUi971GDg?t=218

Dave
Wow :shock: thanks Dave.

I would never thought of that, how do folk even discover this sort of thing :-k
ahh well I've started so might as well carry on with what I'm doing so it all matches :lol:

Suppose then you'd have to stick an allergen warning on the car to avoid getting sued :D

Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Sat Jun 10, 23 8:24 pm
by ScottyDave
Carpets in, plastics freshened up and I'm pleased with the result, looks so much better.


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Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Sat Jun 10, 23 8:28 pm
by Pete
Very good indeed, Dave, excellent work.

Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Sat Jun 10, 23 9:15 pm
by Stu
Excellent! Did you use crunchy, or smooth in the end? :-k :D

Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Sun Jun 11, 23 12:16 pm
by Blue
Love a gold interior,lots of work but look at it now!

Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 23 6:47 am
by cadboy
That does look very good Dave, well done :thumbright:

Re: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 23 4:19 pm
by Dave81
Looks Great. :rr: