bridge spoiler polishing

[marcoturbo]

Hi chaps,

I've just fitted an OEM bridge spoiler on my car and seek for a good product for polishing it.

It's a black spoiler not a painted one.

There are several swirls on it, really noticeable in the light. I consider polishing it with my orbital (Menzerna polishes, LC pads) and maybe do some wetsanding. Any opinion on this process ? Not too hard for the plastic ? Or should I use a hand polish with fillers ?

Thanks []

 

[Eldavo]

If it isn't painted, just black, then it it a hard plastic or a rubbery compound. If it is plastic then don't sand it as you will ruin the textured finish and end up having to respray it with plastic textured paint. If it is rubbery you will ruin it too. For bare plastic I would think that any polish at all would stain the surface and not give you the results you are looking for.

Black Wow is an excellent product for black plastics.

More info, or some pics of the actual material/swirling will help.

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

Regardless of the hilarity the suggestion will attract, the absolute BEST product to clean up surfaces such as this is .......... wait for it..........












Smooth Peanut Butter!!! There.... I've said it!!!!

Regards

Dave

 

[marcoturbo]

I don't have pics of the spoiler on my car. Here's a pic from Deutschnine.

I don't want to clean it or make it shine (I have enough products to do the job [] ) but remove swirls if possible.

I don't like Black Wow a lot... Like many other geeks, I've bought it but it isn't durable and attracts dust. Valet Pro Protectant works better.

 

[appletonn]

ORIGINAL: marcoturbo

I don't have pics of the spoiler on my car. Here's a pic from Deutschnine.

I don't want to clean it or make it shine (I have enough products to do the job [] ) but remove swirls if possible.

I don't like Black Wow a lot... Like many other geeks, I've bought it but it isn't durable and attracts dust. Valet Pro Protectant works better.

Hubba hubba - how good does that look on Fuchs rims??!!![8D][8D]

 

[marcoturbo]

sc0tty, have you ever tried it on a bridge spoiler ?

My experience is that Scratch X (v. 1.0) is quite useless. It had been put in the garbage box a while ago.

 

[Eldavo]

I've never been a fan of scratch x for anything but marks in the softest of plastics.

 

[Hilux]

I simply used Mr Sheen on my fibreglass cars in the past - Westfield and (excuses to post a coupla photos[]) my sadly missed Ginetta G27 V8 (below)

A very fine grade of wet and dry (1600+ grades) used with a lot of soap and copious amounts of water (not just soapy water) and then a mild T cut and a final polish did the trick with light scratches and grazes.

 

[422hp944]

ORIGINAL: marcoturbo

Hi chaps,

I've just fitted an OEM bridge spoiler on my car and seek for a good product for polishing it.

It's a black spoiler not a painted one.

There are several swirls on it, really noticeable in the light. I consider polishing it with my orbital (Menzerna polishes, LC pads) and maybe do some wetsanding. Any opinion on this process ? Not too hard for the plastic ? Or should I use a hand polish with fillers ?

Thanks []

In my opinion your best bet would be to mask off the spoiler and repaint it with some satin black paint which will give you an OEM finish with no swirl marks.....you will need to lightly sand the spoiler first with an 800 or 1000 grit wet and dry. It will take you no more than an hour to do the complete job. Trying to polish out swirl marks in a satin finish paint will only result in a very patchy looking finish...you will never get it right.........just my 02 cents

 

[Frenchy]

Try Finnese Finish It by 3M good stuff, that red 944 with the Fuchs and lowered looks uber sexy..................perfect just perfect !

 

[TTM]

Paint it the colour of your car - Alpine Yellow []