Who Knew??

[Superior Shine]

We got a call to clean a very dirty Ford Think. The blue body panels were swirled up something fierce. My first thought was that it was made of fiberglass but after taping on the body panels it was obvious they were plastic.


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[Superior Shine]

I have plastX in my arsenal so I gave it a try. I put a generous amount on a Meguiars 6inch yellow pad and went to town with a DA.

It took a little longer to polish out than paint but the results were no less satisfactory.




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[Superior Shine]

The seats are of a marine grade and white. We scrubed them with APC and topped them with #40. The tires also wear #40.

The plastic body panels were topped with #20 to protect them.

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[Rockpick]

Very nice work!

[KTruck]

Hi:

Hard to believe it is plastic. Great job.

Regards,

KTruck

[RDVT4ME]

You certainly get some interesting detail jobs!

[Razor88]

Looks Great!!!:xyxthumbs I have been trying to clean up the fenders on my 4-wheeler. Never thought about plastx. Thanks for the info.:D

[Rick]

Nice, good to see it's in such good shape still. I know on some of the early Think's they had problems where the color would start delaminating from the body panels. Too bad Ford only made those for a year, I hear they are a really good NEV.

[Tim Lingor]

Hey Joe,

Great work as usual!!! :xyxthumbs

I just love using PlastX! It works very very well in removing marring from plastic!! :)

Tim

[gb387]

Looks great! I bet it didn't even look like that new!

:bounce

[hpjunkie]

Yaoza! That's a big difference!:bow

[slippysmit]

Very nice work Joe! :xyxthumbs

I am very impressed with the PlastX on those body panels.

-slippy

[scrub]

Good job. Very informative.

Quick question. Did you notice PlastX leaving behind a dull haze to the plastic? I used PlastX on white plastic from a ATV and the shiny coating was removed. At least in the test area I tried it on.

[OrangeRcode]

Nice work! :bow

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by scrub
Good job. Very informative.

Quick question. Did you notice PlastX leaving behind a dull haze to the plastic? I used PlastX on white plastic from a ATV and the shiny coating was removed. At least in the test area I tried it on.

It's always a good idea to test in an inconspicuous area first, (I know you know that scrub but I'm adding this suggestion for the benefit of others that might not).

Some plastics like the fenders on ATVs and Motorcycles don't lend themselves well to polishing. I know I've tried a few things on some different types of plastics such as ABS and if I remember correctly, I was able to remove defects, but not restore the original gloss the surface had when it was brand new.

Always test first.

Mike

[scrub]

Thanks for the additional info Mike!

[HotRodGuy]

great job, I detailed a flamed golf cart a few months back :D

Those thinks are sweet, i have a buddy that does ecu and servo mods on them. He got a ticket doing 60 down beach blvd in one of his :bow

[Stepinfetch]

Originally posted by HotRodGuy
great job, I detailed a flamed golf cart a few months back :D

Those thinks are sweet, i have a buddy that does ecu and servo mods on them. He got a ticket doing 60 down beach blvd in one of his :bow

HAHAHA, what a sight to see.

[Superior Shine]

Today I hear the new smart cars are plastic. We will have to see if PlastX works on them to.