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Exterior plastic and rubber trim?
What's your process for restoring and protecting neglected exterior plastic, rubber trim, and rubber door seals?
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For plastic and some metals I use SolutionsFinish but not on rubber. For
that I've had good luck with Collinite 845 or 476S. I wash with a good
quality car shampoo and then follow the application directions for both.
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Poorboy's Trim Restorer. Excellent!
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I'm looking for something fast. A good process to quickly clean and dress plastic and rubber when I'm doing other people's cars.
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Since this is for generating income, managing product cost is also a factor, but quality is the most important factor.
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Upon suggestions from forum members I recently purchased 1z rubber trim protectant stick. So far it's been holding up better than the previous products that I have tried and it's extremely fast and easy to use. You do need to clean the areas very well before applying.
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I used Black WOW on my last job. I really like it, not sure how durable it is compared to others.
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Ultima Trim and Tire Guard Plus. (UTTG+)
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Re: Exterior plastic and rubber trim?
Ok, let me change my question. How do u clean plastic trim and rubber seals? You know how after years of neglect they will get a white, chalky buildup on them? I've tried APC on a rag, but this didn't really remove the chalky film, it got APC dripping down the paint, and I was scrubbing FOREVER and not really getting the rubber seals clean.
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Re: Exterior plastic and rubber trim?
Originally Posted by davidc11291
Ok, let me change my question. How do u clean plastic trim and rubber seals? You know how after years of neglect they will get a white, chalky buildup on them? I've tried APC on a rag, but this didn't really remove the chalky film, it got APC dripping down the paint, and I was scrubbing FOREVER and not really getting the rubber seals clean.
Be careful with all purpose cleaners on the finish. They're very strong and can stain and dull the finish...
To clean also try regular mineral spirits and especially a product like Klean Strip Prep-All.
Once you've scrubbed the plastic trim and rubber moldings and rinsed them have you tried any protectants at all? The reason I ask is the appearance you mention is typical of their appearance "before" applying a quality restorer..
Because they're so weathered leave the restoration products on the trim for a while in order for them soak in...
Another possibility is a tire gel
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