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lounge_on_wheels



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Australia 2003 Range Rover HSE Td6 Zambezi Silver
My plastic trim refinishing

As all are aware Land Rover used some plastic coated finish on a lot of the black plastic interior trim. Lower fascia panels steering wheel Nacelle , folding cup holder, electric window controls, seat valance etc. Unfortunately with age this coating fails and peels and scratched easily.
So I decided to refurbish them.

Firstly to get the rubber coated paint finish off, sanding is tedious, I found ( do this at own risk) that a rag soaked in Acetone and held momentarily onto the surface will cause a reaction with the factory coating causing it to blister, it soften the coating so you can wipe most of it off. WARNING !!!!!!DO NOT USE PAINT STRIPPER AS IT WILL MELT THE PLASTIC

I then used dish washing liquid in some warm water and a wad of steel wool to remove the rest of the residue. when dry you have a nicely keyed surface for your new finish to adhere too.

I purchased a vinyl paint in a pressure pack can in satin black from my automotive paint supplier. This stuff paints trim, vinyl and carpet. It does not require the use of a plastic primer prior to its application.
It dries to a pleasant finish. I used it previously on the black plastic on the seat valance and the results looked factory finished. Very pleased with result

A couple of light coats, if drys fairly quickly and I leave it overnight to harden. It doesn't chip and has been very durable on past projects.
Pic of the steering wheel nacelle and the instrument lower finisher I did today.

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gregdav



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Looks good Thumbs Up

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Clabs



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Looks really good, Lounge - do you have a link or at least a name for the paint you bought?

Cheers, Mark

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lounge_on_wheels



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Hi Guys, the product is a local Australian product, but I'm sure you would have something similar in the UK. This stuff is a vinyl paint, but it is suitable to use on some plastics without a primer as I have done.

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http://www.hichem.com.au/hicheminfo/WEB_PIDS/Aerosols/VS.pdf

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gizze



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In the UK you can either use Plasticote Matte Black or Plastidip black spray.

This was a silver trim piece that I resprayed black using the Plasticote Matte Black, you can see how well it matches oem trim car makers use asit is almost a perfect match to the idrive controller....

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It also goes on really easily.
Wipe the trim clean, then spray 3-4 light coats, dry with a hair dryer between coats or wait 10 minutes between each.

1 can will do loads. Porsche 911 (996)
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Not got a LR of any kind at the mo, and got itchy feet.

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Paul thornton



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I found white spirit was quite good at removing the rubber paint finish.

I soaked mine in it then just rubbed it off. Didn't damage the plastic whatsoever.

Plastidip is the stuff you can get over here as already mentioned.

Anyone found any paint which matches the silver trim around the door handles gear stick etc? Mine has a few scuffs here and there.

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doclees



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I've just left the parts that were black and naturally black under the coating natural black. Some plastic protective spray and its good for me. I don't know what the original coating was or what BMW/RR was thinking with that crap.

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GDM



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United Kingdom 2006 Range Rover Vogue Td6 Zambezi Silver

Look on E-bay, Paints 4U do it, search for Range Rover Foundry Grey.

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Paul thornton



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I'll have a look. Thanks for that as I thought I might struggle and was looking for replacement trims.

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p38arover



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Paul thornton wrote:
I found white spirit was quite good at removing the rubber paint finish.


It appears white spirit is what we, in Oz, call mineral turpentine.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_spirit Ron B. VK2OTC
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GGDR



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White Spirit is a bit different to turps.
But you can get White Spirit at Bunnings.

Greg Cheers, Greg
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p38arover



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Shock horror! Do you mean wikipedia is wrong? Laughing

I thought it was different, too - and how do you know about Bunnings?

Oh, I see they are now in the UK.

I just had a look, and they call it a home dry cleaning fluid. One certainly wouldn't use turps for that. Very Happy

I have a 20 litre drum (there's probably 16-18 litres still in the drum) of cleaning fluid in the garage - I use it for my Coleman stove (Coleman fuel is too expensive here). Its UN no. is 1271 which is different to the UN no. (1300) of white spirit sold here. I'll give that a try. Ron B. VK2OTC
2004 L322 V8 Auto
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GGDR



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Bought some white spirit from Bunnings in August when I was over in Melbourne!

https://www.bunnings.com.au/diggers-1l-white-spirit_p1563471

I think Mitre10 sell it too, or any proper hardware store.

Greg Cheers, Greg
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p38arover



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Aha!

I just had a look at the MSDS - it's called turpentine substitute. Oddly enough, the UN number 1300 refers to Mineral turps (Australia). All very confusing. The UN 1271 on my drum is no longer in use. Very Happy Ron B. VK2OTC
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GGDR



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It's different in some way Ron.

We use White spirit over here in the UK like Turps in Oz, for cleaning bushes after painting etc, most households have a bottle somewhere.

I use White Spirit for silicone cauking, an old-school method with a cheese cloth pulled over your finger and plenty of white spirit (beats those silicone triangle tools).

But when I tried that in Oz with turps or metho it didn't work. Cheers, Greg
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