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 XXX-1.8T
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| posted on June 14th, 2003 at 12:19 AM |
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How Do I Bring My Vinyl Interior Back To Life?
What do u guys use for ur interiors to look bright and rejuvinated as mine is pretty much original is there anyway to make the whites whiter and the
browns browner?
I was thinking Jif for the White parts but am a littles stuck on the browny red parts, my mate says use Armourall but i dont trust the stuff any
advice?
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| posted on June 14th, 2003 at 12:59 AM |
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You can try a mild caustic based cleaner like spray n wipe.
If you really want to make it look newer, get some cans of vinyl spray and give it the once over. If you match the colour it wont have that ugly rub
through like when you change colour.
I have seen it done successfully a few times. It all depends on the condition of your trims now and the amount of care and preparation you put into
spraying it.
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| posted on June 14th, 2003 at 11:43 AM |
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You can buy a vinyl rejuvenating paste kind of thing from hardware stores. It comes in a little 1 litre tin, with incredibly 50s graphics on the
label. Can't remember the name of the stuff right now (it's at home, I'm not), but I've used it on lots of old 1950s vinyl
furniture and the seats on my old Morris Major, and it works a treat. It's a kind of cleaning and polishing compound - gets rid of all the old
crud and really brings the colours back to life. Improves the flexibility of the vinyl also. I'll try to find the tin later tonight, so I can
tell you what it's called.
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| posted on June 14th, 2003 at 05:04 PM |
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cool !
also where do i get this vynil spray paint from too?
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| posted on June 15th, 2003 at 01:41 PM |
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the paints i have seen at Bunnings
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
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helbus
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| posted on June 15th, 2003 at 08:30 PM |
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I have bought the vinyl paint from places like Repco, Autobarn.
I have had it made up by a friend of a friend who specialises in recolouring vinyl and leather. He was able to do colour matching also. Most Trim
shops can do this. 
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| posted on July 23rd, 2003 at 10:48 PM |
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I used "Pledge Vinyl Magic" -Superior Vinyl Floor Cleaner from Coles, has a spray pump. Cleaned up the seats beautifully, then rinsed off
well with water (do first thing on a hot sunny day). Finished off with Armourall.
Kitten used to make a great upholstery cleaner in the days when upholstery was the only option, not so good when products now claim to clean velour
and vinyl seats.
Like brushing teeth with Draino.
bluebus, are you going to let everyone else know the name of "vinyl rejuvenating paste kind of thing from hardware stores. It comes in a little
1 litre tin, with incredibly 50s graphics on the label"?
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| posted on July 24th, 2003 at 12:55 PM |
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Sorry, forgot all about this! I seem to have the attention span of a lab rat on speed.
The stuff is now sitting in front of me and is called "Arco" (the modern waterless plastic upholstery cleaner)
Made by Silicone Consolidated Industries, 156 Ryans Rd, Nundah, Qld, 4012, who may or may not still exist. It cost me $6.40 a couple of years back,
and there's 450gms in a tin.
Apparently it "cleans like MAGIC and protects the surface of plastic upholstery, venetian blinds, polished furniture, refrigerators, all tiles,
stoves, ovens, baths, showers, painted woodwork, auto bodies and stainless steel", and contains no bleaching agents, ammonia, acids, alkalies or
abrasives.
Ang.
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| posted on July 26th, 2003 at 07:45 PM |
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hey Ang
keepin' it pure and local? lines and lines and lines!...... what do they mean?
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
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| posted on July 27th, 2003 at 04:36 PM |
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Are you referring to my sig line, or my generally incoherent ramblings?
The sig is a quote from "League of Gentlemen", a particularly sick comedy that was on the ABC a while back. It's a rather black
humoured thing, and the line comes from a particularly inbred local shopkeeper, who tries to ward off non-locals (before he and his equally inbred
wife and monstrously inbred son do rather gruesome inbred things to them)
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| posted on July 27th, 2003 at 06:00 PM |
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"Sorry, forgot all about this! I seem to have the attention span of a lab rat on speed. "
I bet all your vinyl is sooo polished, all the seams done all the carpet de-linted, windows clean, and the lock on the cage door tweaked 
Without your foreign deviate ways in OUR town........
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| posted on July 27th, 2003 at 06:21 PM |
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Sadly, lab rats on speed are reknowned for running around in circles and achieving absolutely nothing!
I think the fact that it took me weeks to find the vinyl cleaner speaks volumes about the state of my kombi's interior!
Although I do have a big achievement this weekend, after 3 months of driving around without a quarter vent, I finally reinstalled it. And I fixed up
lots of little rustholes around my pop-top. So my car may be filthy, but it's finally waterproof!
Ang.
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| posted on July 28th, 2003 at 03:01 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by bluebus
Are you referring to my sig line, or my generally incoherent ramblings?
The sig is a quote from "League of Gentlemen", a particularly sick comedy that was on the ABC a while back. It's a rather black
humoured thing, and the line comes from a particularly inbred local shopkeeper, who tries to ward off non-locals (before he and his equally inbred
wife and monstrously inbred son do rather gruesome inbred things to them)
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There will BE no new road, Tubs...
Yes... i know all about it... i got my hands on the first season's video a year before it came out on the ABC here....
the lines are from the episode where the road workers came into the shop and showed Tubs the road map.... remember?
As for interiors.... i just use some Amway crap... min'es clean anyways, so i didnt notice if it really worked or not....
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...and Robert's ya father's brother...
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