heat gun for faded plastics

[caleb90]

my blue plastics are faded in places, not looking to spend money for new. any of you guys try the heat gun method? i tested a small spot last night and it does seem to work. 

[T13]

I have tried it, it works decent but i couldn't get all the white out of the real bad/stressed areas.  

[Metal_man_Rob]

Just did mine. It worked ok. I used a propane torch on the really bad areas but have to move it fast.


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[autitord]

Never tried it. Too scared to destroy the plastics. 

[Metal_man_Rob]

Never tried it. Too scared to destroy the plastics. 

Heat gun won’t but a torch will definitely make short work of the plastics. Haha. Guess how quickly I went out and bought a heat gun and told myself “nobody will notice”.


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[autitord]

2 hours ago, Metal_man_Rob said:

Heat gun won’t but a torch will definitely make short work of the plastics. Haha. Guess how quickly I went out and bought a heat gun and told myself “nobody will notice”.


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Lol. Hope it went well for you.

[Metal_man_Rob]

 
Lol. Hope it went well for you.

Nope. Shot stands out like a sore thumb. Haha. But the heat gun worked on the rest of it. Didn’t fully take the stress marks out but lightened them significantly. But where I went over with the torch, yeah that part looks like dog shit.


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[autitord]

13 hours ago, Metal_man_Rob said:

Nope. Shot stands out like a sore thumb. Haha. But the heat gun worked on the rest of it. Didn’t fully take the stress marks out but lightened them significantly. But where I went over with the torch, yeah that part looks like dog shit.


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This why I'm terrified to do repairs. Lol. I have no talent for such things.