Cleaning uPVC guttering.....?

Major_Clanger_2

Does anyone have any advice for me with the following problem please....

Our house is about 15 years old and has brown uPVC gutting and downpipes. Due to the years of sun and weather on them they've now discouloured to a most unattractive milky-brown haze which looks horrible. I've tried washing (no use), polishing (no use) and even T-Cut (limited success but still not very good). Could anyone suggest anything else I could do to get them looking better?

Cheers,

MC

bockster

you could be in luck,
my neighbour has just done his and i may do mine too.
he,s used a silicone spray!! did,nt see him do it, wanted to because i find it hard to beleive, especially how it renovated the really dull parts.

i'm hanging on to see how long lasting it is.

i'll try to find out what brand and where from if it helps,

hth, bockster

Major_Clanger_2

Bockster - if you could find out that would be great! :j

Cheers

MC

bockster

forgot the brand allready, but he got his from an automotive trade supplier, however he seems to think it is available from halfords and such like. pure silicone spray is what you are looking for. his efforts don't appear to have faded so far after approx 6 weeks, 2 spray cans did 3 downspouts plus guttering.
he said some parts were/are tacky, i.e. small bugs may stick to it. maybe several thin coats as opposed to one heavy coat may work best?
anywho, it looks good, and whats the worst that can happen?
let me know how you go on, may still do mine yet.

cheers, bockster

Major_Clanger_2

Silicone Spray Lubricant - as in "Halfords 3-IN-ONE Professional Silicon spray 400ML is a versatile lubricant with an advanced synthetic formula."?

If so - I shall hie me hence to the land of Halfords!

Thanks

MC

bockster

"pure silicone spray" were his words, so couldn't say for def.

however certainly sounds worth a go, his "pure silicone spray" could be used as a lubricant.

good luck

amarg

You can also paint upvc downpipes and gutters with two coats of gloss paint, no undercoat though!

bob_a_builder

This sounds like the 'cockpit shine' sort of product which you can use on internal/external plastic car parts to restore the new look,
but its not particularly long lasting usually long enough to get the car shifted off the forecourt though
so not sure its really a viable idea for gutters etc

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Hi,

bob_a_builder wrote: »

This sounds like the 'cockpit shine' sort of product which you can use on internal/external plastic car parts to restore the new look,
but its not particularly long lasting usually long enough to get the car shifted off the forecourt though
so not sure its really a viable idea for gutters etc

hmm, do you think that bockster's neighbour is maybe a second hand car salesman giving the house a shine in the hope of a quick sale?

Wonder if he would take a trade in, I've got a nice wee semi, one careful owner, ministers wife. :rotfl:

bob_a_builder

possibly,
it does give a nice new look to plastic, perhaps for a bit longer than I implied, but it will fade back to as it was before , I just question how long it will last and on that basis whether its worth doing using that sort of product
on a car its not an issue to redo it regularly, but getting the ladders out each time might be a pain

I'm not a builder BTW