Tips and Tricks….

[Twoblackmarks...]

Those jet plates are nice, gonna make room for ALL the jets and air bleeds?

Add magnets, so you can have it on the fridge!

[Revved]

Graph paper is a great idea Seig!

[jarhead]

I learned from a Chemist on another forum a trick for restoring old plastic car parts.

If you boil water on the stove or your microwave, remove it, and then drop the parts in they become pliable. Somehow it affects the molecules and sort of restores the plastic.

Shown below are two 1969 Ford Torino spot mirror gaskets. They were very hard from years of use. As you can see after several cycles in the boiling water I could twist them.

I have tried this on allot of small parts and it works great.

[waynieZ]

Good idea! I saw a you tube show Autorestomod where they used a heat gun on interior plastic and it cleared up some of the faded areas on the plastic.

[Justin@EntropyRad]

Originally Posted by waynieZ

Good idea! I saw a you tube show Autorestomod where they used a heat gun on interior plastic and it cleared up some of the faded areas on the plastic.

This works on exterior UN-PAINTED plastics as well...like the bumper cladding on Jeeps or Avalanches...if gnarly, run a torch across it really quick..just don't burn it!

[Revved]

This works as well on interior panels that have been lightly scratched or flexed and have that white discoloration.... lightly heating the panel with a torch gets the plastic to melt just enough to bring the color back out. Obviously be very careful.