Black plastic/vinyl cleaner, preservative, restorer? Interior AND exterior.

[c3k]

Folks,

With all the new cleaning products out there (ceramics, graphene, to name two), have there been any similar advances in cleaning exterior plastics?

I think there's gotta be something better than Armor-All out there... Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Ken

 

[tidefan1967]

The best restorer that I’ve used so far is Cerakote but you better make sure you clean it well before applying and definitely wear gloves. It leaves a hard baked shiny appearance that supposed to last for 200 washes.

 

[Nels]

For black plastic parts, in the past i have used a product called Back to Black. It does a decent job of restoring from a lighter dull black (almost gray) to the original deeper black.

 

[Timbow]

For exterior black plastic the best thing you can use is Flood Penetrol, which is a paint container. Wipe it on and let it sit for 5 mins and then wipe off the excess. Leaves no residue and lasts for 6 months. It’s pretty popular with the Jeep community for reconditioning the black fenders. It works amazingly well.

 

[millerbjm]

I have found these 2 products to be good - my main goal is UV protection on the plastics. Meguiars is a bit higher shine and can be too much sometimes - aerospace 303 is more subtle but great at restoring faded plastic.

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[Andymax]

I've been pleased so far with DDE from DuraCoat. It cleans better that Armor All leaves the black plastic 'blacker', if that makes sense, however it does not leave a shiny surface , nor is greasy to the touch like Armor All. It does leave a slight residue you can feel but not bad at all.

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[scottmoyer]

Most of these products are water based and dissolve over time. I got an email from Autogeek a while back where they promoted a new product that was permanent. I can't locate it on their website, but I bookmarked the product on my personal computer and can get that to you later. I've tried many products and they are all temporary.