Before and after on mirror

 

Before and after on lift gate latch

 

this part cleaned up well

 

Before and After on the cladding

 

This made my faded out ugly looking plastic all over the jeep look pretty new again, I have heard this will stay this way for a long time, but I will updated and see for myself, PLUS THIS PROJECT COST ME $$ZEROOOO

You can though get paint thinner and boiled linseed oil at home depot/lowes.

 

nice. looks good

 

looks really good.

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Yeah I was pretty surprised, if I didn't have the stuff laying around in the garage I doubt I would have tried that.

 

looks really good.

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Or you could try this.. :thumbsup:

 

That is way too much work lol, I did my whole car in about 20 minutes, you just got to wipe it down, probably can be done in 10 minutes if I rushed it.

I could have my jeep done and have a beer or two lol in my belly by the time it takes to do the plastic with a heat gun :cheers2:

 

Can you use the oil mixture on the inside?

 

I wonder if the store bought stuff is based off the same idea as far as the ingredients are concerned.....you know those "back to black" or the "plastic X" concoctions...
I tried the back to black and it worked reasonably well...but looking at those pics yours looks way better....

 

yeah I have used back to black on my old WJ it works pretty good, I don't know if they have ingredient lists on those products or not, I'm not sure what they use, but I definitely know for a fact this works amazing, and it's freaking easy to do lol

Can you use the oil mixture on the inside?

I'm sure you could use on any plastic really, there are parts on my boat I am thinking about trying this out on as well.

That looks incredible!!! I have 2 ZJs that I'm going to try this on!!!

:thumbsup: yeah let me know how it goes! Also, you don't need much, it definitely goes a long way! I think it's worth having the thinner and oil in the garage that's for sure.

 

Another option that will yield like results is a paint product called Penetrol. Mines going on two years.

 

That looks incredible!!! I have 2 ZJs that I'm going to try this on!!!

 

Sweet!

 

paint thinner, my mistake.

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Naw, not yet. I had to get the both of them ready for their state inspections... Welding and brakes and stuff... They both passed!!!! Rain in our forecast til the weekend I'll probably get to it on Sunday, if the weather is good. Will post 'em then!!

Yeah it's supposed to rain tomorrow here too I hope we get lots of rain.

 

Can I use it on my tires? What about interior plastics and dash?

 

Can I use it on my tires? What about interior plastics and dash?

Yeah, idk if I would use that on your tires, I think the paint thinner part of the solution would be bad for the soft rubber, you can use it pretty much on any HARD plastic. It's rained a bit since I've done my plastics and it's still in good shape!

 

i feel like itd **** up my dash then too. ill hit my door panels though

 

Mothers Back-to-Black, based on the MSDS (thanks StrateLOSS) is n-Butyl acetate, often used as a thinner when making lacquer, nonyl phenol 4 mole ethoxylate, an emulsifier, and morpholine, often used as fruit wax. Sounds pretty close to linseed oil and paint thinner to me.

 

i feel like itd **** up my dash then too. ill hit my door panels though

I did my center console and door handles I didn't do my dash or tires, too scared ha, maybe if it were mainly oil and not much thinner?? I definitely won't put anything on my tires except for tire shine ha

 

I did mine today. It looks real nice.

 

I did mine today. It looks real nice.

Nice! It's pretty easy right lol

 

I intended on surprising my wife and doing her ZJ after dinner(turns out it didn't rain this afternoon).
I went out and mixed up a batch, dipped the rag in it and was getting ready to put some on, when she came out and said "I don't know what you're planning on doing, but I need my Jeep."
So, I didn't get hers done....
As for my ZJ, I didn't do that either... I think I'm going to do the black stone guard paint on all my cladding instead.
I already took off my front bumper skin and painted the whole area it covered in the black rock guard, so it will all match if I do so.

Here's a pic of mine. Whadda ya think? Black stone guard all the way around or the oil/thinner mix??

Hahah you got caught!

I would still do the linseed on the mirrors, handles, latches, etc... Even if you painted the cladding and bumpers

 

Yes, I did get caught:laugh:
I'll have to wait a few days for her to forget, and try to surprise her again.
Also, I did plan on doing all plastic above the cladding. It only makes sense to.

The dew has set in for the evening here. Will the dew effect the results, if I were to do it in the mernin' before I leave for work, or should it be completely dry?

 

I bet if you just took a big towel and slightly dried it, and then did it it would be fine, I don't think it would mess it up at all.

 

Definitely want to try this. Will it work inside the truck on the interior door panels? My driver door panel got quite beat up by the sun.

 

Definitely want to try this. Will it work inside the truck on the interior door panels? My driver door panel got quite beat up by the sun.

It should work, I haven't tried it yet, I need to though, just start in the corner and do a test spot first, better safe than sorry ha, should be ok though, I did my center console with it

 

I hope so haha. This poor old boy has done his job and then some. I'm just trying to spoil him for the last couple weeks before he dies on me. Lol.