discoloured white rubber above sliding door

yep, I did take a few bits to K&N over in porchester .....it was ok, I suppose but not as good as I would have liked

so this lot I've taken to future coatings on the airport service road .....the guy seems to know his stuff and uses architectural grade stuff, I thought he would be more expensive, but I took nearly all my tin ware including fan impellor etc, engine brace bar, thermostat bracket....and just about anything elses I could find - 19 bits in total, and it came to about £120 .....which I think is reasonable ....all being shot blasted with fine powder first

he said the turn around time is about 10days so I should get it back end of next week .......and I'll see what the finish and quality is like

 

its working ......think pink



sceptical of davidoft suggestion .....I thought I'd give it a go as nothing elses was working

so it went in a bucket for 2 days with some bleach....and heres how it looked after



much better already....but still not perfect, you can see how well some of the bits that looked burnt came up



strangely some of those marks revealed them selves as greasy finger prints before I wiped them off

you can see some 'tide marks' where it wasnt in the bucket evenly and I pushed these bits down, so they didnt get as long as the rest



and the end that I had previously cleaned with all sorts looks pretty good



so I gave it a rinse, another going over with all the same stuff I used before....which didnt make a difference this time ....and its been sitting in a fresh bucket of bleach for the last 3 days

more pics when it comes out

 

I'll remember the lavvy cleaner next time I do my headlining

 

Diddyman Top Tip of the day.

Was it neat toilet cleaner in the bucket or did you dilute it?

 

I would have used neat .....if I had enough

but it was a strong dilution

....and I'm be-grudged to say it .....but credit where credit is due ....it was davidoft who suggested it

 

What a turn out! I thought that rubber was finished as mine is in a similar state and I'd dismissed it as being salvageable - I'm just hoping I've not already binned mine.

 

You can use Hydrogen Peroxide to lighten darkened white rubber, this is basically hair bleach (ask your wife) it will somewhat dry out the rubber, so you should use plenty of glycerine afterwards.