Restoring faded spots on LS1 airlid? - KCSR

RiskyRick · 2012-08-06, 01:51 PM

The lid on my Camaro has a couple faded spots from where there had been stickers on it in the past. I've probably put 20 coats of back to black on the thing and haven't made any progress on getting those out.

What are my options for bringing the color back to those areas?

redline05srt4 · 2012-08-06, 03:57 PM

The neons trim around the windows were bad about fadeing. I used mr clean magic eraser and a sh!t ton of elbow grease and it worked, then I hit them with back to black. This may or may not work for you though.

RiskyRick · 2012-08-16, 11:16 AM

grey89si · 2012-08-16, 07:09 PM

Get a heatgun, put it at its highest setting, and run it across all the faded black plastic surface youre trying to bring the color back into. Be very careful as to not hold the heatgun in one spot too long as you WILL start melting things. The color will slowly return to the surface.

2012-08-06, 03:57 PM	#2
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2012-08-16, 07:09 PM	#4
grey89si Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 724 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): 14 Thanks (Received): 10 Likes (Given): 31 Likes (Received): 13 Dislikes (Given): 4 Dislikes (Received): 4	Get a heatgun, put it at its highest setting, and run it across all the faded black plastic surface youre trying to bring the color back into. Be very careful as to not hold the heatgun in one spot too long as you WILL start melting things. The color will slowly return to the surface.