Hi all,

Primarily, this will be for the nearside plastic arch liners for my 54 plate VW Passat - drove through white gloss paint ages ago. I've improved the arches to a degree, with wire scouring pads etc and point blank jet washing, but wanted to know of a good underseal to puff around in the arches to cover the rest of the gloss paint residue permanently.

I'm not looking for perfection in the arches, just enough to cover it well.
I can't use scourers on the door / sill plastics as it will make them look awful.

The mottle effect side skirts got it too at the bottom of the doors and the plastic sill cover...I cannot shift it with any chemicals off of the plastic, so may spray the nearside trims - they are bare plastic, kind of charcoal now in colour as they have faded a bit over 16 years.
Why I didn't swerve to avoid the paint is still beyond me, there was nothing coming. And of course, just my luck it was gloss not emulsion.

Any ideas?

I guess they are all like a matt / satin black, but what's a good hassle free one in aerosol that lasts? The door skirts / sill may need a different type of paint applied?
My 2007 STi Spec D will also get the same in time in the arches....


Many thanks,

 

I've just used Bilt Hamber dynax UB, which is an anti corrosion soft self healing wax. You need to renew it every couple of years, but it kills rust.

 

Ah cool, is that black?

 

Its dark brown, blacker the more that you layer it. They do a clear UC one, but it has less anti corrosion properties. This stuff is not the same as the rubberised stone chip paints, which require immaculate prep to prevent sealing over active rust; they also have the issue that if they are perforated, water will sit behind them, causing far worse problems.
Like all jobs, its 90% preparation.

 

Definitely agree with hedge bilt hamber stuff is great very clever tech I’ve used it before.

 

How many cans are required fora blobeye mate? Interested too.

 

I used 3 cans doing the whole of my car, with all covers removed. I used one can of Bilt Hamber S50 for enclosed cavities and as a double treatment under the liners, as it's much stronger anti corrosion, but less durable. The clear UC is really just a protective layer for visual areas, an aerosol, not a rattle can.

 

thanks mate