Cleaning your plastics

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Hi All,

Just wanted to see what people are using these days to clean their plastics up when they're a bit faded.
Not really full restoration cleaning, but just to bring the colour back out again.

I recently removed some stickers on one of the plastics and noticed how bad it was. I had some T-Cut laying around so I rubbed them down with that, waited until it tried, wiped that off, then put on a bit of silicone spray and they came up better than they were, though can still see a few scratches.

Anyone else have some easy ways of restoring plastics or some magic solutions?



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AJ565 6/15/2021 6:04am
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A heat gun will restore faded color on plastics. Also removes those white lines on Yamaha blue fenders after a crash.
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Maxima Sc-1. "New bike in a can"
It really does work wonders, and will work on more than just your plastics. I use it on the inside and outside of my pickup.
Once you try it, you'll never go back.
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AJ565 wrote:
A heat gun will restore faded color on plastics. Also removes those white lines on Yamaha blue fenders after a crash.
I used a heat gun to remove the stickers, but was worried if I heat gunned it too much it might make the plastic brittle and crack easy? You had any issues with that?
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Brock183 6/15/2021 6:18am
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CR92 wrote:
Maxima Sc-1. "New bike in a can" It really does work wonders, and will work on more than just your plastics. I use it on the...
Maxima Sc-1. "New bike in a can"
It really does work wonders, and will work on more than just your plastics. I use it on the inside and outside of my pickup.
Once you try it, you'll never go back.
Cheers CR92, will give it a crack. Not 100% sure where to get it from in Aus, though I think maybe the online MXStore should have it. Will get some with my next order.. Sure that won't be too far away haha.

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You probably will want to wet sand down to 2000 grit and then hit it with heat to smooth it out. Its a lot of work.
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kb228 wrote:
You probably will want to wet sand down to 2000 grit and then hit it with heat to smooth it out. Its a lot of work.
Yeah, was wanting to see what easy solutions people use to get their plastics looking nice again without going to all that effort haha.
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CR92 wrote:
Maxima Sc-1. "New bike in a can" It really does work wonders, and will work on more than just your plastics. I use it on the...
Maxima Sc-1. "New bike in a can"
It really does work wonders, and will work on more than just your plastics. I use it on the inside and outside of my pickup.
Once you try it, you'll never go back.
Brock183 wrote:
Cheers CR92, will give it a crack. Not 100% sure where to get it from in Aus, though I think maybe the online MXStore should have...
Cheers CR92, will give it a crack. Not 100% sure where to get it from in Aus, though I think maybe the online MXStore should have it. Will get some with my next order.. Sure that won't be too far away haha.
https://www.stevecramerproducts.com/maxima
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Long time SC1 user here.
A buddy who sells Amsoil gave me a can of their version called Mud Slinger. It blows away SC1. Not as thin and stays on longer.
I've also tried the Motul version and Mud Slinger seems to be best value.
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LOOnatic wrote:
Long time SC1 user here. A buddy who sells Amsoil gave me a can of their version called Mud Slinger. It blows away SC1. Not as...
Long time SC1 user here.
A buddy who sells Amsoil gave me a can of their version called Mud Slinger. It blows away SC1. Not as thin and stays on longer.
I've also tried the Motul version and Mud Slinger seems to be best value.
Wd40 silicone lube is even cheaper yet
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AJ565 wrote:
A heat gun will restore faded color on plastics. Also removes those white lines on Yamaha blue fenders after a crash.
Brock183 wrote:
I used a heat gun to remove the stickers, but was worried if I heat gunned it too much it might make the plastic brittle and...
I used a heat gun to remove the stickers, but was worried if I heat gunned it too much it might make the plastic brittle and crack easy? You had any issues with that?
Never had a problem. Don’t get crazy with it or you’ll melt it. I’ve also used it to restore plastic trim on vehicles.
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LOOnatic wrote:
Long time SC1 user here. A buddy who sells Amsoil gave me a can of their version called Mud Slinger. It blows away SC1. Not as...
Long time SC1 user here.
A buddy who sells Amsoil gave me a can of their version called Mud Slinger. It blows away SC1. Not as thin and stays on longer.
I've also tried the Motul version and Mud Slinger seems to be best value.
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AJ565 wrote:
A heat gun will restore faded color on plastics. Also removes those white lines on Yamaha blue fenders after a crash.
Brock183 wrote:
I used a heat gun to remove the stickers, but was worried if I heat gunned it too much it might make the plastic brittle and...
I used a heat gun to remove the stickers, but was worried if I heat gunned it too much it might make the plastic brittle and crack easy? You had any issues with that?
AJ565 wrote:
Never had a problem. Don’t get crazy with it or you’ll melt it. I’ve also used it to restore plastic trim on vehicles.
Yeah sweet, will give that a go too.
Yeah handy trick restoring sun damaged trim on cars with a heat gun, makes em look new again.
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bernnet 6/16/2021 1:29am
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The Plastic Renew works great also.
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Mother's Back to Black is good. SC1 is good 2
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LouisianaMotocross 6/16/2021 7:04pm
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Brock183 wrote:
Hi All, Just wanted to see what people are using these days to clean their plastics up when they're a bit faded. Not really full restoration...
Hi All,

Just wanted to see what people are using these days to clean their plastics up when they're a bit faded.
Not really full restoration cleaning, but just to bring the colour back out again.

I recently removed some stickers on one of the plastics and noticed how bad it was. I had some T-Cut laying around so I rubbed them down with that, waited until it tried, wiped that off, then put on a bit of silicone spray and they came up better than they were, though can still see a few scratches.

Anyone else have some easy ways of restoring plastics or some magic solutions?



I get the new plastics kits off Rocky Mountain for $100. Hopefully aus has a place that is similar
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Brock183 6/16/2021 7:43pm
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Brock183 wrote:
Hi All, Just wanted to see what people are using these days to clean their plastics up when they're a bit faded. Not really full restoration...
Hi All,

Just wanted to see what people are using these days to clean their plastics up when they're a bit faded.
Not really full restoration cleaning, but just to bring the colour back out again.

I recently removed some stickers on one of the plastics and noticed how bad it was. I had some T-Cut laying around so I rubbed them down with that, waited until it tried, wiped that off, then put on a bit of silicone spray and they came up better than they were, though can still see a few scratches.

Anyone else have some easy ways of restoring plastics or some magic solutions?



LouisianaMotocross wrote:
I get the new plastics kits off Rocky Mountain for $100. Hopefully aus has a place that is similar
From what I can see at the popular online stores here there all around $200.00

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