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Old 08-11-10, 02:15 PM
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just wanted to share that i accidentally found a product at the shoppette on barber's point that fixed it. my stuff is faded, so i needed to do 2-3 treatments.

it's called TRIM DETAILER by Meguiar's Gold Glass, costs less than 5 bucks.

i did the rubber trim around all my windows and on doors, both side mirrors (needed it bad) as well as the rubber/plastic just in front of the front windshield where the window wipers go...that was faded as frick too. now it's black again.

works on rubber and plastic. no painted metal! too bad i dont have before and after pics.

NOTE: I DO NOT SELL IT, JUST SHARING INFO.
Old 08-11-10, 04:48 PM
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Nice. I use mothers back to black but mostly for plastic not so much rubber. Ill have to pick some up and try it.
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Some of the rubber seal on my roof (I have a vert.) has the white wax residue. I tried rubbing it off but it will not come off. Do you think this stuff will bring it back to black?
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Originally Posted by Deros
Some of the rubber seal on my roof (I have a vert.) has the white wax residue. I tried rubbing it off but it will not come off. Do you think this stuff will bring it back to black?
it might. i notice on my trim around my door windows that i have some sort of substance that i havent been able to get off (kind of irking), but it made them black again anyway (but i know it's still there).

the stuff in the bottle is white creamy color, but it's doing the trick for me. i have to do another treatment (tomorrow morning) and that makes 3 treatments because my stuff was really faded.
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Originally Posted by HiloDB1
Nice. I use mothers back to black but mostly for plastic not so much rubber. Ill have to pick some up and try it.
you only live around the corner let me know this saturday if you wanna test it out.
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good luck with this...
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sadly it will come back after about 3 washes if u dont keep re-applying
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Some products like that look good but over time dry and crack the material...I use food grade silicone spray.
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Originally Posted by Fastmensch
Some products like that look good but over time dry and crack the material...I use food grade silicone spray.
ohhhhh
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