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Whenever I zainoed my car (got about 12 coats on it so far :D) I sometimes get a bit of the polish onto my plastic trims, and when it dries it kinda makes the trim's black fade. I couldn't figure out what to do about it for the longest time until I saw Mothers Back to Black Exterior Bumper and Trim Care at the local car care shop. Works AWESOME, my trims are back to what they looked like when I first got the car and it removed all the oxidation which caused it to fade. Thumbs up to this product
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2005 Dark Silver MCS with White Roof, Premium, Sports, Rain-sensor/Auto Dimming, Panther Black Gravity Leather Seats, Alta CAI, Borla Sport Exhaust, H-Sport Competition Rear Sway Bar, Alta Short Shifter, Alta 15% Pulley, 18" Buddy Club P1 Racing SF Gunmetal Wheels, Falken Ziex Ze912 Tires, XXL Cooper Flags bonnet stripes, Alta Antennae, Zaino Car Polish and Meguilars NXT Wax.
Back to Black only worked a few weeks for me. After that, the wax reappeared. Peanut oil is a cheaper and longer term solution. So is peanut butter, if you can't find peanut oil in your cupboard.
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The Back To Black only works for a week or two for me. I second the peanut oil reccomendation. Now that works wonders, and theres no way I would have found out about that solution without NAM.
How exactly do you use the peanut oil? Just put it on a rag and wipe on, wipe off or is there a more involved process?
vin.
I've used it to remove the wax residue left on the black trim after waxing. This is residue, not oxidation. I use a toothbrush with a little peanut oil on it and gently brush the surface.
I also have had spectacular results with Aerospace 303. In fact, my twice yearly routine is to carefully clean the black trim with car wash and a soft-bristled brush, apply two coats of Aerospace 303 then finish it off with Griot's Speed Shine. Then whenever I use Speed Shine on the paint, I do another coat on the trim. The result is a deep black color without being greasy or shiny. Really "pops" on a LY MINI.
Theo
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