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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 03:00 PM
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My plastic loft door has gone a bit yellow, looks a bit manky compared to the nice white ceiling! Is there any way of getting rid of the yellow to get it back to white? I don't think its nicotene staining as we don't smoke, nor did the previos owners of the house, could just be ageing of the plastic maybe?

I thought about scrubbing it with bleach, but would that affect the plastic?

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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 03:03 PM
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Paint it ?
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 03:05 PM
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Thought about that, but it flexes quite a bit as its flimsy as fook, so paint might not last long.
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 03:08 PM
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iirc you can buy uvpc restoring cream, we got some through 1 of the catalogues you get through your letter box, betterware or something like that
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Rich170
Thought about that, but it flexes quite a bit as its flimsy as fook, so paint might not last long.
Paint it with the right stuff then
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlie Chalk
Paint it with the right stuff then

You know keeny don't u? I could get him to do it, the paint might stay on 10 minutes then
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 03:47 PM
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Yes i do mate, he'll do a half decent job to be fair and with decent paint.
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 03:56 PM
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Yeah he is one of the better ones!
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 04:09 PM
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http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.js...=upvc+restorer
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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try a bit of car polish, ive used it to remove stains from plastic before and it worked a treat
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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i use cif creame on me plastic windows and doors..keeps the yellow at bay nicely
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 06:21 PM
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i use mer car polish.
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 06:42 PM
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Cheers for all the suggestions! I'll raid the mrs's cleaning cupboard
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 06:55 PM
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try G3 mate works a treat
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 07:54 PM
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Replace it with some wood!
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t-cut do a upvc version
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