Reconditioning old flares...

carwash · 01-14-2008, 01:51 AM

I have a rig in the shop... customer's rig... doing a ton of work to it... you have seen pics i'm sure, the copper one.

anyway, doing a ton of work to it, to where it all looks damn near brand new inside and out. only problem is the rear flares. They are tj flares, the color used to be black i guess, but now they have weathered to the grayish color that all of them do.

Any way to recondition them to make them black like factory again...?

GPER · 01-14-2008, 07:50 AM

A heat gun will bring the black back, but keep it away from the paint.

01-14-2008, 09:26 AM

Stick index cards side by side between the flares and paint. Use newspaper and tape to finish covering the paint. Clean well with rubbing alcohol. Let dry and spray them w/ 2-3 light coats of Krylon Fusion. Fusion is a specially formulated spray paint for plastic.

carwash · 01-14-2008, 01:25 PM

well index cards are not necessary, the flares are off the rig, i was just hoping there was some way around it besides paint...

does the heat thing really work, never heard of that...

itbrokeagain · 01-14-2008, 02:05 PM

Armoral (SP?)

carwash · 01-14-2008, 03:50 PM

yeah, that would be a temporary fix tony, but not permanent... also would tend to collect some serious dust on the trail.

01-14-2008, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carwash

well index cards are not necessary, the flares are off the rig, i was just hoping there was some way around it besides paint...

does the heat thing really work, never heard of that...

They say it does...there was some discussion about this over on Jeep Forum. Some of them say peanut butter..yes peanut butter brings it back to black as well.

:confused:

GPER · 01-14-2008, 05:48 PM

The heat gun does work, I have never done flares but I did try it on the green plastic hood of my Polaris Ranger. It did bring the green right back.

Gunrunner · 01-17-2008, 09:49 PM

I scrubbed mine with simple green and a stiff sidewall brush, they look new.

T

carwash · 01-17-2008, 11:20 PM

you oughta come over and scrub jim's then... hahahah

01-14-2008, 01:51 AM	#1
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01-14-2008, 01:25 PM	#4
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01-14-2008, 02:05 PM	#5
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01-14-2008, 03:50 PM	#6
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01-17-2008, 09:49 PM	#9
Gunrunner Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Dry Ridge, KY Posts: 40	I scrubbed mine with simple green and a stiff sidewall brush, they look new. T __________________ There are no stupid questions, but the world is full of inquisitive idiots.

01-14-2008, 07:50 AM	#2
GPER Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kettering, Ohio Posts: 811	A heat gun will bring the black back, but keep it away from the paint.

01-14-2008, 09:26 AM	#3
Rooster Guest Posts: n/a	Stick index cards side by side between the flares and paint. Use newspaper and tape to finish covering the paint. Clean well with rubbing alcohol. Let dry and spray them w/ 2-3 light coats of Krylon Fusion. Fusion is a specially formulated spray paint for plastic.

01-14-2008, 05:48 PM	#8
GPER Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kettering, Ohio Posts: 811	The heat gun does work, I have never done flares but I did try it on the green plastic hood of my Polaris Ranger. It did bring the green right back.

01-17-2008, 11:20 PM	#10
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	you oughta come over and scrub jim's then... hahahah __________________