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After finishing a quick detail on my mothers 2005 Ford Territory Ghia, I thought I would do some R&D on some products I hadn't used for a while.
So Four Star paint cleanser was the first
As I usually do, I test products on every surface of a car to see if it has any abilities beyond paint
The wiper arms on her car I believe are satin black metal (possibly powdercoated)
They come from the factory looking rather boring and I have had great success on my Tickfords low gloss black painted arms with permagard, driven to perfection polish, glare pro polish, fireglaze and ultra gloss.
So much that they look quite wet.
It's amazing how many different types of wiper arms their are
So I get a german foam pad out and put a dime sized amount on it and worked over all the right wiper arm.
Used speed, not pressure for four minutes and removed it.
If only I had a camera - they came up way better than mine
I kept going for another few mins with a dab of product and removed
I swear to you, the arm looks like water and you can see your face so clearly and sharply, you could do your hair on it.
It's taken all of the above products to get a decent finish.
next up were the lower exterior trims (urethane)
I had used my Trim Dream system by machine on these and gotten them medium gloss black (older formula than I use now) but unfortunately this car only gets washed at the coin op and although their soaps are close to autopian quality, they still fade the trims to a white look after five or six washes.
I thought, why don't I try and lift these up without the machine
Same foam pad and more four star.
one minute later, they are as good as the day I applied trim dream and super slippery
next up was the faded side mirror assembly plastics which were white
So many products claim to remove this whiteness caused by strong shampoo
Not only did the 4 * remove the whiteness permanently but it shined them up to a matte black finish
These are a hard textured brown from new so I was amazed.
By the time all this had been done, I went over my cars wiper arms with it and got them even shinier again.
The great thing is, this is a non abrasive cleanser so I could use this as many times as I liked.
Since there are heaps of cars being stored at the shop, I used them as guinea pigs and tried the product on all their unpainted materials inside and out with good results
So never just think FS is a paint only product, give it a go on something that's looking flat and needs a sprucing up.
Thanks Mr Four star, what a product.
I must get a pic of these arms on the net.
So Four Star paint cleanser was the first
As I usually do, I test products on every surface of a car to see if it has any abilities beyond paint
The wiper arms on her car I believe are satin black metal (possibly powdercoated)
They come from the factory looking rather boring and I have had great success on my Tickfords low gloss black painted arms with permagard, driven to perfection polish, glare pro polish, fireglaze and ultra gloss.
So much that they look quite wet.
It's amazing how many different types of wiper arms their are
So I get a german foam pad out and put a dime sized amount on it and worked over all the right wiper arm.
Used speed, not pressure for four minutes and removed it.
If only I had a camera - they came up way better than mine
I kept going for another few mins with a dab of product and removed
I swear to you, the arm looks like water and you can see your face so clearly and sharply, you could do your hair on it.
It's taken all of the above products to get a decent finish.
next up were the lower exterior trims (urethane)
I had used my Trim Dream system by machine on these and gotten them medium gloss black (older formula than I use now) but unfortunately this car only gets washed at the coin op and although their soaps are close to autopian quality, they still fade the trims to a white look after five or six washes.
I thought, why don't I try and lift these up without the machine
Same foam pad and more four star.
one minute later, they are as good as the day I applied trim dream and super slippery
next up was the faded side mirror assembly plastics which were white
So many products claim to remove this whiteness caused by strong shampoo
Not only did the 4 * remove the whiteness permanently but it shined them up to a matte black finish
These are a hard textured brown from new so I was amazed.
By the time all this had been done, I went over my cars wiper arms with it and got them even shinier again.
The great thing is, this is a non abrasive cleanser so I could use this as many times as I liked.
Since there are heaps of cars being stored at the shop, I used them as guinea pigs and tried the product on all their unpainted materials inside and out with good results
So never just think FS is a paint only product, give it a go on something that's looking flat and needs a sprucing up.
Thanks Mr Four star, what a product.
I must get a pic of these arms on the net.
