sounds crazy--but it works

[hooks]

My 93 ruby red now has 92K miles & has gotten hundreds of tiny rock marks on the front bumper which show up as little white spots (primer i guess) and there really is no way to touch up that many (the ruby red touchup paint never quite matches anyway)--so, i took some cordavan colored paste shoe polish & wiped over them & then wiped it off real good--it stained those white spots to an exact match of the paint--could not believe how good it looked--went over it with some wax & have a nice shine with no white spots-this should work with black paint as well & any other color that color matches the shoe polish--just remember this is the PASTE not the liquid polish.

 

[milehigreg]

Excellent!

I gotta try this! I'll post results.

 

[kenmack]

Shoe polish

I've been using shoe polish (black paste) on the plastic/vinyl belt line on my C4 for years. Hey it's black wax,and it works excellent.

We all know how well regular polish works on most plastic with less than perfectly smooth finishhnoes

 

[B17Crew]

Awesome, I like reading about these kind of detailing tricks.

B17Crew

 

[John Robinson]

Great trick! I wonder if they still make polo green shoe polishBut then again maybe black would work since the front almost looks black in some lighting.

 

[kenmack]

CONCOURS

I was heavy into Concours d'elegance with Corvette club for 15 years.Learned a lot of tricks.
If you can find some Brasso or Silvo polish (household cleaning supplies)Brasso does wonders for dull or scratched plastic lenses (tailight).Use a rough nap cloth (face cloth)and just grind away hot and heavy on that lense.It polishes like crazy,but put a coat of wax on top for good measure.
Do one side first,then compare the sparkle.
Works extremely well on aluminum(under hood) stuff too.
Keep us posted on results and what you think

 

[Epimax]

[If you can find some Brasso or Silvo polish (household cleaning supplies)Brasso does wonders for dull or scratched plastic lenses (tailight).Use a rough nap cloth (face cloth)and just grind away hot and heavy on that lense.It polishes like crazy,but put a coat of wax on top for good measure.
Do one side first,then compare the sparkle.
Works extremely well on aluminum(under hood) stuff too.

Great tip! I was going to post a question about cleaning up lenses!!
Thank you!