What to use on Door handles?

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BlueLibby04

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The door handles on my Jeep liberty are plastic. I put some Meguiars All season dressing on them and they looked really good. I came back in about 20min and they looked the same as before? I want them to look nice and shiney but dont want crap on my hands everytime I open the doors. ASD doesnt seem to leave behind that much but shines really well.



Does anyone know if its safe to use ASD on rubber hoses and the like? Its make for plastic but will it hurt the radiator hoses and the door seals?
 
maybe some Re nu it, forever black or trim a shield could do it

Optimum PP or prima nero and once cured and dry, put some acrylic jett on there

Some plastics can be machine buffed as well
 
I find that at times it just need to have a few coats to let the panel soak up the product . . . . But I like SVR's advice, I never thought of putting sealant on plastic . . . .interesting, think ill give that a try . .
 
BlueLibby04- What to use on door handles? The short answer is "depends on the door handle" ;)



On my new beater-Blazer I polished the black plastic door handles with 1Z polishes Yby machine too) and applied Collinite wax, turned out perfect. On other similar ones I've used sealants (KSG, UPP, and BF).



On some such surfaces (e.g., the dark gray plastic door handles on older Benzes) this LSP approach just doesn't work and you do have to use dressings, in which case I usually go with Autoglym Bumper Care, which dries nice and clean (if you buff off the excess). I know *exactly* what you mean about getting ERV dressing on your hands (around here we call such products "tire slime" ;) ) and the Bumper Care is very nice in this regard.
 
I dont believe I would use a sealant on this plastic. It not smooth plastic, very rough. Ill try another coat and see if it soaks it up again.
 
BlueLibby04 said:
I dont believe I would use a sealant on this plastic. It not smooth plastic, very rough. Ill try another coat and see if it soaks it up again.
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Not to beat you over the head with my advice ;) but the trim I use sealants/waxes on has a really rough texture. I use a sorta W-O-W-O approach and how well it works seems to depend on the actual material, not the texture. The Benz handles that it didn't work on were nice and smooth, I woulda thought it'd work on them, opposite of the Blazer and the texured stuff on the MPV, which look like it'd *never* work. I havn't found all that many surfaces that AIO doesn't work on, so that's a pretty safe product to try first. OK, I'll shut up now ;) having given you a lot more than the solicited $0.02.
 
No, advice is good.



Any time I get wax on them they turn white. I couldnt imagine what would happen if I covered the entire handle in wax.
 
BlueLibby04 said:
No, advice is good.



Any time I get wax on them they turn white. I couldnt imagine what would happen if I covered the entire handle in wax.
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Yeah, I know what you mean, so I sure won't blame you if you pass on this idea...it depends to a great extent on the wax, seems that some stain and others just don't. I put Souveran on *rubber* surfaces on my Jag- do that with the wrong wax would you'd never get the stains off! FWIW I've never had staining from KSG, Souveran, or Collinite's 845.



Heh heh, I was a bit nervous when I tried the 1Z polish/Collinite wax approach on the Blazer, I had visions of white stains driving me nuts but luckily it didn't happen.



As best I can tell, using a W-O-W-O approach makes it less likely that you'll get staining, probably compromises the durability a little bit though :nixweiss
 
BlueLibby04 said:
I dont believe I would use a sealant on this plastic. It not smooth plastic, very rough. Ill try another coat and see if it soaks it up again.
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I used the klasse twins on my dad's jeeep handle came out good and lasts a long time
 
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