To polish or not to polish?

[Jaluky]

Hi All, I have just rekindled my affair with Ms Mercedes, a shapely W124 280E.

I want her to look her best and wonder what is the best way to finish her plastic lower trim panels? Can they be polished, Tcut back and treated like the rest of the bodywork?

I know someone knows

 

[MicB]

Hi All, I have just rekindled my affair with Ms Mercedes, a shapely W124 280E.

I want her to look her best and wonder what is the best way to finish her plastic lower trim panels? Can they be polished, Tcut back and treated like the rest of the bodywork?

I know someone knows

Surely paint is paint......certainly I treat plastic and metal panels no differently......but then I had not asked myself the question.
Treat them the same.

Mic

 

[WOODYTHEWISE]

Hi and welcome to the forum

 

[GP801]

Just use polish on ours. Same stuff as for the rest of the paintwork.

 

[carat 3.6]

As above just use polish, welcome to the forum too.

 

[renault12ts]

T Cut should be used sparingly, if at all.

 

[Jaluky]

Thanks for your replies and welcomes too, great stuff now I can huff n buff to my hearts content...I do like a well turned out car.

 

[Dieselman]

If the plastic is textured then you can't use polish, just use a pure wax with no white fillers.