Cleaning a spoiler

[Joe87]

Hi,
Just wondering if anyone knows the best way to clean up a spoiler - mine is a kind of faded grey colour and has mold or something growing on it...and I'd like it to be black with no mold on it :) It seems to be made from a kind of rubbery spongy foamy type material which appears to be porous so I'm worried about dissolving it by accident or something...someone mentioned on another thread using brake or vinyl cleaner, does this work ok? Anything else which works well?
Cheers.

[ianaudia4]

Joe,

When I got my Storm a few months back all the black trim had gone grey!

I got some stuff called "Black in a flash", made by Turtle Wax. Spot on, did bumpers, spoiler and the mirrors.

[Risocco]

Carplan Black Trim Wax, bout £4 from Halfords. The spoiler soaks it up and looks lovely after some elbow grease

Alex

[Nate]

autosmart vinyl gel or autoglym bumper care

[SCOTMCDOT]

In my experience the back to black does not work for that long and never looks brilliant, although others may have had better experiences than me.

I am doing my bumpers soon as they just look rubbish at the mo even with several coats of back to black. The only thing i am not sure of is with the consistancy of the spolier whether this will have any effect on how you paint it.

However i am sure you can paint it as long as you clean it and prime it with plastic primer first although i would be interested inwhat other people thought (especially before i paint my bumpers).

[Reverend Frog]

Autoglym Bumper Care every time. works a treat, is semi-permament, and gives you that nifty water-beading effect when it's rained on.

[markh]

Carplan Black Trim Wax, bout £4 from Halfords. The spoiler soaks it up and looks lovely after some elbow grease

Alex

Good call Alex, i always use this on my spoiler and bumpers. One coat lasts for months .

[jimmyconway]

Heat gun or a hair dryer.

[MrD]

Heat gun or a hair dryer

Beat me too it ! been told heat gun is the best for bumpers etc,have yet to try this myself,as i lent out my heat gun,and have not seen it since

[Reverend Frog]

actually yes, that is the best idea. aiming a heat gun at faded bumpers makes it seem like you are actually spray painting them, the difference is amazing

[lenny125]

I always use linseed oil, works really well to get bumpers and ect nice and black again. It lasts for a long time and Once I have done that I just spary over the top with back to black.