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« on: April 25, 2010, 03:40:53 PM »

Anyone tryed it???

All these B2B products i get are all abit shite tbo, they never seem to go black or even a darker colour, so my thought today was 'shoe polish' mayby?

your thoughts/results  Grin
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« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2010, 04:01:43 PM »

Simoniz Back To Black works.

But needs doing every now and then.
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« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2010, 04:04:43 PM »

I tried shoe polish some years ago and wish that I hadn't, it still makes the rag go black whenever I apply a decent product Sad

What I use now is Auto Glym Vinyl & Rubber Care ( the Queen recommended it  Tongue) it makes the trim and tyres look like new Smiley

The big drawback to it is that does get washed off by rain Sad but I'm not to concerned about that since I try not to let my precious Carlton out in the rain, that's Vectra weather Wink
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« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2010, 04:20:57 PM »

cheers fellas, Simoniz a? cool, will try, and thanks for the old result of shoe polish melinx, as i wont try the polish then, tho.... the rag was always black you say, but were the black parts still black and unblodgy? did it look good still?
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« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2010, 04:34:05 PM »

but were the black parts still black and unblodgy? did it look good still?

I was never happy with the evenness of the result; I'm very happy with the Auto Glym Wink
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« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2010, 04:47:00 PM »

K cool, a defo no no then. cheers fella, hope its all good now then Wink
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« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2010, 04:59:08 PM »

Used Bck to Black for years but was never that happy with the results & the mess TBH plus a good rainfall & it was gone. Recommended the Autoglyms Rubber Care & its a lot better. Brings tired Senator bumpers, door bumps & the like up as new & doesn't wash off as quickly as other products (does start to streak after a couple of heavy showers but then your probably thinking of washing the car again by then).

So thats my recommendation - Autoglym Vinyl & Rubber Care
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« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2010, 05:59:30 PM »

Boiled linseed oil or Autoglym bumper care gel works wonders and it lasts Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2010, 06:15:52 PM »

Boiled linseed oil

haha, never herd of that idea, but fanks for the wisdom Wink
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« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2010, 06:42:17 PM »

Apparently, a hot airgun works well. Re-adjusts the chemical composition or something.
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« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2010, 06:58:34 PM »

Apparently, a hot airgun works well. Re-adjusts the chemical composition or something.

link to a how-to it's for mk2 cav bumpers but they're similar

http://www.mk2cav.com/forum/index.php?page=21
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« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2010, 07:10:27 PM »

im not a member, so cant access it unfortunatly :/
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« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2010, 10:53:25 AM »

Boiled linseed oil or Autoglym bumper care gel works wonders and it lasts Smiley
Yeah i have seen this one in place on a mates mk1 Astra bumpers & it does a great job, cheap enought to buy too. Cool
I have recently used some suff call back for good, its available from a firm called autopia, but its not cheap, but it worked well for me. Grin
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