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05-11-2009, 05:18 PM
just putting my thinking cap on tonight. I was thinking about the dressings I use on faded trim and that`s just it -- I am continually *dressing* them. Black Wow for textured trim and Autoglym Bumper Care on smooth dressing. More or less, I don`t expect alot on longevity unless it`s a garage queen, but that has been my experience sofar, regardless of how well I prep the trim. Prepsol, ISO, steam clean, u name it -- the trim is as clean as it gets prior to dressing.
So to analogize, with headlights, in which I have seen 2fold -- mine, which all are PPF`ed and a friends, who has had them clearcoated. The headlights don`t haze over time as opposed to traditional headlights. I assume it`s due to how the exposed layer is protected from the elements. As well, with hazy headlights, a little sandpaper, polish and viola, we have clear headlights. Essentially what we doing is removing/burnishing the top layer of the oxidation off...
Work with me here......as I`m just spouthing words off the top of my head....
If I had a piece of smooth plastic trim, and did 3K pr 2.5K sand....would I be revealing a non oxidized piece of rubber OR is the top of a finished rubber trim *finished* - meaning the sanded later underneath would not be *finished rubber*. Would that layer be black be more black and stay more black until it`s oxidized...
Just blurbing away tonight as I think of pieces of trim that I am ever so tired of dressing....
So to analogize, with headlights, in which I have seen 2fold -- mine, which all are PPF`ed and a friends, who has had them clearcoated. The headlights don`t haze over time as opposed to traditional headlights. I assume it`s due to how the exposed layer is protected from the elements. As well, with hazy headlights, a little sandpaper, polish and viola, we have clear headlights. Essentially what we doing is removing/burnishing the top layer of the oxidation off...
Work with me here......as I`m just spouthing words off the top of my head....
If I had a piece of smooth plastic trim, and did 3K pr 2.5K sand....would I be revealing a non oxidized piece of rubber OR is the top of a finished rubber trim *finished* - meaning the sanded later underneath would not be *finished rubber*. Would that layer be black be more black and stay more black until it`s oxidized...
Just blurbing away tonight as I think of pieces of trim that I am ever so tired of dressing....