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Simon8v91
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Kiwi shoe polish for GTi bumpers with pics
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18 February 2007, 14:51 »
I read about this elsewhere on this forum and decided to give it a go.
I found autoglym bumper care to be good but only lasted a few weeks so decided to try this.
First 3 pics of the car before a wash, polish and bumper treatment. The rear bumper and front spoiler plastics are in the worst condition.
I then used autoglym car wash, super resin polish and Kiwi! Its getting a bit dark but I think the pics still show a good result. The rear bumper looks much better.
I left it overnight and was pleased to find that the dew had not ruined it! I decided to try a second coat as others in this forum had suggested:
It looks good and is darker! I probably prefer the look after 1 coat. I will post pics again in a few weeks / months to see how long it lasts. The stuff is £1.88 from Tesco
and 1 bottle did 2 coats with enough left for perhaps 2 more. I found the best technique was to do one wheel arch or bumper at a time applying with a circular motion where possible, then buff off any excess with a rag.
Thanks to the other folks here that suggested this. I have found many great ideas and helpful posts here. I think I will try an ATF flush at the next oil change!
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Uruk Hai
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Re: Kiwi shoe polish for GTi bumpers with pics
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18 February 2007, 15:41 »
Does anyone have any idea how long the finish lasts ?
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boneybradley
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18 February 2007, 16:30 »
I did mine over 2 week's ago with cheapo shoe polish!!! (about 88p from wilko's in a similar bottle to kiwi) and after washing today it still look's good (I also did my front bumper with autoglym and she's gone white again....
) I will get picture's up at some point
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Uruk Hai
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Re: Kiwi shoe polish for GTi bumpers with pics
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18 February 2007, 19:01 »
Fair play mate ! If its that good I could be saying bye - bye to my bottle full of Autoglym snot
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vw-bob
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19 February 2007, 13:45 »
how long did it take to apply the kiwi polish as ive got a couple of hours this afternoon and might give it a go? what kind of cloth did you use to wipe the excess off? lint free cloth?
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Organisys
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19 February 2007, 13:53 »
Apply a few coats when you wash the car and it lasts months and months...
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Uruk Hai
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19 February 2007, 15:28 »
Thats what I was hoping to hear
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vw-bob
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19 February 2007, 18:06 »
after reading the post on here i went to tesco and bought the last bottle they had...and what gear!!! works a treat...would deff recommend it.. thanks Simon8v91 for the tip
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19 February 2007, 23:02 »
funnily enough i used the same(ish) product this weekend aswell! It was Morrisons own shoe scuff polish, i think its slightly thicker than the normal wax stuff, went on very well (but it runs like mad if u have any drips of water left on the plastics!
pics here:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=54984.0
it works SO much better than back to black (which is about 75% of a can to one application!)
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patch900
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Re: Kiwi shoe polish for GTi bumpers with pics
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20 February 2007, 08:52 »
I am definately in for some of that stuff, back to black is s***e it lasts about 1 day at best before the bumpers start to look faded again
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