May have been discussed before but what a god awful job getting the old glue and yellow decayed foam off the various trim panels in preparation for recovering with head lining.
Materials I have used:
2 litres of Cellulose Thinners
stainless steel pot scrubbers
"scotch-brite" style pot scrubbers
lint-free cloths from Costco
skin
100ml blood (when scrubbing beware of rusty metal tangs)
Here are some pics of finished and not so finished pieces.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/96695943@N ... 819505430/
p.s. Interested in how folk find the flickr links. Trying to group & manage my photo journals better.
Mark
Cleaning Plastic Trim Panels
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Cleaning Plastic Trim Panels
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Re: Cleaning Plastic Trim Panels
Looks like a labour of love Mark. Pic links work Ok for me.
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