Spring has sprung!

[Fury440]

I watched a dude make repairs to a plastic bumper and he filled it with plastic material, sanded and worked his way down to super fine wet'n Dry. It still looked flat and he said sanding plastic always leave micro threads. He took a propane torch, flashed the surface and the flatness was gone.
Maybe a practice test on the underside to see if it works on this type of plastic.

 

[MarPar]

I watched a dude make repairs to a plastic bumper and he filled it with plastic material, sanded and worked his way down to super fine wet'n Dry. It still looked flat and he said sanding plastic always leave micro threads. He took a propane torch, flashed the surface and the flatness was gone.
Maybe a practice test on the underside to see if it works on this type of plastic.

thanks Bill! I may give that a shot!

 

[MarPar]

looks promising...

 

[polara71]

Explain to me how that works please

 

[MarPar]

I like Stacey...this would be the last resort, but it can be done.

 

[MarPar]

Explain to me how that works please

I have no clue (yet).

 

[polara71]

Is the white discoloration burning off? Is the plastic melting and the black and white colors blending as they melt and solidify? ALL the black plastic on the newer cars discolor. It seems to me, the more you try to darken or clean them up, the whiter they get

 

[MarPar]

Is the white discoloration burning off? Is the plastic melting and the black and white colors blending as they melt and solidify? ALL the black plastic on the newer cars discolor. It seems to me, the more you try to darken or clean them up, the whiter they get

And that...in a nutshell...is my quandary. Not to mention I am restoring 48 year old {hard} plastic.

 

[MarPar]

No description in this video. Granted, if it works, one would have to seal it with some sort of product so it wont "white" again over time, me thinks.

 

[MarPar]

Much better description in this video. CLEAN IT FIRST!!

 

[rapidtrans]

I'd just paint the thing if a new one is not available. There are many good rattle can plastic paints available. I'm sure there's a flat or satin black that would work.
Heck i've used barbeque/grill paint on the PVC vent stacks and aluminum flashing on the house roof cause the charcoal color matched the shingles. Could not stand the look of the white PVC pipe. No prep, nothng, still looking good 8 yrs later.

 

[78Brougham]

Much better description in this video. CLEAN IT FIRST!!

I don't know about you but if be a little leery about using an open flame torch on that soft plastic.. my luck the whole thing would take off.

 

[MarPar]

I don't know about you but if be a little leery about using an open flame torch on that soft plastic.. my luck the whole thing would take off.

I know, right. Thing is, the cowl cover im restoring is hard plastic.

 

[MarPar]

So I read in one of our many threads something about a cover over the engine side bulkhead, and it got me thinking. (and maybe it was @Big_John that responded to the thread Im thinking of...my apologies if it was not you )

Sure as as ****, mine is actually there! Albeit a bit half-cocked, but there nonetheless. My question is, how the hell is it oriented? I checked the FSM to no avail.

 

[Big_John]

So I read in one of our many threads something about a cover over the engine side bulkhead, and it got me thinking. (and maybe it was @Big_John that responded to the thread Im thinking of...my apologies if it was not you )

Sure as as ****, mine is actually there! Albeit a bit half-cocked, but there nonetheless. My question is, how the hell is it oriented? I checked the FSM to no avail.

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I actually have one of those that I bought from C Body Bob. I never got around to mounting it and I forgot all about it until it was mentioned the other day.

 

[300rag]

So I read in one of our many threads something about a cover over the engine side bulkhead, and it got me thinking. (and maybe it was @Big_John that responded to the thread Im thinking of...my apologies if it was not you )

Sure as as ****, mine is actually there! Albeit a bit half-cocked, but there nonetheless. My question is, how the hell is it oriented? I checked the FSM to no avail.

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Like this in my 69 Monaco, although it looks somewhat different than yours.It just slips on two studs.

 

[MarPar]

Like this in my 69 Monaco, although it looks somewhat different than yours.It just slips on two studs.
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A little different, but it does help me greatly. Pictures are worth a 1000 words.

 

[MarPar]

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Now I see...the channels are supposed to be facing up for drainage!!! I kept putting them face down!!!

 

[MarPar]

Btw, I took a heat gun (lightly!) to the cowl plastic, and it started to warp it. No change in color. I had an inkling it would not help because it is hard plastic.

So, I took paint prep spray (duplicolor) and cleaned it off and that helped a lot-I used up like 4 microfibers it was that dirty. After it was clean, I used some Lexol Vinylex to seal it up. It's passable. I probably would have painted it, but I ran out of SEM landau black and forgot to re-order more