Plastic Restoration

[buzz sawyer]

No more polyU for me. Never thought the plastic would polish up that nice.
Thanks for a great post!

 

[HTTR]

Excellent tips and demonstration. Thanks for posting this.

 

[Bilge Rat LT 20]

Great how-to thread.
Plastic is tough to work, you got good results.

Everyone remember to clean the part of all grit before polishing. The cloth wheel and polish media will pick up any grit and scratch the part. Keep the wheel clean too.
If you use different grit polishing media use a different wheel with each.

 

[angelo c]

 

[towingace]

Nice thread. Thanks for a brighter future.

 

[295 tramp]

Hi it's been a week or two sense I left off.
Here is the complete set for my 084.


What's sad is there going back into service.
No shelf queens here.
A few days from now I'll start on the fuel tank segment.
I have to give the wife back her half of the garage because the snow is falling here.
Thank you guys for all the positive input.

 

[kyle.kipple]

Some awesome work. Ill be trying to imitate your results on my beater 044. I am patiently waiting on your trick for the oil stain removal.

 

[VinceGU05]

awesome stuff there.. looks like my 084 will be gleaming like new also thanks to yr thread.

also great to see the black inscriptions didnt get cut away.. i was really worried about that. was there any thing special you did over them.? did u sand over them or only polished?

 

[295 tramp]

As for the inscriptions I sand up to the edges then polish the area lightly.

 

[GrassGuerilla]

Nice work! I have to ask, how does it hold up? Do they stay shiny a long time or quickly oxidize again? I ask because I've polished plastic headlights to remove the yellowing and oxidation. In that instance, it doesn't last long.

 

[295 tramp]

I did the same to my 440 magnum a year ago and it does start to oxidize but if you use your saw it's gonna get funky again.
The only reason I do this is because is if I spend all that time and money rebuilding, I like my equipment to look nice and to add to the resale value.

 

[Stihlofadeal64]

Some awesome work. Ill be trying to imitate your results on my beater 044. I am patiently waiting on your trick for the oil stain removal.

Both you and probably quite a few more

 

[Stihlofadeal64]

Looks like the tank plastic restoration may be delayed. I have a candidate ( Stihl 044 tank) that I'd like to
volunteer. If it were not so blah looking it would be on the saw I just restored.

 

[295 tramp]

Looks like the tank plastic restoration may be delayed. I have a candidate ( Stihl 044 tank) that I'd like to
volunteer. If it were not so blah looking it would be on the saw I just restored.

That just crazy, The tank I'm restoring at this very moment is off a early 044.
"Results coming soon".
Here's a sneak peak, another filter cover off my newly acquired of 031AV.


Halfway through the process

 

[tpope]

Sweet! Thanks for sharing!

 

[295 tramp]

Here's the cover finished.

 

[kyle.kipple]

Looking good tramp. Ha. Looking forward to the oil stain removal.


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[fearofpavement]

I want my plastics to look better but am unwilling to invest a lot of time. Thus I am currently testing two products by Maguiers (sp) and will post up results when I have done further testing.

 

[Stihlofadeal64]

opcorn:
I want to send you my candidate for oil stain removal. DO YOUR MAGIC

 

[tbone75]

Best thread I have seen on plastic restoring ! I tried buffing some , seems I may have have used the wrong compound for plastic ! I will be trying again ! LOL
And like the rest , I have a lot of oil stained Stihl parts !
Thanks for sharing !!