Nice work. Im a retired automotive painter. Back masking as you showed is a very important skill and technique to use. Especially around door gaps, bonnet gaps and panel gaps in general. I was shown the folded tape method, whete you can fold 50% of the tape over itself , still has an adhesive 50% but the folded tape " flap " actually moves with the air flow fromthe spray gun. Leaving a beautiful featheted edge that the eye cant see.
Brilliant vid. The front ‘splitter’ plate on my 911 was all chopped up. I had resigned myself to its fate thinking that I’d just replace it in the coming months. You’ve saved me 250 quid and I’m well happy with the result. Even with just the 4 sanding phases post wipe and with some plastic renovator it looked brilliant. But when the texture paint arrived it ended up like new. Thank you.
Your videos are brilliant! There's not song and dance bullshit. It's straight to the point. The repairs you have shown are "common" everyday damage and you have shown how they can be repaired simply without any special tools. I'll be using some of these techniques with the cars at work. So happy I discovered your channel.
Excellent again! Also, what I really like is how succinct and to the point these videos are. You get these videos, often by Americans, who go on and on for hours because they like the sound of their own voices and who make everything sound like some impossible mystery. Then, by the end (if you last that long), they've actually taught very little. This is what we like....no mucking about! Great! 👏👏
"Wow, what an incredibly informative tutorial! I've always been intimidated by the idea of repairing textured plastics, but you've made it seem so simple and straightforward. Your step-by-step approach and attention to detail are commendable. Thanks for sharing this valuable knowledge!"
Howdy from Oklahoma USA! Not a repair technique but instead of a heat gun, try 50/50 mineral spirits and boiled linseed oil, restores plastics and is a long lasting effect love to see you test it. I've had great results. Heat guns work well to hide small scratches in plastics but it seems to always leave an extra shiny spot, I may have to try the grey scotch bright pad to dull it out a bit, thanks for the tips, love your channel and have learned plenty from it!
@@lydias5875 Very simple, just mix the acetone and boiled linseed oil 50/50 and wipe on with a microfiber cloth until it saturates. Be sure when finsihed, to lay out the towels used all the way open in a well ventilated area as boiled linseed oil can become combustable inside a folded cloth until it dries.
I love your channel! Ive learnt a lot in here and I see you as an artist that I am too. We both share this approach to what we do. Your touch ups and repairs are just stunning. Your heterodox and original approach to fixing paint is stupendous and attainable for people like me. Thanks once again! I will keep watching your videos since they are so cool to watch even if Im not in need of them at the moment :)
My dad did this once and used a black wood stain (exterior obviously) which he just brushed on after the sanding. Absorbed well and didn't seem to leave any brush marks. Might be worth a try.
Thank you so much for sharing your expertise. I just had similar damage. I was wondering, if it could be repaired at all. You have just showed how to do it. Now, my only problem is if I can get similar expertise in my locality.
Wow, this was really cool! I actually replaced some plastic trim on my last car because it was damaged from the previous owner. It wasn't cheap, or fun to replace. I would have liked to have tried this before replacing. Nice work! Thanks for sharing 🍻
We used to mix up a bit of araldite 2 part and apply it lightly into the scuff then sand it down to the profile before spraying Worked on scuffed alloys too.
Many thanks for imparting some very useful knowledge on this sort of trim. I have just traded in my mini clubman 2016 that had this stuff all around it, i managed to do very similar damage to the car you were working on and the best i could do was to fine sand and then black shoe cream to the area and buff with a cloth, it looked a lot better but now i would follow your tips and feel confidence in a better repair that was more permanent, rather than having to keep the shoe cream ready after each car was. But hey I get my mk3 TT shortly so no more black trim 😂. I will subscribe and do realise the time involved to produce your helpful videos. Cheers Tony
Will it work on a deeper scratch? I had an Audi 80 reversed up against a hedge, and I jacked the car up on all four sides to get under it to remove exhaust bolts so as to take the heads off. Anyways the flaming hedge put a fairly deep scratch in the plastic bumper at the back. I've not got the car back yet from the engine specalists. But am wondering if your technique will work for it. Hopefully it will. I guess if a scratch is deep enough a small bit of plastic could be melted in and then sand and heat and spray and all?
everything's repairable. I had someone backing my car into a trailer hitch and it went all through and had a gigantic gaping hole in it. I thought that it needed a new bumper, but a guy could quite easily repair it. I haven't seen the whole process, but after sanding everything smooth, a fiberglass patch was glued on with epoxy from behind and after it hardened, the front was filled with Bondo and sanded level. after the whole piece was sprayed over, it looked like brand new and you had no idea where the damaged area could possibly be (unless you look behind, lol.) just saying that pretty much everything is possible to repair.
I do minor repairs on paint or body stuff at a used car dealership. We have several cars with scuffed trim. I'm going to give this repair a try on one of them and see how it turns out. Hoping I can find the Pro XL ProTex somewhere local. If not, I'll use your link.
Wow. Amazing work. I took my brand new 2025 Lexus in for PPF wraps and at pickup I noticed a few areas in the plastic panels got 3-5” line marks. Its not as bad as shown here. It like a pencil line marks. The place denied they touch that areas. I dont know what quick method to polish out that line marks? Would ceramic coating hide it? Thanks for any tips.
I didn't know there was a textured spray can, never seen that before, not available in my location. I painted my lower valance (plastic) bumper on my first gen toyota tacoma. It was old and faded, sanded it down, sprayed adhesion promoter then sealer, but the surface was smooth. I had a cheap chinese spraygun that was so bad, it doesn't atomize paint very well. So, I lowered the pressure to like 18 psi and dusted single stage semi gloss black paint on the valance. Looked just like textured plastic. Semi gloss black looked just like trim dressing, but permanent. Happy with the result.
Bravo, Sir. Made that look very achievable. I have several panels on my MK4 Golf that could do with that spray. Thanks for sharing the details on that 🤝🏼 Keep up the epic videos
Great stuff! I have a bmw645ci with a small split on the front wing from a fixing bolt at the top. Apparently a common problem with these plastic wings. Is it possible to repair?
Stumbled on your channel and found just what i needed. Great methods and techniques. Would this work for interior plastic with scuff marks near bottom door panel? Or maybe create a content on it. Subscribed and liked
Hi. Great video, thank you. I scuffed the front splitter on my 718 Spyder, for the first time. It’s not all that bad, but is frustrating knowing it’s now a little unsightly. Any advice on how I should go about trying to deal with it?
This video solves a huge problem I’ve always had with black texture trim getting scratched. Thanks! So well explained, however, I’d like to know how permanent is this procedure and if after having been painted could you apply trim restorer to preserve it when faded without removing the layers of paint.
@@cvrpov but how would you get the grained patterns? Such as you see on dashboard trims? The dimples and other pattern types. Would love to see you do a video showing an attempt at fixing gouges on plastic trim or door cards internally if possible?
fantastic job! after applying the texture spray, are you able to use a product such as Lithium Trim Cubes to keep up with future fading and protection? Or does this have to be treated as a black paint from now on?
Hi, you video is very useful. Would you please be able to advice where I could buy the textured paint? I'm in Sydney, Australia and not very familiar with what to ask whom. Cheers, Sri
Nice work.
Im a retired automotive painter.
Back masking as you showed is a very important skill and technique to use. Especially around door gaps, bonnet gaps and panel gaps in general.
I was shown the folded tape method, whete you can fold 50% of the tape over itself , still has an adhesive 50% but the folded tape " flap " actually moves with the air flow fromthe spray gun. Leaving a beautiful featheted edge that the eye cant see.
This is a brilliant channel. No BS, just straight into useful info
Really appreciate the comment mate thats exactly what I am trying to do..absolutely no BS
😊
1@@cvrpov
Brilliant vid. The front ‘splitter’ plate on my 911 was all chopped up. I had resigned myself to its fate thinking that I’d just replace it in the coming months. You’ve saved me 250 quid and I’m well happy with the result. Even with just the 4 sanding phases post wipe and with some plastic renovator it looked brilliant. But when the texture paint arrived it ended up like new. Thank you.
So many people on here always want to give this real master advice. He doesn't need it. He's an artist!
Your videos are brilliant! There's not song and dance bullshit. It's straight to the point. The repairs you have shown are "common" everyday damage and you have shown how they can be repaired simply without any special tools. I'll be using some of these techniques with the cars at work. So happy I discovered your channel.
No bs channel..welcome aboard
Totally agree.
No bullshit.
This is the problem. This is how to fix it.
If only other content providers would take the same approach.
Great channel.❤
Brilliant. One of the best examples of an easy bumper repair that I've seen in over 20 years of detailing. Keep up the good work!
Excellent again!
Also, what I really like is how succinct and to the point these videos are.
You get these videos, often by Americans, who go on and on for hours because they like the sound of their own voices and who make everything sound like some impossible mystery. Then, by the end (if you last that long), they've actually taught very little.
This is what we like....no mucking about! Great! 👏👏
Us brits don't really do taking too much 😅
Ah brilliant vid! I hit a wall with my car and thought I was going to have to pay a fortune for a new plastic trim! Gonna give this a try!
No problem
Only recently found your channel. But I find it very good. Your knowledge and skill set is excellent. We’ll done.
Welcome aboard!
Your explanation is very professional! I’ve applied some tips and found them really effective 7:22
Nice one thanks
"Wow, what an incredibly informative tutorial! I've always been intimidated by the idea of repairing textured plastics, but you've made it seem so simple and straightforward. Your step-by-step approach and attention to detail are commendable. Thanks for sharing this valuable knowledge!"
Appreciate all your videos on this channel. By far the simplest, most informative and empowering channel for paint and bodywork. Top man. 👌
I just fixed my bumper following this video... and great success! Thanks a lot for the tips!
I recognize the accent tens years ago when I was in the NE of England... enough siad...this channel's great, I'm ur new subscriber.
As always a brilliant job. Thanks for educating us.
Thanks for watching
Dito❤
That is simply staggering many thanks for sharing, I had no idea those plastics could be sanded and repaired
Alot of people don't realise. Replacement parts are so expensive aswell
Wow! Best coating repair channel on YT by a country mile.
Howdy from Oklahoma USA! Not a repair technique but instead of a heat gun, try 50/50 mineral spirits and boiled linseed oil, restores plastics and is a long lasting effect love to see you test it. I've had great results. Heat guns work well to hide small scratches in plastics but it seems to always leave an extra shiny spot, I may have to try the grey scotch bright pad to dull it out a bit, thanks for the tips, love your channel and have learned plenty from it!
Great tip thanks for sharing your knowledge
“Howdy” is a legendary start!
Do you mind to explain what the steps are. I would like to try. Thanks!
@@stalwartzero7001 Haha, well, sir, that's just how we say hello!
@@lydias5875 Very simple, just mix the acetone and boiled linseed oil 50/50 and wipe on with a microfiber cloth until it saturates. Be sure when finsihed, to lay out the towels used all the way open in a well ventilated area as boiled linseed oil can become combustable inside a folded cloth until it dries.
that’s excellent like all yr vids i’ve seen ,,, living the channel and thanks for sharing
Dan
Thanks 👍
I love your channel! Ive learnt a lot in here and I see you as an artist that I am too. We both share this approach to what we do. Your touch ups and repairs are just stunning. Your heterodox and original approach to fixing paint is stupendous and attainable for people like me. Thanks once again! I will keep watching your videos since they are so cool to watch even if Im not in need of them at the moment :)
Great thanks for the support mate 👊🏻
Fab as usual, my neighbours old Citroen Berlingo Van could do with some TLC, will show him this and I will give it a go!
Nice one
SAVED MY LIFE !!!! Thank you
Brilliant video, thanks for taking the time and effort to make this for us! fab
Appreciate the comment I will keep this channel going as much as poss
What an amazing repair, it looks totally factory, well done ❤.
Touch an area on the paper to see if dry, if you touch the panel and not all dry, it will leave a mark.
Good video
VERY COOL bumper repair!! So simple, I think that I'll try it!!!
You rock!! Scratched my hubbies truck and hope this will mend things for me! 😮
Such a simple fix, thanks for sharing this. Will be doing this on all my cars as thy all have at lest one bit that needs sorting.
Thanks for the feedback
My dad did this once and used a black wood stain (exterior obviously) which he just brushed on after the sanding. Absorbed well and didn't seem to leave any brush marks. Might be worth a try.
Another fantastic video
Thank you 😂
Thank you so much for sharing your expertise. I just had similar damage. I was wondering, if it could be repaired at all. You have just showed how to do it. Now, my only problem is if I can get similar expertise in my locality.
Great job! Thanks for sharing. I knew it was possible to fix it but I had no clue how!
No problem
Great video thanks 🙏🏻 this just happened to my car thanks for saving me some money 💰
Glad it helped
ok, thats a brilliant repair on that trim, Looks awesome!
This is amazingly smart and a money saver. Thank you!
France or Uk, this guy is the best
Uk 🇬🇧 brother
Excellent work. Thank you for shairng!
No problem
Wow, this was really cool! I actually replaced some plastic trim on my last car because it was damaged from the previous owner. It wasn't cheap, or fun to replace. I would have liked to have tried this before replacing. Nice work! Thanks for sharing 🍻
Now you know bud
I remember changing a load of trim years ago cause it was scratched, if I only watched this video 😂, your videos are brilliant 👏
Alot are saying this. Glad I did the vid now
Could you do a tutorial about textured plastic inside, like where the glovebox is that has that leather type print?
Would love to see something like this also
Incredible work You are doing!
Thanks a lot!
We used to mix up a bit of araldite 2 part and apply it lightly into the scuff then sand it down to the profile before spraying Worked on scuffed alloys too.
Many thanks for imparting some very useful knowledge on this sort of trim. I have just traded in my mini clubman 2016 that had this stuff all around it, i managed to do very similar damage to the car you were working on and the best i could do was to fine sand and then black shoe cream to the area and buff with a cloth, it looked a lot better but now i would follow your tips and feel confidence in a better repair that was more permanent, rather than having to keep the shoe cream ready after each car was. But hey I get my mk3 TT shortly so no more black trim 😂.
I will subscribe and do realise the time involved to produce your helpful videos. Cheers Tony
That’s an unbelievable result.
Thanks
Thanks for sharing. Very Nice video From you as always🙏
Thanks for visiting
Will it work on a deeper scratch? I had an Audi 80 reversed up against a hedge, and I jacked the car up on all four sides to get under it to remove exhaust bolts so as to take the heads off. Anyways the flaming hedge put a fairly deep scratch in the plastic bumper at the back.
I've not got the car back yet from the engine specalists. But am wondering if your technique will work for it. Hopefully it will. I guess if a scratch is deep enough a small bit of plastic could be melted in and then sand and heat and spray and all?
everything's repairable. I had someone backing my car into a trailer hitch and it went all through and had a gigantic gaping hole in it. I thought that it needed a new bumper, but a guy could quite easily repair it. I haven't seen the whole process, but after sanding everything smooth, a fiberglass patch was glued on with epoxy from behind and after it hardened, the front was filled with Bondo and sanded level. after the whole piece was sprayed over, it looked like brand new and you had no idea where the damaged area could possibly be (unless you look behind, lol.)
just saying that pretty much everything is possible to repair.
Thank you so much! I think you have saved me a whole of of money!
Good tips, good value. Thanks.
yep, you fixed it well, rounded that edge to the max...!
Thx for the tips. Great job and the for the footage.
Glad it was helpful!
Great job, even i can give it a go after reversing along a wall, thanks for making it simple with no great drama!!
Great insight indeed my friend glad your back im on Holidays in Asia this breaks up the day A1 cheers hope all is good in the UK.
Another great tip! I’ve used heat guns before to help rubbers and plastics go back to their original shapes.
I do minor repairs on paint or body stuff at a used car dealership. We have several cars with scuffed trim. I'm going to give this repair a try on one of them and see how it turns out. Hoping I can find the Pro XL ProTex somewhere local. If not, I'll use your link.
This guy is a hero!
👊🏻
Very informative, nice finish top job 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Great video as usual. Straight to the point, I felt like I could just follow along
Wow. Amazing work. I took my brand new 2025 Lexus in for PPF wraps and at pickup I noticed a few areas in the plastic panels got 3-5” line marks. Its not as bad as shown here. It like a pencil line marks. The place denied they touch that areas. I dont know what quick method to polish out that line marks? Would ceramic coating hide it? Thanks for any tips.
Try cleaning with something 1st
i love your simplicity man., keep it up!
Im a very simple man
@@cvrpov any advice on asian cars like hondas for soft and sticky paint? does farecla do a good job there?
Absolutely fantastic video 😎
Thank you very much!
Thanks so much for posting this!!
No worries!
Great vidéo, excellent job !
I hit like...then I watch 👌🏻😁
Thanks
Top job, thanks for showing this.
What an awesome repair! 👏👏👏
Thanks 👍
Thanks 👍
I didn't know there was a textured spray can, never seen that before, not available in my location. I painted my lower valance (plastic) bumper on my first gen toyota tacoma. It was old and faded, sanded it down, sprayed adhesion promoter then sealer, but the surface was smooth. I had a cheap chinese spraygun that was so bad, it doesn't atomize paint very well. So, I lowered the pressure to like 18 psi and dusted single stage semi gloss black paint on the valance. Looked just like textured plastic. Semi gloss black looked just like trim dressing, but permanent. Happy with the result.
Brilliant stuff, as usual . Thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great work
Thank you! Cheers!
can you still use a bumper and trim gel over this when detailing?
Awesome video. Straight to point and great explanation. Just what I was looking for
Nicely done.
just what I was looking for.. thank you. I have some pitting from rocks, do you fill pitting with anything in particular?
I'd perhaps sand the pitting down level as part of the prep work!
@@cvrpov thank you!
Outstanding repair.
Thanks
Amazing as always 💯👍🔥 thanks for the tips and advice on textured surface repairs
Nice technique.
What the size of the air compressor you are using for the air sander?
3:47 what is he using on the polishing machine? is it the grey scotch pad? or just a normal polisher pad?
Bravo, Sir. Made that look very achievable.
I have several panels on my MK4 Golf that could do with that spray. Thanks for sharing the details on that 🤝🏼
Keep up the epic videos
Great thats what I made it for to help people
Great stuff! I have a bmw645ci with a small split on the front wing from a fixing bolt at the top. Apparently a common problem with these plastic wings. Is it possible to repair?
Yes its possible to repair
Question using the heat gun if and then painting the trim, was it just in case you don’t have trim paint?
It was just to renew the existing trim ready for some new paint
Just found your channel
Fantastic content.
A+++ 👌👍
one of the best channels on YT
Great job. Looks like a perfect match.
Good Work! Thanks for sharing 😀
Thank you too!
Nice work
Thank you! Cheers!
amazing content keep up the amazing work
Thanks, will do!
Stumbled on your channel and found just what i needed. Great methods and techniques. Would this work for interior plastic with scuff marks near bottom door panel? Or maybe create a content on it. Subscribed and liked
Hi. Great video, thank you. I scuffed the front splitter on my 718 Spyder, for the first time. It’s not all that bad, but is frustrating knowing it’s now a little unsightly. Any advice on how I should go about trying to deal with it?
This video solves a huge problem I’ve always had with black texture trim getting scratched. Thanks! So well explained, however, I’d like to know how permanent is this procedure and if after having been painted could you apply trim restorer to preserve it when faded without removing the layers of paint.
Assuming you have keyed up the surface well.. it should be a permanent fix
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What would you do for internal trim plastics that have their own dimple patterns across that you see on internal plastics?
This product does interior too
@@cvrpov but how would you get the grained patterns? Such as you see on dashboard trims? The dimples and other pattern types. Would love to see you do a video showing an attempt at fixing gouges on plastic trim or door cards internally if possible?
fantastic job!
after applying the texture spray, are you able to use a product such as Lithium Trim Cubes to keep up with future fading and protection? Or does this have to be treated as a black paint from now on?
that was really well done !!!
Thanks
Does look good,I’m very fussy but would be happy with that
Good
Solid technique thanks
No problem!
Wow great job!
Thank you! Cheers!
do you know whether thus texture paint is heat resistant? I have some engine bay plastic to refurb
What texture paint are you using? I can't find any information about that Pro Tex
It's from Pro XL
fantastic, really helpful too, thanks
Glad it helped!
Great video! Can you upload the links of the product your using? I would like to buy similar ones in 🇨🇦
Very good information.. Thank you
Hi, you video is very useful.
Would you please be able to advice where I could buy the textured paint?
I'm in Sydney, Australia and not very familiar with what to ask whom.
Cheers,
Sri