How To Clean a Black Fender Trim......
#51
Shoe polish after deep cleaning worked the best for me. They stay satin black and water spot free after every week wash in the last 3 months and my car is outdoor all the time.
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#52
0000 steel wool will not scratch the glass at all and I have been using it for well over 20 years.
https://www.esotericcarcare.com/gyeon-q2m-waterspot/
Also always wipe Up and Down on the outside glass and and Side to Side on inside glass. This way you always know what side of the glass a small streak is on. I also always use two towels, one wet with glass cleaner to remove dirt and oil clean glass. The second towel is always a dry lint free towel to remove any light streaking, polish the glass and final wipe.
Last edited by Dave.O; 06-06-2018 at 07:13 PM.
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#53
Glass cleaning is simple. Gyeon water spot remover $13.99 and 0000 steel wool.
0000 steel wool will not scratch the glass at all and I have been using it for well over 20 years.
https://www.esotericcarcare.com/gyeon-q2m-waterspot/
0000 steel wool will not scratch the glass at all and I have been using it for well over 20 years.
https://www.esotericcarcare.com/gyeon-q2m-waterspot/
But, I will pass on your Gyeon recommendation since you may be aware it destroys hydrophobic properties of coatings.
Do you have any other suggestions?
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#54
For removing water spots off of paint I just wipe the paint with a light finishing polish on a white pad by hand or a MF towel to remove the spots and not destroy the coating under it. Then use CarPro ReLoad to top the coating off again to keep the hydrophobic properties.
#55
FYI about Gyeon water spot
The biggest advantage of Q2M WaterSpot is its complete safety for paint and most of all - coatings. Due to inappropriate maintenance, water spots may become an issue on fresh coatings, but owning to product’s properties, Q2M WaterSpot does not affect or damage the coating. You can therefore remove the most undesirable defects by using O2M WaterSpot without needing to polish and re-apply the quartz coat.
Q2M Waterspot is very easy to use. Before applying, clean the bodywork with a HQ, gentle, pH-neutral shampoo and dry the surface. Than spray directly onto the paint or on a microfiber cloth and wipe the area affected with water spots. If having strong staining, spray generously directly onto the surface, leave for a couple of minutes and then wipe such surface few times with a MF.
Q2M WaterSpot is thick and oily, so very little product is required to cover a large area. It does not diminish or dry fast, so the cleaned area can be wiped multiple times.
The biggest advantage of Q2M WaterSpot is its complete safety for paint and most of all - coatings. Due to inappropriate maintenance, water spots may become an issue on fresh coatings, but owning to product’s properties, Q2M WaterSpot does not affect or damage the coating. You can therefore remove the most undesirable defects by using O2M WaterSpot without needing to polish and re-apply the quartz coat.
Q2M Waterspot is very easy to use. Before applying, clean the bodywork with a HQ, gentle, pH-neutral shampoo and dry the surface. Than spray directly onto the paint or on a microfiber cloth and wipe the area affected with water spots. If having strong staining, spray generously directly onto the surface, leave for a couple of minutes and then wipe such surface few times with a MF.
Q2M WaterSpot is thick and oily, so very little product is required to cover a large area. It does not diminish or dry fast, so the cleaned area can be wiped multiple times.
#57
I'm curious to see if any of you guys have tried 303 Aerospace Protectant? I've used it on the rubber and plastic trim pieces on some of my cars and it works great. Leaves a shiny matte appearance behind and seems to recondition the pieces.
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#59
Originally Posted by bratling
So… is this effect exclusive to peanut oil? Would any old vegetable oil do the job? Or is there something special about peanuts? hmmmm.
I went to the kitchen. We were out of corn oil so, taking advantage of the fact she was out, I grabbed the safflower oil and a paper towel.
Holy moly does that work like a charm! I'll want to see how it lasts through the summer, but if it lasts even a few months then it's better than any "Back to Black" or "Black Wow" type product I've tried.
I tentatively assume that any clear vegetable oil will do the job. (I didn't want to use olive oil due to its stronger scent. Besides, the car is German-English, not Italian...)
#60
Thinking that Penetrol is basically boiled linseed oil. The key is that it will get hard and therefore will not collect dust. Somebody might be able to chime in on what the perm rating is of plastic but thinking it is less than 0.1 that means there is not too much that is going to penetrate it to make any real difference.
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#62
On Pentrol, appears the working part is a coconut product, cocamide diethanolamide that is made by combining coconut fat with diethanolamine that is a type of rust inhibitor product. Naptha is a type of mineral spirit type product but many associate this particular type with "white gas" or Coleman lantern fuel.
Whatever it is, it does work on black trim quite well.
Whatever it is, it does work on black trim quite well.
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#64
I know this isn’t what you are looking for but I got tired of messing with the black trim so I had very thing painted body color except the parts under the doors. I spent a long time smoothing all the trim before paint even the parts I left black. The black bits I left black I primed sanded and painted with duplicolor black trim paint, the body color bits I sanded down and let my dodgy guy finish those. They came out great and don’t have to mess with cleaning them any special way. Just figured I would though that option out there.
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I know this isn’t what you are looking for but I got tired of messing with the black trim so I had very thing painted body color except the parts under the doors. I spent a long time smoothing all the trim before paint even the parts I left black. The black bits I left black I primed sanded and painted with duplicolor black trim paint, the body color bits I sanded down and let my dodgy guy finish those. They came out great and don’t have to mess with cleaning them any special way. Just figured I would though that option out there.
#69
Plastic trim what he's doing is talking to a dog
i use Wipe New. Lasts a little Ng time. Don't get it on the paint!
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#72
Yep, most people do that if the trim is long gone and/or damaged of cut up from rocks.
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#73
#74
Water will remove wax from plastic trim you just have to use a pressure washer with a fan tip. Then lightly wipe all the trim with acetone to remove all silicone dressings. Once the trim is clean you can coat it with a ceramic coating and it will last for years without any discoloration or spotting.
You don’t want to use silicone based products or black tinted products to protect trim as they all fail and will wash away.
You don’t want to use silicone based products or black tinted products to protect trim as they all fail and will wash away.