Blackfire Total Trim and Tire Sealant Review- PIC Heavy

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Blackfire Total Trim and Tire Sealant (http://www.autopia-carcare.com/blackfire-trim-restorer.html)

Directions on bottle:

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After finding out I had been selected to review this product I was pretty excited because I have tried a couple different things on the running boards of my truck and so far the best I have found was Poorboys Trim Restorer, which works great but only lasts about a week or so. The last application had pretty much faded out. I used Pinnacle’s APC diluted one part APC to 3 parts water.

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Did this to the tires as well (no pics of that cleaning), three times just to be safe. Used the tuff shine tire scrubber brush, whose awesomeness is well known.

Dried the truck areas I washed and pulled it into the garage to keep heat away from the surfaces.
First up was the rear bumper plastic, which has seen its better days, which I’m sure were many years before I bought this truck.

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Gave the bottle a good shake and put a dime size amount on the included polyfoam applicator. This stuff is not extremely runny but not very thick either and you can see it starting to run down the applicator as I held it up.

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Results from initial wipe were not amazing but better than expected.

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Picture of bumper after after application and letting it sit for a couple hours in the garage while I went to the track.

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Now for the main event, the faded running boards…and a constant eye sore to me.

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Wiped some on and was instantly very pleased…

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Even snuck in some on the door handle (this was just from wiping the residue from the applicator on the handle)

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Back to the running boards…50/50 shots.

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The tires:
After cleaning them three times with apc I put on one coat and let it sit overnight. I put another coat on the next day. I did a wipe on two tires, both on opposite corners of the truck to see if I get any dirt attracted to the tires that were not given the wipe down after the second coat. The wipedown did take some of the shine away but the tires still look pretty awesome.

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After one coat:
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Two coats:
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Final Shot:
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Conclusions:
Product does not have a distinctive odor, it has a liquid consistency, not super thin, but definitely not thick. It will run a little bit on your applicator if you put too much on there. Dime sized drop, as mentioned in a previous review, is the best bet with this stuff.

Product used:
I opened the bottle and it looks like I have used about ⅓ of the 4oz bottle to do all four of my tires, twice, my running boards (applied liberally), and my back bumper cover.

I am excited to see how the longevity is on this product. It is not oily to the touch as described but you can definitely tell there is something on there. Unlike other trim products I have used before, when you step on the running board it does not leave near the foot mark, but is noticeably, for lack of a better word, moisturized.

I tried this on my window cowl (I think that’s its called) and wasn’t expecting much but experienced the same issues as Angus on his honda. It seemed to reveal more of the uneven weathering of that piece. I might have to go with something more hard core like black wow or similar to bring back that piece. Hey, can’t win em all, right?

Product seems to work better on textured surfaces like the door handles, and running boards as opposed to the smooth surfaces like the bumper cover and windshield cowl, but it did make some difference on my bumper cover.

On my tires this stuff works great. The tires are smooth rubber composition as opposed to other tires which have ridges and grooves in them and application was very easy for me. Like I said before, I put on two coats and only wiped down the passenger front and driver rear tire to see if there is any difference in dirt/dust accumulation.

This truck sits outside 24/7 and is washed at least once a week, sometimes twice so I am excited to test the longevity of BFT3R on the running boards and tires.

Thanks for reading and thanks to ACC for giving me the chance to try out this product.
I would definitely recommend this product and especially recommend it if the surfaces you are trying to make look better are textured.

[trashmanssd]

great review I am one the other winners I am going to try it one one vehicle this weekend.

[01GreyStangGT]

You may want to try Solution Finish on the cowl. Worked great on mine.

[Angus]

Great write up! BF3TS look great on your tires and running boards. Looking forward to your observations over the next few days on the buffed vs non buffed tires. :bigups

[512detail]

Great write up! BF3TS look great on your tires and running boards. Looking forward to your observations over the next few days on the buffed vs non buffed tires. :bigups

I wasn`t going to buff them but then decided I would go with one buffed and one not per side since they did send me this to `test` anyways.

I liked the extra gloss of the tire (with the second coat, before the buff) but I could see how there might be a chance for dirt to catch it so I figured I would give it a try and see.

[512detail]

great review I am one the other winners I am going to try it one one vehicle this weekend.
look forward to your review


You may want to try Solution Finish on the cowl. Worked great on mine.
thanks for the suggestion

[RaysWay]

Great review! Your truck was a great review vehicle with what looks like a few different types of plastic, trim and rubber. Thanks for taking the time to do this!

p.s. I cleaned up the embed errors. Photobucket is tricky with their share functions.

[512detail]

Thanks Vega....its supposed to rain tonight so hopefully if it does I will get some information on how it holds up after that.
Iove what this did to my running boards. It didn`t help my weather stripping either but I think it works amazingly on textured rubber or plastic surfaces. And looks great on my tires.

[512detail]

I was literally considering removing my running boards for a while,not an issue anymore :).

[sprocketser]

Tahnx for the review mate ! Appreciated , might give it a shot on a later purchase .

[Jesse@Autopia]

The truck came out fantastic, good job!

[512detail]

Thanks...an update on the tires....no more noticable accumulation of dirt on the tires with no final dry wipe...tires attract less dust and dirt than with pb bold n bright and optibond as far as I can tell

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Update, washed today and still looks great. Had one good rain storm while I was away.
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Tires were wiped with a damp mf. Then air dried.
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Its a little darker on the inner parts of the tire but I think that`s due to applying more there to make sure I got around the small lettering on the tires.

[512detail]

Been on almost a month now. I didn`t wash the truck but was outside looking at it and thought...sure still looks good.
Tires lost some of the glossy shine but not much. Barely any dust/dirt accumulated since I washed it about 8 days ago. I used two coats and for those that remember I dry wiped one tire on each side...it`s hard to tell a difference. First tire (driver side rear) was the dry wipe on this side.

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Running boards still looking awesome. Still look new in the sun almost a month later.
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Great product for textured surfaces and tires.

Has anyone tried to apply this in the sun?

[PA DETAILER]

Great review. Great nissan frontier. What year?