Best Product for Cleaning and Shining Bumpers?

[Strum]

I did a search and came up empty.

What product do you recommend to use on bumpers? I'm looking to do the 93 and 98 Camry's.

[humanoid]

Are they chrome, painted or the matte/flat black bumpers?

[Strum]

Originally Posted by humanoid

Are they chrome, painted or the matte/flat black bumpers?

Painted, but someone told me they thought wax would damage them. Seems to be the same paint as the body, but not sure.

[dJcHiKo]

pretty sure you could use wax

[humanoid]

If it's painted then wax will do fine. Where did you "friend" get his mis-information from?

[PhatRoyale]

Buy a carnauba based wax, a lot of new waxes nowadays have special blended paint conditioners in them that will actually help to restore moisture and shine to old faded paint.

[Strum]

Originally Posted by humanoid

If it's painted then wax will do fine. Where did you "friend" get his mis-information from?

Don't know, but it didn't seem right since they are painted bumpers. I figured you guys would set the record straight.

thanks

[ToyotaJimD.]

Any car wax is fine.

But if you're talking about the fact that they're faded and filled with spiderwebbing...

Try something like ColorX -- a side effect is it will leave behind some oils that will hide the look of the crummy paint.

Protect it with a coat of whatever you're using on the body.

[Strum]

Originally Posted by ToyotaJimD.

Any car wax is fine.

But if you're talking about the fact that they're faded and filled with spiderwebbing...

Try something like ColorX -- a side effect is it will leave behind some oils that will hide the look of the crummy paint.

Protect it with a coat of whatever you're using on the body.

Overall the bumpers are in good shape, just a slight drop off in shine compared to the body. Despite its history, the car has held up very well.

[eddie926]

The same paint on two different materials (metal vs. plastic) will look somewhat different, and hold up differently.

Having said that, you treat the paint on the bumpers the same as the rest of the car. Whatever wax/sealant you're using on the rest of the car is fine for the bumpers as well.

If you want to maximize the appearance, the condition of the paint is as important or more important than the wax/sealant you use. So, cleaning/polishing the paint to get the best base you can get to put the wax/sealant on helps immensely.