Peanut Oil for Trim

**pingable** · 03-17-2010, 09:22 AM

OT or not....but is *oil* of any variant, whether it be cooking oil or motor oil acceptable for trim from a professional detailer.

Threw me for a curve ball when I saw a C&B of some sorts - using Peanut Cooking Oil on the lower trim...

**beemerboy1** · 03-17-2010, 09:39 AM

Were I will not condone the use of any household or cooking products to be used on a car, its not to say that they don`t work in some cases.

In the case of PO on plastic, sure it works fine, but because it is OIL the long term effects on plastic would be my concern. Most all car care products are water based for this reason.

When Oil comes in contact with water it tends to bleed and cause streaking and can turn gray. If you are old enough to remember Armorall of the 60`s &70`s when the product was introduce it was an oil based product, over time that oil cracked dashes, caused by heat and the reaction of the oil on the surface.

There are a number of water based plastic trim product on the market that are tested for the use on cars, the cost of them maybe slightly higher than a holdhouse or cooking product but at the risk of ruining something on a car and having to replace it, the cost is nil.

I should also add that I know of a detailer in NYC that used / uses PO for plastic trim, IMO, those are called hackers:thx

Originally Posted by chefwong

OT or not....but is *oil* of any variant, whether it be cooking oil or motor oil acceptable for trim from a professional detailer.

Threw me for a curve ball when I saw a C&B of some sorts - using Peanut Cooking Oil on the lower trim...

**pasadena_commut** · 03-17-2010, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by chefwong

OT or not....but is *oil* of any variant, whether it be cooking oil or motor oil acceptable for trim from a professional detailer.

No comment on oil in general, but peanut oil would be about the last thing I would want to spread anywhere in a car. Aside from the stink, there are just too many people around who are deathly allergic to peanuts. Whatever possible advantages it might have are more than outweighed by the possibility it might put some customer`s kid into anaphylactic shock.

**pingable** · 03-17-2010, 10:14 AM

I would not have threw a stink if it was a weekend warrior on using ~cheap products~ to achieve the look he wants, but we are talking a professional paid detail which did so many wrongs when I 1st read the C&B

**beemerboy1** · 03-17-2010, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by chefwong

I would not have threw a stink if it was a weekend warrior on using ~cheap products~ to achieve the look he wants, but we are talking a professional paid detail which did so many wrongs when I 1st read the C&B

C&B?

I have a weekend detail biz and haven`t cut corner what so ever.

**jtford95** · 03-17-2010, 10:34 AM

I think I`ll use what is intended for trim. Kinda like using tranny fluid for your vinyl top. No thanks

**imported_nickpapa** · 03-17-2010, 11:32 AM

when i owned my old GTI (with plastic bumpers, moldings etc), some people used peanut oil. worked ok except for some animals that always wanted a taste lol

what i used is black kiwi shoe polish (spit shine i believe it`s called). worked really well and i didnt have to reapply for maybe a year or more. youll notice it will start to fade (until reapplied) but never to what it used to be like.

this is the stuff i used:

**imported_Bence** · 03-17-2010, 12:16 PM

chef, I think you refer to the linseed oil thread...

**IkeRay** · 03-17-2010, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by beemerboy1

C&B?

click & brag I believe

**pingable** · 03-17-2010, 04:33 PM

hi bence -

let me look at that linseed thread. I did not see it or read it...

It was just seeing the peanut oil used that pushed me come post a question...

**imported_Bence** · 03-17-2010, 08:24 PM

chef, here you are: http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-det...-dressing.html

**sabrina** · 03-18-2010, 07:34 AM

I think when Oil comes in contact with water it tends to bleed and cause streaking and can turn gray.

**imported_pdsterns** · 03-18-2010, 01:55 PM

I don`t mean to hijack this thread but peanut butter is very effective at removing wax from trim, especily if the trim is grainy. Wipe it on (messy) wipe it off, wax is gone. Dress it with whatever you want. I`ve tried the dab on wax remover stuff and it is much better.

**pingable** · 03-18-2010, 03:04 PM

thanks for the link bence. And no...the OP (so called pro detailer) of the C&B I read proudly showed a pic of a bottle of supermarket variety peanut cooking oil...he used