faded door handles how to refresh?

[graham tompkins]

Hi Guys,
My interior is pretty good but the door pull shut handles are looking a bit tired (slightly yellow ) Its a linen interior. I have tried various cleaning stuff but no great results.
Has anyone had any success with anything, or is it a question of replacing them with better ones. My previous 3.2 (in the pic )had leather covered ones , but these are plastic
Any suggestions welcome.
regards

 

[chrishak]

Graham,

Try using something like Waxoyl applied by cloth - apply then buff off until dry. It used to bring black plastic bumpers back to life every time.

Chris

 

[idc1873]

This is good stuff, but if it has worn through to the bare Ali then it needs re-anodising

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Autoglym-Vinyl-Rubber-Care-500ml-New_W0QQitemZ380049979881QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item587cbe79e9

 

[Coops]

hi Graham

When I had the same problem, assuming you mean the linen coloured handles rather than the door release, I rmoved them from the car, cleaned them with methalayted spirit then used an air brush to spray them using liquid leather, the air brush was less than £10 form machine mart, the end result was very good

John

 

[graham tompkins]

Hi John,
yes you are right, its the linen handles. I will give that a try
many thanks

 

[Coops]

Hi Graham

Check out liquid leather website, the dye is water based so it's easy to thin with water to get a better spray and as usual when spraying use several thin coats, when dry i used their leather food to polish it and I know it's some sort of plastic but I was very pleased with the result, good luck

John