I did mine by just cleaning and spaying satin polyurethane over the
plastic, looks great and original. I would suggest if the color is
still close when the plastic is wetted - you will love this method.
Brad Parlee
GE ED&C Sales District Manager - Florida
8*586-5233 / 407-261-8614
FAX 8*586-5216 / 261-8616
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> From: Dave McDermott[SMTP:dave.mcdermott@cusys.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 1998 1:42 PM
> To: jerome@supernet.ab.ca; alpines@autox.team.net;
> tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: steering cowl refinishing
>
> Jerome,
>
> Great question! I have tried buffing them out carefully with a
> buffing wheel and using plastic rouge. That gets the gloss back but it
> still
> does not restore the color completely. Since it is always the top half
> that
> is discolored I think it is caused by sun fade. It seems like the
> discoloration is fairly deep in the plastic. I have not tried sanding
> all
> the way through the discoloration before buffing because I'm not sure
> you
> could get all the sanding scratches out without overheating and then
> distorting the surface of the plastic. I have seen them painted with
> gloss
> black but it does not look quite the same and it is then subject to
> chipping. I will also be interested to see what others have found.
> Perhap
> this is a part that just needs to be reproduced.
>
> Dave McDermott
>
>
> At 09:11 AM 2/12/98 -0700, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> >The 2-piece plastic cowl on my steering column has become brown-ish
> and
> >mottled. I presume it used to be black. Has anyone re-coated or
> buffed
> >these to make them black again?
> >
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