How to remove soft touch coating from plastic parts HUGE TRANSFORMATION! WITH FINAL RESULTS!

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Жыл бұрын

In this video I show you how to restore old soft touch plastic parts by removing the coating and repainting the parts using only simple tools and products!
This transformation was performed on my 1999 BMW 316i.

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@stoqnargirov5843 Жыл бұрын

soak in very hot(not boiling but very hot) water for a few minutes then you can strip it very easy. Thank me later.

@_Project46_ Жыл бұрын

I will certainly try that method next time, thanks for the tip🙂

@sequence_of_noises 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful video with clear instructions and perfect results. I love the epic music as you reveal the before and after. Thank you!🙏

@_Project46_ 9 ай бұрын

Well, you just made my day🙂 i'm so happy you liked it🥲 i'm really apreciate your comment and i'm happy to hear positive feedback from my work thank you for watching my videos🙂

@kolya_dhskate Жыл бұрын

That's really satisfying to watch, good job dude❤️‍🔥

@_Project46_ Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, i'm glad you liked it mate🙂

@saato3657 Жыл бұрын

Great video, quality improving everytime!

@_Project46_ Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, really means a lot to me🙂

@AutomoTom 7 ай бұрын

Great video, will be doing this on my 325ci trim!

@_Project46_ 7 ай бұрын

Really glad you liked it! I wish you good luck, don't hesitate to comment how it went once your done🙂

@urosbiga9501 3 ай бұрын

Very nice job,i will try it on my interior soon.thanks for tip

@_Project46_ 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it, and good luck🙂

@ianstoys13mgs 10 ай бұрын

Just pour boiling water on the parts, the coating just shrinks and then rubs off. quick and easy for me !!

@_Project46_ 10 ай бұрын

Well that sounds like a much easier way to do it, on what vehicule did you do it? Cause the coating on my parts was really strong...

@zuyonokvideo 11 ай бұрын

its realy cool! thx)

@_Project46_ 11 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!🙂

@sagem1745 4 ай бұрын

moi j'ai poncé direct mais sur les baguettes de finition + le plastique du levier de vitesse. pour le petit tiroir en soft touch je vais reessayé car j'ai pas assez poncer je crois, j'ai pas obtenu l'aspect lisse.

@legioner9 9 ай бұрын

Very nice repair. I also bought the same painting products as you did. Motip is a good company. I will try tomorrow on a Renault Laguna 3 to pour very hot water over the center console (which is full of this crap soft coating) to see if the soft coating will flake away. That car has a hopeless interior and very, very rattly.

@_Project46_ 9 ай бұрын

Can't wait to hear from you if it worked with the hot water trick, keep me posted! As for the paint choice, it is indeed a good brand and I always got great results using motip. If I remember correctly, the laguna 3 has quite a lot of soft touch coating so I wish you good luck and thank you for watching my videos🙂

@KurtisSaiyo 11 ай бұрын

We accidentally discovered that some of the interior finishes on the plastic parts (the shift knob trim particularly) lifted after we dropped hand sanitizer on it and let it sit without cleaning it up. I wonder if simple isopropyl alcohol would work as well or better than oven cleaner.

@_Project46_ 11 ай бұрын

Well, i'm glad you asked because I thought the same thing but it turns out that alcool has no effect on soft touch plastic, I tried it out before using oven cleaner and it did nothing , maybe if you let the parts sit in alcool for a while that it will eventually become softer but i'm not sure...

@jaap5398 7 ай бұрын

I have tried your approach on some test pieces of plasic and found that as the colour is black the resulting surtace shows up scratches very easily,, more so than the original soft touch - I have tried matt lacquer on top also but this doesn't improve things. How is your interior holding up?

@_Project46_ 7 ай бұрын

Hi Jaap, I'm sorry that this method did not work for you, to be honest I was worying about the same thing before I did it but after thurough testing with nail scratches I did not see any visible scratches apear, to be fair I haven't tried it with any metal object but but in general the finish on my parts stayed the same ever since. Maybe its a different paint or a different type of plastic?

@prinzkoenigkaiser 4 ай бұрын

i'm sure the e46, 325i touring i'm waiting for at the moment (i already bought 😃) will get some of this treatment. 😊

@_Project46_ 4 ай бұрын

Honestly, its the biggest improvement that you can make interriorwise, it makes the interrior look like new again🙂

@legioner9 9 ай бұрын

I poured boiled water over the soft plastic from a Renault Laguna 3 center console. It didn't work. Best bet is to use acetone and a microfiber towel.

@_Project46_ 9 ай бұрын

I didn't think of acetone but yeah that could work quite well i'll definitely try that next time🙂

@jacobbruner1 Жыл бұрын

Scotch pad might work well for removing coating. Could possibly be too abrasive for the plastic

@_Project46_ Жыл бұрын

To be honest, I have no idea because you can't buy that stuff in France but thanks for the tip🙂

@manelbrandaopereira9752 23 күн бұрын

Best method so far! Tried 5 or 6 different methods, this one was the best by far! Be careful to not let the product sink for more than 5min, otherwise it will turn grey/white

@clementlee4059 Жыл бұрын

I will go for water transfer instead of flat black!

@moscalandrei6091 10 ай бұрын

use technical alcohol for better results

@_Project46_ 10 ай бұрын

I tried alcohol first but in my case it had no effect on the soft touch coating unfortunately... oven cleaner is much stronger and does not damage the plastic underneeth

@Gopferteckel 4 ай бұрын

What were BMW thinking coating parts with goo.

@AutohandelStefanGottwald 9 ай бұрын

i like it, good work.

@_Project46_ 9 ай бұрын

I'm glad you liked, really apreciate your coment🙂, thank you for watching my videos... Of nee bedankt voor het kijken😉

@gravl1 9 ай бұрын

Yea that coating was a horrible idea. I did this to my 04 BMW, and other equipment. Rubbing alcohol did the trick.

@beernutsonline 2 ай бұрын

I have had good results removing the sticky paint with isopropyl alcohol as well, it leaves a scratch-free surface ready for priming and painting. We used that kind of paint on equipment ment for use on a ship's bridge, but man, that became just a sticky goo after 8-10 years.. Also, for better scratch resistance, you may consider 2k paint.

@_Project46_ 2 ай бұрын

Great suggestion! might be faster than the scraping technique😅

@usategui1 11 ай бұрын

Better use alcohol. Fill a bucket and drop the parts inside for 24h, then rinse With fresh alcohol and let dry

@_Project46_ 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip, i'll maybe try that next time🙂

@JamesJames-jt3ts Жыл бұрын

Honestly i don't know why they used that shit coating, probably for a reason. To protect the plastic from beneath.

@_Project46_ Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I don't know why they used it either

@DontLetsPlay 3 ай бұрын

This is absouletly not worth the time, scraping all this shit off. just buy new or stick foil over it.

@_Project46_ 3 ай бұрын

The issue with these solutions is that in both casses the finish won't be as durable as a painted surface, and they'r also more expensive but sure it could work🙂