This is something I’ve heard for awhile but never really was willing to give it a shot. I have sanded buffed and re-cleared hundreds of headlights and I’m sure we all have the beloved Trim Shine on our shelves for keeping our truck interiors looking new but this is a little different.
As we are still trying to liquidate things after my grandfathers passing last year one of the four wheelers he had was always left outside and it just got absolutely baked by the sun. Long story short it wasn’t going to be easy to sell looking like it did so I thought I would give this a shot. I just cleaned it really well and took a heat gun on about medium heat making large circles and making sure to not stay in one spot for to long. The theory is to melt the old faded plastic into the unfaded plastic. If I was to do it over I would probably lightly sand the really bad spots to remove most of the crust but I’m not sure what difference that would have made if any. Everyone may have known this already or may have never heard of it. I’ll attach a couple pics to show the difference. (Ignore the old dresser in the background. My girlfriend insists on taking on these projects and always wants to do it in my shop )
I really don’t care how long it lasts lol it was something good to try it on. I may keep it awhile and just throw it back outside this summer to see how well it holds up. It would be worth knowing.
I was going to be completely honest and show the before and after pictures in the ad. Even if it only last a year I would think it would be worth it on something like this. It would only be used on a farm or something at this point.
I tried it on the black trim on my 2006 Grand Cherokee and it wasn’t very effective. I ended up using Back to Black treatment which was. In this case if it’s short lived I would try plastic spay paint
Back to black works decent on some plastics. On this type it wouldn’t do anything. I have some on the shelf and actually tried it as well as several other products just out of curiosity. None of them would even start to bring the color back I think it was just to far gone.
My concern with paint is it would get scratched when going through brush and just start peeling. I personally would rather have the faded plastic.
Now I’ve decided I for sure am going to just leave it outside this summer lol we will see what happens.
Nice result, my mate who does auto detail uses that trick it worked a treat on your quad.
Perfect to get a bit more cash on resale.
I have owned a Yamaha Grizzly 660 and 700 and liked them a lot.
We sold them when our first child was born and now we have a polaris xp4 900 buggy, our little ones love coming for rides!
Thanks man. We have a 2006 Yamaha Grizzly 660 that only has 22 hours on it. It’s one of the special editions and is a sick rig. I’ll see if I can’t get a picture of it in the next few days to post it up.
It may have took 30-35 minutes with the heat gun. I took my time as you literally just watch it start to turn red again and stop. It’s real easy to get it to hot. What really made it take longer was trying to not get to much heat on the rubber shift boot or a few other things that the heat wouldn’t be much of a fan of.
It’s not paint. It’s just plastic. It doesnt hurt it if you move real fast. I did mine with Oxy Acetylene. But of course it was with a small brazing tip and the coolest flame I could set.
No, I am talking about the actual paint. Yes the person is moving quick but personally I would not apply flame to my paint even for a short time. YMMV.
The paint wont get that hot at that speed. If you tried it you would see how easy it is and wouldn’t be concerned over the paint. At that speed it’s not getting hot because your moving so fast.
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