Brown sauce

[jambo_sri130]

Ok, I haven't tried this but I have been told it works and I don't know if I'm having my chain yanked or not but apparently for exterior black plastics i.e bump strips on doors and plastic on bumpers etc, brown sauce (!?) is a good cleaning agent and brings them back to black. Has anyone else heard this?
Also, what does everyone else use for these parts? I tried some spray stuff but when it rains, it washes down the car and looks terrible. Vaseline is good if you don't mind slimy fingers off your door handles but it dries in the sun.

[Cavalier342]

Brown sauce not heard that before. As for me, i just spray them over with any trim restore spray, and wipe it down with a cloth quickly. I hate the smears too, but i can easily clear it off by rubbing it with a chamois leather. It works

[Envoy CDX]

Use a heat gun very gentley - there is a how2 somewhere on the site. I don't see how brown sauce will do it.

[jambo_sri130]

Me neither. Plus, I like brown sauce too much to be rubbing it on my motor so I won't be trying it! lol

[Gaz]

Bloody stupid idea, would cost more in sauce than proper cleaner

[TurboDan]

Would smell nice though, stick abit of bacon on your exhaust manifold and you'd have a REALLY nice air freshner!

[carlos_canter]

Peanut butter works

get the smooth one though, not the one with pieces of nuts in it, its something to do with the oil in the nuts that brings trims up and lasts longer than sprays etc, sort of like mother natures silicone.

[Gaz]

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[brettscav]

any other foods for cleaning????? ask kim and aggie

[jambo_sri130]

using a heat gun is allwell and fine but you can't really do that on bump strips around doors and bumpers, and door handles (unless you remove them I suppose) so what's the best stuff for those parts? stuff I have used either dries up when the sun comes out or washes down the car in the rain, lookin terrible.

[Gaz]

heat gun will fine fine, your not getting it that hot to blister the paint.

[ryandevine552]

use a stuff called slick its a gd product and brings it up like new

[Robsey]

A hot air gun is a known solution from the Mk 2 Cavalier days, when the bumpers used to turn grey with a funny graining effect.

I have used various blacking agents in the past, including liquid shoe blackener (although this can turn strange when wet) and even a decent black shoe polish.

Any oil based cleaners, will make the bumper appear blacker.
A cloth in silicone solution is also an old favourite.

Now brown sauce, well I can see it would work, with the dark pigments, but in that case, you could use gravy-browning. All the darkening, without the pungent smell.

[humbucker]

a gravy boat load of 'bisto extra' made from the extract of 12 bison is also a winner.