For the old Classic owners out there still trying to maintain the Decraguard on your exterior cabin bulkhead, I may have found a new solution. Mothers makes a product for exterior plastic and rubber trim on cars called Back to Black. I recently tried some on the faded vinyl wheel lip flares on my Jeep Cherokee. They were originally black, but had faded over the years to a dull gray. Back to Black is a "restorer" that eventually after a bunch of rubbing with a terry cloth towel, and repeated applications, brings the offending plastic part back to it's original color. It isn't a colored wax or a dye, it seems to revive the original surface with some sort of penetrating finish that works on any color. I next tried it on a faded red plastic switch on my old BMW bike with pretty good results.
Anyway yesterday I was down at the boat and thought I'd try some on my bulkhead, since Decraguard is a vinyl polyester, and it seemed to bring back the color pretty nicely. I only tried a test spot so I don't have the whole bulkhead done, but it might be another option for the older boats. It's not a "wipe-on, wipe-off process", it really requires a bit of elbow grease.
Mike
Anyway yesterday I was down at the boat and thought I'd try some on my bulkhead, since Decraguard is a vinyl polyester, and it seemed to bring back the color pretty nicely. I only tried a test spot so I don't have the whole bulkhead done, but it might be another option for the older boats. It's not a "wipe-on, wipe-off process", it really requires a bit of elbow grease.
Mike