How often to apply Aerospace 303?

**rlmccarty2000** · 02-07-2017, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by Accumulator

Mic575- I`m generally backing off from telling people they oughta change their ways and do things my way, but LSPing my exterior trim/rubber/etc. has worked out incredibly well for me. Looks great, stays in good condition, absolutely zero downside and no issues with dressings running in the rain or needing redone regularly. People warned me that using LSPs on such surfaces would mess them up but I`ve been waxing the rubber on my Jag since the early `90s and it`s still in showroom-new condition (so is the stuff on the Audis/etc. but they`re not quite so old). Only trick is to avoid using stuff that "dries white" and to buff off all such stuff (845 maybe excepted but I do it with that too) before it flashes to avoid excess drying in the texture/pores/etc.

I agree to a point on LSPs for exterior trim. I tried Optimum Opti-Seal on my Mazda truck bumper. I thought "can`t got wrong, it`s clear". Oops, it turned the bumper a white-ish gray color. Now I`ve got to strip it off. Do a test spot and let it dry before doing all you trim with an LSP. Learn from my mistake.

**Accumulator** · 02-08-2017, 11:29 AM

rlmccarty2000- Yikes, that sounds like a PIA! I`ve never used the Opti-Seal...did you let it dry before buffing it off?

The utterly foolproof LSP-on-trim approach is a spraywax like M156/UQW or OCW, the two leave slightly different levels of sheen but neither has *ever* caused issues for me. 845 is close..it`s Accumulator-proof but not idiot-proof