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Paulporsche 03-16-2021 09:11 AM

How to Refurbish Heater Controls?
 
The plastic parts of my between the seats heater control levers have faded to a pale pink. I seem to remember reading somewhere that they can be removed and placed in boiling water for a minute or so, and they will return to their original bright red.

I haven't been able to find anything on this via a search, but I think I've read it somewhere...

Is this correct? Or is there some better, alternative method to do this?

darrin 03-16-2021 09:41 AM

Paul -- take a look at this thread -- http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/57202-shift-knob-heater-knob-restoration.html I googled "boil 911 heater control" to find it :)

Paulporsche 03-16-2021 10:08 AM

That's it! Thanks Darrin.

darrin 03-16-2021 10:59 AM

no problem, let us know how it turns out, mine still look quite red, but intrigued!

theiceman 03-16-2021 11:35 AM

i redyed mine about 15 years ago , was pretty straight forward. need a steady hand and a fine brush for the lettering though. I have a Targa so it gets lots of UV. could need doing again but not bad for 15 years.

sean m 03-16-2021 12:55 PM

Paul,
I bought 2 new ones on eBay for $10 each and look great......
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1615928108.jpg

Speed metal 03-16-2021 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theiceman (Post 11261988)
i redyed mine about 15 years ago , was pretty straight forward. need a steady hand and a fine brush for the lettering though. I have a Targa so it gets lots of UV. could need doing again but not bad for 15 years.

The dye works great! But instead of painting those letters... Get a white crayon and smoosh the wax into the voids. Old dungeons and dragons dice trick, works and looks perfect. Stays looking good too!

smadsen 03-16-2021 08:35 PM

I think our host sells them. I found them brittle and hard to remove, prone to break. If they've turned whiteish, they've been baked, and mine were 30+ y/o at the time.

walt 03-20-2021 06:17 AM

Just tried this with absolutely zero effect after 45 minutes. I used a cheap powdered dye from Walmart, maybe should have used RIT but they didn't have any red. Perhaps I'll give it another try down the road.


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