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Keeping bumpers black? What do you use?

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16 Nov 2020 14:08 #230099 by Scimike

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Black shoe polish.
It's an old chauffers detailing trick and does work. It works well on a textured surface and lasts longer than the "back to black" products you can purchase.

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16 Nov 2020 17:12 #230111 by jackonlyjack

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Why not spray them with plasti dip
Then if it gets scuffed just peel it off and spray again

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16 Nov 2020 20:25 #230122 by Grim Reaper

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Expensive but good, and this size bottle will last forever.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006NZRAFE/r...01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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17 Nov 2020 13:07 #230143 by Roger Fairclough

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When I bought "Tonka", the dealer gave me a bag of Auto-Glym products that included "Vinyl and Rubber care". It cleans the interior plastic very well and ditto the exterior but although it will clean the exterior, ie bumpers and wheel arch trim, it wont fill in scratches totally. It will blend them in but not totally eradicate them. Maybe more applications will help. I have used boot polish in the past on both tyres and plastic and from memory that was good, especially on tyres because it looked more natural.

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18 Nov 2020 14:00 #230174 by DrRobin

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Carplan black trim wax
www.amazon.co.uk/CarPlan-BTW375-Trim-Wax-Black/dp/B00427RUM8

I would describe it as liquid black shoe polish. Works on the interior as well as long as you buff it off, otherwise it gets everywhere.

PS, like shoe polish it doesn't come out of clothes.

Simoniz makes a similar product, Jet Black Restorer

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19 Nov 2020 09:19 #230195 by Groenewald

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During the last cleaning I washed the bumpers as thoroughly as I could.

There are still ingrained dust/mud marks that I have not yet managed to get out. As soon as you spray the bumpers the marks disappear.
I am not going to mess around with more abrasive products yet.

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