renewing cladding with a heat gun

[mdwyer]

I'm far too distracted by his plugs...

Anyway, I have a heat gun, but I bet it would remove the texture. I think my scraps of cladding material may be too small to experiment on, but I'll give it a try and see what happens.

[VX KAT]

Been mentioned several times in the past.
Here's a few threads. First one has a different video than yours.

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...DDING+HEAT+GUN

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...DDING+HEAT+GUN

Start around post #31:
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...DDING+HEAT+GUN

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...DDING+HEAT+GUN

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...DDING+HEAT+GUN

[RickOKC]

Anyway, I have a heat gun, but I bet it would remove the texture. I think my scraps of cladding material may be too small to experiment on, but I'll give it a try and see what happens.

I first heard of this while watching a TV show where the hosts were repairing a pickup that had been in an fairly major accident. One of the textured interior pieces had been bent to such a degree that the plastic had a much lighter line through it where it had folded. The heat gun restored the color but left the texture. Maybe that's a little "apples & oranges" due to that part being a different material and thickness, but it would be interesting to know how our cladding reacts.