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Rubberised coating ?

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Rubberised coating ?

Post by Zedhed » Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:52 pm

Anyone have any good ways to remove this stuff.thought of a fudge wheel in a drill.heard acetone works but sends it white and dont want to be doing that.

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Re: Rubberised coating ?

Post by Smeeagain » Wed Sep 27, 2017 4:44 pm

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Anyone have any good ways to remove this stuff.thought of a fudge wheel in a drill.heard acetone works but sends it white and dont want to be doing that.
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Removing rubberised coating from what? and why?

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Re: Rubberised coating ?

Post by Zedhed » Wed Sep 27, 2017 8:58 pm

From steering wheel and cupholders because most of it is worn and looks terrible tbh.

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Re: Rubberised coating ?

Post by Smeeagain » Wed Sep 27, 2017 10:43 pm

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From steering wheel and cupholders because most of it is worn and looks terrible tbh.
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Better to wrap it than remove it

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Re: Rubberised coating ?

Post by Davaroo » Wed Sep 27, 2017 11:34 pm

If you were to wrap it with bits missing, would look moody

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Re: Rubberised coating ?

Post by Smeeagain » Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:14 am

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If you were to wrap it with bits missing, would look moody
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Lots of good info on the site about folk wrapping some if not all of the interior trim. have a search

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Re: Rubberised coating ?

Post by Zedhed » Thu Sep 28, 2017 3:27 pm

Tbh folks its the missus car and she aint into anything like that.besides its a nice glossy black underneath so cant understand for the life of me what they put the stuff on. ::)

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Re: Rubberised coating ?

Post by Smeeagain » Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:42 pm

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Tbh folks its the missus car and she aint into anything like that.besides its a nice glossy black underneath so cant understand for the life of me what they put the stuff on. ::)
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No nobody said you had to wrap it in anything fancy - you can wrap it in glossy black, but if you can get it all off neat and tidy back to gloss black then why not. I don't have any rubberised coating on my cup holder so can't really comment but would have thought it was there to grip the cup.
On the steering wheel I'd suggest the reason they do it is for definitely for grip. Having had a classic a car with a highly polished wood rim steering wheel, I can say gloss steering wheels are not a good idea !!!!

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Re: Rubberised coating ?

Post by Upex » Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:26 pm

Rather than removing, could any loose bits be removed and then filled in, levelled and all re-coated, ie plasti dip sprayed. Seems to be much less work and perhaps less likely to scuff up and end up not being what you want?
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