Paradise in the Shoe Shine Kit

[glemon]

When doing some of the final touches on the restoration of my Triumph TR250 I got a couple scuffs on the new interior vinyl, I tried vinyl cleaner, mequire's plastic cleaner and plastic polish with little success. Then a bing bing went off in my head and I got the black shoe polish out from the shoe polish kit. Can't even see the door panel scuffs anymore, don't think the repair will be permanent, but it has lasted a few months now, and it is easy enough to touch up.

I also had some spots on the windshield vinyl I didn't replace that had abrasions and things showing the white understructure of the vinyl. Took my black leather dye from the shoebox kit, and once again, worked like magic, you can still see where it is abraided of course, but it is much less noticeable when it is all one color.

Hope this may be of use to others.

 

[Steve]

Using black shoe polish to hide scratches in black paintwork was an old chauffeur's trick from back in the day. Good tip to use it on the interior.

 

[CZ_Dave]

Black indelible markers work from time to time in a pinch to.

 

[Donny_L]

HAHAHAHAHA, I thought I was the only one using a " sharpie "

 

[PAUL161]

Turtle Wax makes a black trim restorer which works very well on vinyl trim. It's clear, so it should work on other colors. Sorry but I forgot the name of it. We used it back in 2005 when we restored the B. It made the center console look like new! The arm rest we replaced. It still looks like new today and hasn't been touched up since. PJ

Original console.

Before Turtle Wax treatment.

 

[DrEntropy]

Kinda remarkable that it filled those splits in the dashpad, JP.

 

[CZ_Dave]

No, thats from the Kiwi black shoe polish. (snicker)

 

[DrEntropy]

eep. I meant: Paul.

sorry. :shocked:


Gotta get me some Kiwi fer th' Alfa dash!! :wink: