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Re: Refreshing white plastics

Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2019 8:00 pm
by Stin1
The cooperative ones and the not so cooperative.
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Re: Refreshing white plastics

Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 4:27 pm
by Stin1
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These two were looking similar before.

Re: Refreshing white plastics

Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 4:29 pm
by Stin1
The cap vs. new cap .
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Re: Refreshing white plastics

Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 4:33 pm
by Stin1
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The integra elbows came out great. The civic cap with elbow attached seems to improved but the browning on the elbow seemed to get worse . This seemed like my fault. I had it on the reservoir and I think that trapped all the crap from the reservoir inside the little elbow.

Re: Refreshing white plastics

Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 4:38 pm
by Stin1
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This clip came out great. In person it's actually whiter than the new one. Unfortunately the black came off , like I said this stuff is a mild acid. Be careful .
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Re: Refreshing white plastics

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:42 am
by GeHonda
Does this make them more brittle in any way? Anybody done this and then waited a few years to see of any impacts?

Re: Refreshing white plastics

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:34 pm
by aklackner
It’s a very common practice for restoring old plastics. Check the Wiki linked above for more history.

Re: Refreshing white plastics

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 7:06 pm
by Stin1
I did it to the civic cap and overflow bottle 10 years or so . It has not cracked and doesn't seem brittle, but after 10 years or so the yellowing returned.

Re: Refreshing white plastics

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:35 pm
by GeHonda
aklackner wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:34 pm It’s a very common practice for restoring old plastics. Check the Wiki linked above for more history.
Stin1 wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2019 7:06 pm I did it to the civic cap and overflow bottle 10 years or so . It has not cracked and doesn't seem brittle, but after 10 years or so the yellowing returned.
Appreciate the real world experience. Thanks for sharing this, going to use it on my R and CRX parts as well :thumbup: