tuscarora dave
09-22-2010, 09:34 PM
I have been using PB TR for some time now and am just about at the bottom of my second quart bottle.(approx. 1 Qt. per 50 jobs) When I am working on a car with severely neglected and faded rubber and/or plastic trim, I apply a generous amount of TR to all exterior trim after the initial wash before doing any other detailing/paint correction steps. I use a 1 inch solvent proof paint brush to apply it. I will then do all the other stuff that needs done to the car. (clay, cut, polish etc.etc.) Sometimes I will re wet the trim with TR during the other processes if the trim is in real bad shape. I want the TR on there wet so that it really restores the trim. (and it does to an extent)
I have a few reasons for doing this.
1. If the trim pieces stay wet with TR (dwell time) it does have a restorative effect.
2.While the trim pieces are coated with TR, polish and wax etc. can not absorb into those pieces, saving me time and tape.
After the finishing stages of polishing the paint I wash the car again to get all the dust and polish splatter off of the car. During this wash I make sure to hit all the trim pieces good with the soapy mitt and to concentrate a stream of water in and around all the cracks where the TR can get into so that the residue doesn't come out after I have left the job. After I wash and dry, I wax or seal the paint and the job is done.
If I am dealing with a repeat customer where the trim is in good shape I show up at the job location and the first thing I do after greeting with the customer is to apply my TR on all exterior trim as described above. I do this even before unloading all my gear and getting started on the wash. I do this first so that the TR has some 20 minutes of dwell time to do it's job. Then I wash and wax the car and I am out of there. This way there is no chance that the streaks will reveal themselves after I am gone.
I do the 1 inch paint brush generous application of TR because it provides longer durability as it soaks into the trim better than just wiping a thin coating of it on. IME the thin coating doesn't last long. It would work fine for my own car that gets taken care of obsessively but it won't last more than the first wash unless applied generously and allowed to dwell and since I am using this stuff on customers cars, the only dwell time I have is the time that I am on the job.
Beware...If you do apply this product "generously" and do not wash the car after it's use the TR will seek out the cracks and crevices and will lay in there wet, do not think that it won't run down all over the painted panels if the car gets rained on shortly after you leave the job.
These are just some of the ways that "I" use TR. It works for me.
I have a few reasons for doing this.
1. If the trim pieces stay wet with TR (dwell time) it does have a restorative effect.
2.While the trim pieces are coated with TR, polish and wax etc. can not absorb into those pieces, saving me time and tape.
After the finishing stages of polishing the paint I wash the car again to get all the dust and polish splatter off of the car. During this wash I make sure to hit all the trim pieces good with the soapy mitt and to concentrate a stream of water in and around all the cracks where the TR can get into so that the residue doesn't come out after I have left the job. After I wash and dry, I wax or seal the paint and the job is done.
If I am dealing with a repeat customer where the trim is in good shape I show up at the job location and the first thing I do after greeting with the customer is to apply my TR on all exterior trim as described above. I do this even before unloading all my gear and getting started on the wash. I do this first so that the TR has some 20 minutes of dwell time to do it's job. Then I wash and wax the car and I am out of there. This way there is no chance that the streaks will reveal themselves after I am gone.
I do the 1 inch paint brush generous application of TR because it provides longer durability as it soaks into the trim better than just wiping a thin coating of it on. IME the thin coating doesn't last long. It would work fine for my own car that gets taken care of obsessively but it won't last more than the first wash unless applied generously and allowed to dwell and since I am using this stuff on customers cars, the only dwell time I have is the time that I am on the job.
Beware...If you do apply this product "generously" and do not wash the car after it's use the TR will seek out the cracks and crevices and will lay in there wet, do not think that it won't run down all over the painted panels if the car gets rained on shortly after you leave the job.
These are just some of the ways that "I" use TR. It works for me.