Some Blackfire BlackIce

[Bunky]

I detailed the Dakota over the last 2 days...

Wash

• Washed using Poorboy's Super Slick and Suds and Poorboy's Microfiber Chenille Mitt, foamed then 2 bucket wash
• Cleaned emblems, fuel fillter door, jamb area with P21s Total Auto Wash

Tires and Wheels

• Cleaned tires and wheels with Poorboy's APC 1:7.5 but re-cleaned them with Optimum Power Clean (was not satisfied with results)
  
• Protected wheels with Mothers Spray Wax
• Dressed front plastic wheel wells with Solution Finish
• Dressed back wells with Chem Guys Bare Bones - stuff much have high VOC since it seems evaporate in the bottle
• Dressed tires with Mothers Reflections Tire Care

Trim and Glass

• Cleaned most of trim with Mothers Trim Cleaner (a review in the works)
• Protected trim with Ultima Trim and Tire Guard
• Cleaned and protected real chrome with Mothers Chrome Polish
• Cleaned and protected fake chrome (grille) with Mothers Cleaner Wax
• Cleaned glass with Sprayway Glass Cleaner

Paint

• Cleaned paint with mostly Four Star Pre-Wax Cleaner - on a Rupes 15 at speed 3 it can dry out fast so keep it slower than a regular DA
• Protected with Blackfire BlackIce applied by hand...removed easily at 10 min mark

Interior

• Wipe down Auto Finesse Interior Detailer

Remember that lens hood!


The headlights look new because they are...

[Sizzle Chest]

Looks wet! Nice job. Truck really looks good. BlackIce is some good stuff!

[BobbyG]

You know Al, I think the gen 2 Dakota's are the best looking off the entire series. Your Dakota came out gorgeous and the paint looks brand new....

Great work Al and beautiful photos!

[swanicyouth]

Your truck looks great Bunky and your posts are always too notch.

That being said, I just don't like Black Ice. Glad it's working out well for you.

[TuxedoTaurus]

I have never seen a Dakota that good looking, great work! The side of the bed is so reflective and deep it almost blends in the background, love it!

[HateSwirls]

First time I used Black Ice I was in disbelief , I've never seen a product that made the paint shine like it did.
The car we worked on looked like real glass

Kevin

[Rsurfer]

Your truck looks great Bunky and your posts are always too notch.

That being said, I just don't like Black Ice. Glad it's working out well for you.

Was going to pull the trigger on BBI..what do you not like about it?

[Niblick]

Lovely work, she's a belter
I very nearly bought a pot of blackfire ice a while back, kinda wish I had now lol

[Bunky]

Your Dakota came out gorgeous and the paint looks brand new....

Yes, the gen 2 are classics. It was repainted in 2007.

The paint job was so so especially on the top of the cab and the birds have not been kind to it on the hood in a few spots since it sit out 24x7. There are bird feeders near by. sigh. It showing its age on some of the trim.

I may get the hood repainted and some trim replaced sometime.

[swanicyouth]

Was going to pull the trigger on BBI..what do you not like about it?

With all do respect to BI lovers, I can tell you what I don't like about it:

First, it's loaded with some kind of black dye or filler. It literally reminds me of black shoe polish. It just doesn't have a nice experience to me. Reminds me of something you would get at Autozone in a "Black Box". Smells like chemicals.

Second, it doesn't spread particularly far or buff off particularly easy for me.

Third, it didn't last longer than any other "finishing wax" for me.

Fourth, cleaning applicators used with BI is quite difficult and it turns your towel black - yuck.

Fifth, doesn't look nearly as good as Midnight Sun to me, or Collinite 915 for that matter.

Sixth, it beaded well initially - but the beading fell of pretty quickly for me.

Seventh, BI is pretty costly. It may be worth 1/3 of the price to me - but I can think of multiple other waxes that look better, cost about half the price, and are more durable based on my experience.