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Thread: Buffing out the plastic on your trike question. . . .

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    Buffing out the plastic on your trike question. . . .

    Real simple , What is the best compound to get your plastics looking good again ? ? ?
    I have white plastics and some spots aren't so white anymore, like the tank.
    Any input would be great , Thanks guys

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    I used a cloth wheel with red rouge on my plastics to make them look new again. My plastics are red but I have seen it used on white before.

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    OK. Where can i get this at ? I picked up some plasticX polish and it did not help at all.

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    You can buy some at harbor frieght. It's with all the polishing stuff

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    PlasticX Polish is used to clean the plastic prior to polishing/ You can try the 'red rouge' but that did not work for me. ATV plastic is very soft and difficult to polish , you need to take the correct steps to aquire a like new finsh. NOTE: YOU need NOT use any compounds in buffing plastics but you can try swirlX for the last step . All you really need is wet sanding and a synthetic wool buffer but it takes many hours to pull it off.
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    OK. Where can i get this at ? I picked up some plasticX polish and it did not help at all.
    Here is my thread on how its done my way.. http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthr...restored/page2

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    Nice, those looks great, iam going to try that out on my 85 as my plastics are in pretty good shape.
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