Inspired by Jim's 'how to yank a door handle off' thread 

 

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Goodness only knows why it's taken me three years to get to this! 

 

And as a handy hint, soak it in boiling water for a few minutes.  Then the old grimy stuff just rubs off, and you don't ruin your nails    :no:

 

Gaz

 

They've come up really good, nice one!

Takes a fair bit of yanking though doesn't it - I'm used to things breaking when applying that much force (please say yes, so's I don't feel like a weed).

 

But very pleased with the result as the grubbiness has been affecting my mojo for way too long!

 

Gaz

Am I right in saying all you have done is remove the rubberised coating?

 

I did it on my old MKI Superb but was left with a shiny handle, this was before plasti dip was around though, so I suppose I could paint it again, but not sure how durable it would be?

Yeah, it's definitely not that easy to get off... but worked for me.  I think even from the bottom it is very difficult - Nackuk said as much on his writeup.

 

I did worry about whether it might put undue stress on the fixings for the inner part of the handle, but I guess we got away with it!  

The coated covers new are about £9 each from TPS.  If you go for new covers, don't throw the old ones away without first removing the clips - the new covers don't come with them.

Am I right in saying all you have done is remove the rubberised coating?

 

Whadd'ya mean 'all'?  This was done at great expense and loss of life!  I split under my thumb nail, again, and now it's sore 

 

And I thought I did bloody great 

 

Little things.....

 

Gaz

I know what you mean from experience, it certainly looks a 1,000x better now.