Bought some McQuiers' plastic trim and dashboard restorer and did the black plastic on one outside mirror and then did the other mirror using Virgin Olive oil. Let it sit for a few days in the rain and sun.

 

Olive oil out performs the McQuires by around three to one (my estimation). Even the first day revealed olive oil to do far better. It's been a week now and the olive oil is still showing the plastic like new. Anyhow it works great. You will notice the white milky, somewhat chalky look on black door trim and plastic handles will disappear in a flash. A bit oily at first, wait about a day and it tones down to a nice look. So far seems to last.

 

Currently testing olive oil on the leather seats and is acting like the leather is accepting it better and feels softer than the coconut oil  tried before.

Edited June 4, 20177 yr by JAG1

Remember that video a few years back of the dogs tearing the bumper off the cop car? I think it was the chicken oil then too.

 

Update... I just wiped off what dust got on there. It came off easy and so did the dead bugs. So I'm sure it helps.

Edited June 7, 20177 yr by JAG1

Gonna have to try that olive oil. .... wife got some coconut oil too wonder what that will do. Weird stuff that coconut oil every time I look at it it's ether liquid or solid can never guess, our house temperature must be right at that solidify point.

Edited June 9, 20177 yr by Dieselfuture

On 6/6/2017 at 7:58 PM, JAG1 said:

Remember that video a few years back of the dogs tearing the bumper off the cop car? I think it was the chicken oil then too.

 

Update... I just wiped off what dust got on there. It came off easy and so did the dead bugs. So I'm sure it helps.

I remember that video. They went after with a passion and did not give up until it was off. Pretty darn funny.

 

Yeah maybe someone could find that video on U Tube. I think that cop drove up and slowed for the dogs and was the only car they ever ripped apart with an angry passion. lol

This is most interesting. Has anyone thought about doing the dashboard with it?

On ‎6‎/‎4‎/‎2017 at 9:18 AM, Mopar1973Man said:

Pictures? Seems like an rather unusual solution... 

Inventiveness requires thinking the unusual.

 

I got it off UTube. shows a guy using it on the dashboard and seems to be better than McQuires stuff so far.

 

No... its not that my truck smells so bad that even rancid olive oil would be better. So far I can't smell anything even in a black truck on a warm day

 

Edited June 10, 20177 yr by JAG1

I tried this with vegetable oil and it seems to work just as well, and veggie oil is cheaper.

I wonder how much dust the oil is going to collect?

I tried this and it does make it look real nice. We've had a good amount of rain since then and it seems like excess washes off. Still looks good but you can sorta tell where it's darkest and not much water hit and where it did. Over all still worth it compared to all new plastics.

2 hours ago, Mopar1973Man said:

I wonder how much dust the oil is going to collect?

When dusty it seems no more than without the oil, and wipes right off not gummed up.

 

Skeptics

 

Two weeks later in the outdoors the Mcquires is all gone, dry, but the olive oil, although more dry looking than when first put, on still looks like it conditioned the plastic without the chaulky white coming back.

 

 

We used to put wd and random oil on our atvs that way later when we washed them mud came off easier, and not as much would stick to it in a first place. 

Edited June 18, 20177 yr by Dieselfuture

Of my bumper covers the first one is still black but the other one is turning back. In fairness the first one got a good bit more than the second. The truck sat on my dusty job site all last week and the dust that was on it did wipe easily, not like it was soaked in oil.